The Council of State Archivists’ State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI) hosted the first annual virtual Unconference, SERI STEER (State & Territory Excellence in Electronic Records) in 2023.
Look for the 2025 Announcement soon!
The 2024 Unconference will feature attendee-led discussions on current aspects of managing electronic records in state and territorial archives. The overall theme this year is ACCESSIBILITY and will begin with a large group discussion on Accessibility in Digital Records with Lydia Tang from Lyrasis. New for 2024, the other sessions are grouped by theme rather than by professional title to allow for more robust discussions. Each session will also have a subject expert who has worked with that topic and can help "STEER" the discussion forward. Attendees will have the opportunity to send questions to these experts ahead of time to help shape the discussion in addition to the robust, in-the-moment conversations that made STEER such a success last year.
2024 Unconference Schedule
| 12:00-1:30 | Special Focus Discussion Accessibility in Digital Records Presenter & Subject Expert: Lydia Tang (Lyrasis) Moderators: Cathrine Giles (Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives) and Josh Hager (State Archives of North Carolina) | |
| 1:35-2:30 | Session 1A Documenting Workflows Subject Expert: Kelly Policelli (Elon University, formerly State Archives of North Carolina) Moderator: Veronica Sales (Tennessee State Library and Archives) | Session 1B Email Management Subject Expert: Nick Connizzo (Council of State Archivists) Moderator: Grant Robertson (South Carolina Department of Archives and History) |
| 3:00-3:55 | Session 2A Navigating File Migrations Subject Expert: Ashley Yandle (State Archives of North Carolina) Moderator: Josh Hager (State Archives of North Carolina) | Session 2B Confidentiality in Digital Records Subject Expert: Hannah Bergman (National Archives and Records Administration) Moderator: Cathrine Giles (Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives) |
| 4:00-4:55 | Session 3A Facilitating Transfers of Digital Records from Other Agencies Subject Expert: Rachel Rabinowitz (Maryland State Archives) Moderator: Christian Skipper (Maryland Department of General Services) | Session 3B Machine Learning and AI Subject Expert: Joshua Hackel (Illinois State Archives) Moderator: Grant Robertson (South Carolina Department of Archives and History) |
Thank You to Our 2024 SERI Sponsor
SERI STEER Unconference Notes
To facilitate open discussion, the STEER Unconference is never recorded. Note takers are assigned to each session and compiled together to capture major topics, themes, and resources.