Recovery – eLaboratories

Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Conference

By Katie Blizzard

From November 6–9, 2025, the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) will gather for their tri-annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2025 conference will convene under the theme, “Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures,” which celebrates the first twenty-five years of SSAWW and its mission to promote and advance the study of American women writers through research, teaching, and publication, as well as looks ahead to the organization’s plans for the future.

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Basics of Digital Editing Workshop

By Katie Blizzard

During back-to-back sessions on Thursday, November 6 from 10:00-11:15 AM (EST) and 11:30 AM-12:45 PM (EST), workshop leaders Jessica DeSpain from the Recovery Hub for American Women Writers and Sydney Lines from the Winnifred Eaton Archive will lead a two-session workshop at the SSAWW 2025 conference on the basics of digital editing.

Recovery Hub Tech Hours: Using the Recovery Hub Editorial Framework

By Katie Blizzard

At their June workshop—to be held on June 18, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will introduce participants to their template for producing digital editions. During the workshop, they will walk you through the process of using their Editorial Framework and provide some examples for how you might use it for your research or in the classroom.

Encoding Recovery Tools & Technologies

Recovery Hub Tech Hours: Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects

By Katie Blizzard

At their July workshop—to be held on July 9, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will discuss project management. During the workshop, they will explore strategies and resources for managing a digital humanities project—whether they’re solo or collaborative.

Project Management Recovery

Recovery Hub Tech Hours: Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects

By Katie Blizzard

At their August workshop—to be held on August 6, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time)—the Recovery Hub will discuss some ideas on how to bring digital project—either of your own or others’—into the classroom. As digital projects give students access to texts and scholarship, get them thinking critically about how technology mediates the humanities, and provide models for their own work, this session will talk about ways to translate those objectives into assignments and classroom activities.

Pedagogy Recovery

The Stories Behind Editing & Recovery Work (Storyteller Series, Part 1)

By Katie Blizzard

Have you ever wondered how you get into editing and recovery work? Or maybe you’ve wondered what’s the most interesting thing a practitioner has seen? In this first installment of our Storyteller Series, originally recording on April 22, 2025, eLabs Advisory Board Member Diane Matsuda and eLabs Managing Director Katie Blizzard talked to Cathy Moran Hajo, Diana Marsh, Ken Price, Jennifer Stertzer, Gabriela Baeza Ventura, and Carolina Villarroel about the paths that led them to their work in editing and recovery.

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Association for Documentary Editing 2025: “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies”

By Katie Blizzard

From June 16—18, the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) will gather virtually to reflect on theme of “Editing for Access: Audiences and Technologies.” Sessions wil explore best practices, innovative approaches, and boundary-expanding projects within the capacious field of editing, publishing, and recovering historical or literary texts. For more details about the conference, visit https://www.documentaryediting.org/wordpress/?page_id=3277.

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Manos a la obra: A Virtual Hands-on Latino DH Workshop

By Katie Blizzard

This workshop explores analog and digital methodologies to create scholarship and knowledge around the experiences of US Latinas/os. Participants will learn about US Latino digital humanities methods and theory, archiving, metadata creation and free, easy-to-use digital platforms (Omeka, TimelineJS and StoryMapJS). The workshop will provide an introduction to US Latino Digital Humanities, archives and related theories.

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Exploring the Black Women’s Organizing Archive (BWOA): A Digital Project Informed by the Community Imperatives of Black Women’s Organizing

By Katie Blizzard

On Tuesday, April 29 at 12:00 PM EDT, project leaders Shirley Moody-Turner (Penn State University) and Sabrina Evans (Howard University) will discuss the origins, values, and partnerships that have shaped the Black Women’s Organizing Archive. They will also present the resources available on the site for researchers and educators looking to engage with these materials. This presentation may be of interest to those seeking to create a digital project, archive or edition that is community centered.

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Community Cookbooks as Local History and Genealogy Resources

By Katie Blizzard

On April 24 at 9:00 AM EDT, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions will host a webinar featuring Jennifer Brannock. This presentation will highlight the cookbook collection at USM and how cookbooks can be used for local history and genealogical research. The talk will also focus on the efforts to use cookbooks to engage with users locally and online.

Public Engagement Recovery