
Schedule

SMIRC 2026 Schedule
Preconference Schedule
Wednesday, April 22
LIB 206Z/Preconference Room
1 p.m. |
Updated Levels of Digital Preservation
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3 p.m. |
Digital Accessibility for Institutional Repositories
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Thursday, April 23
LIB 206Z/Preconference Room
9 a.m. |
Migration Ready: How to Evaluate Systems and Plan a Successful Transition
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11 a.m. |
Preconference dismisses |
Conference Schedule
Thursday, April 23
LIB 206Z/Day 1 Room
12:00 p.m. |
Check-in Opens |
1:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Introduction
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1:10 p.m. |
Keynote
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2:15 p.m. |
Workshop - Repository Ready Metadata Under the OSTP 2022 Public Access Memo
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4:10 p.m. |
Posters/Lightning Talks Poster: “Current Naming Conventions for Institutional Repositories at US Colleges and Universities”
“Lowering Barriers to Institutional Repositories”
“An IR for Preserving Unique Voice and Creativity: A Zine Collection at UDC”
“Moving from Vision to Action with the U.S. Repository Network”
“Open Access Month: Takeaways from an IR Manager's First International Open Access Week”
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6:00 p.m. |
Optional Dinner Meetup |
Friday, April 24
8:00 a.m. |
Check-in/Breakfast (Cook 209A) |
8:30 a.m. |
“A Practical Approach to IR Policy Creation and Revision” (Cook 209A/Room A)
“Student Scholarship and Engagement Frameworks Using the University of Toledo Digital Repository as Platform for Student Research” (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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9:30 a.m. | “Institutional Independence and a Sustainable Future for Repositories: The DSpace Approach” (Cook 209A/Room A)
"Guarding the Record: Building a National Digital Repository for the National Guard" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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10:30 a.m. | "What's New, What's Next, and What You'll Soon See in Digital Commons" (Cook 209A/Room A)
“Implementing an Institutional Repository Within the Archives: The Challenges Facing Mid-Sized Institutions and Implications for the Future” (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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11:30 a.m. |
Lunch (Cook 209A) |
12:30 p.m. |
“Figshare and the Future of Repositories: How Figshare is Adapting to the Ever Changing Present to Enhance Institutional Impact" (Cook 209A/Room A)
“Scholarly Commons Updates: Complying with Accessibility Laws at Augusta University” (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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1:30 p.m. |
“Building Open Education Ecosystems: Integrating OER into Your IR” (Cook 209A/Room A)
"Promoting Institutional Repositories on Campus: Strategies to Increase Faculty and Student Participation" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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2:00 p.m. |
"Promoting Data Sharing and Compliance for Biomedical Data: Introducing the CHOP Dataverse" (Cook 209A/Room A)
“Joining the 21st Century: The Move to Electronic Theses and Dissertations” (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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2:30 p.m. |
“Popping the Berry Bubble: Using AIM Quartex to Promote Scholarship and Creative Works Beyond Campus" (Cook 209A/Room A)
“Communicating Accessibility to Partners: Developing a Web Accessibility Communication Toolkit for Editors of Journals and Administrators of ETD Series” (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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3:00 p.m. |
“Do Change Horses in Midstream: Navigating the Migration to InvenioRDM” (Cook 209A/Room A)
"Vibe Coding with AI to Clean Messy IR Metadata" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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3:30 p.m. |
“Revolutionizing Institutional Repositories with TDNet DataSphere: AI-Enhanced Management, Discovery, and Accessibility" (Cook 209A/Room A)
"ETDs: Building in Accessibility" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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4:00 p.m. |
“Revitalizing an Aging Repository: Bringing New Life to TRACE" (Cook 209A/Room A)
"Are You Lost? Developing a MAP (Metadata Application Profile) for Your Institutional Repository" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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4:30 p.m. |
“Preserving Digital Collections with Fedora: An Open Source Approach" (Cook 209A/Room A)
"Rebranding a 16-Year-Old Institutional Repository: A Case Study" (Cook 206Z/Room B)
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5:00 p.m. |
Closing Remarks/Dismiss (Cook 206Z/Room B) |





