{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/gb1xd0t268/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["2026 FIP Conference Panel 1 - Confronting Archival Silences: Description, Access, and Intellectual Freedom"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/128/original/UA_Logo_WHT_RGB_%281%29.png?1725471982","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 1 title: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Cataloguing Historical LGBTQ+ Books at Bruce Peel Special Collections” (Natasha D’Amours)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 1 abstract:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“For the past decade, Bruce Peel Special Collections has been amassing a collection of old and rare books specifically selected because of their relevance to LGBTQ+ history. While some of these items have been catalogued, many have not, and there is currently no way for a user to understand these items as part of a whole collection. Also, because many historical LGBTQ+ books do not overtly state or display their queer content, it can be difficult to catalogue these items in a manner which conveys to the user the items’ connection to LGBTQ+ book history. Through engaging with the literature surrounding cataloguing LGBTQ+ materials, discussing the collection and the needs of the Peel library with library employees as a form of action research, and going through the process of inventorying the collection of LGBTQ+ books, I sought to answer questions such as: How can these books be catalogued in such a way as to highlight their connection? How can these books best be presented to users as a cohesive collection? What makes this a cohesive collection, and how can it be developed in the future? This presentation will summarize my research and my suggestions for how best to catalogue, make findable, and further develop a collection of queer historical books in a special collections context.”\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 2 Title:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Worth a Thousand Words: Photographic Content Description in Canadian Archives” (Emily Simon)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 2 Abstract:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“As a research assistant at the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives, I was responsible for digitizing and describing several hundred photographs. Being new to descriptive work, I was very cognizant of the power that my words held in access and discovery of these photographs. This work inspired my research project for LIS 597, which was a literature review and content analysis aimed to answer the question: How do Canadian archives describe the content of their photographic records, and what are the implications? The themes and concerns that emerged from the literature included objectivity and the inclusion of outside context in photographic content descriptions, the lasting harms of misrepresentation, and the potential of participatory knowledge. With this context, I undertook a content analysis of the visual content description of 200 randomly selected photo records from 20 different archives across Canada. My findings revealed patterns of outside context, human subject description, and photographs described as physical items. While the limitations of this study are such that no criticisms or suggestions are made, the purpose of this study was exploratory in nature, and the insights gathered lend to further research on participatory archival practice, reparative description, and archival discovery and access.”\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 3 Title:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Technologies of Rule: Defining the Human Within Science Fiction and Archival Studies” (Emily Jensen)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 3 Abstract:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Using speculative fiction texts as a point of inquiry, this paper examines the ways in which archives and information spaces can contribute to processes of dehumanization of marginalized peoples through archival silences and denying access to information. I argue that while information can often be taken for granted as something always present and accessible, the organization and preservation of information can often reflect social positioning. Specifically focused on works by non-Western authors, this paper analyzed short speculative fiction stories by authors Chi Ta-Wei and Kim Bo-young to examine how dichotomies between the human and the non-human – a topic often explored within speculative fiction – can also emerge in the field of library and information studies. Looking to scholarship in critical archival studies, I argue that information institutions should be pushed to ask more of how absences of information and epistemic violence assist in constituting the ‘Other’ in society and enacting subsequent control over them.”\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 4 Title:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“The Interlisp Bibliography: The Advantages, Applications, and Troubles of Modern Systematic Bibliographies” (Eleanor Young)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 4 Abstract:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This presentation will discuss the role of systematic bibliography in the world of modern library catalogues, using the Interlisp Bibliography as a case study. Systematic bibliographies are compiled lists of works on a subject or area; e.g., a list of all works published in the prairie provinces up to 1953, or a curated list of important works on North American lichens. With the advent of modern library catalogues, systematic bibliographies have fallen out of fashion; if you want a list of works on North American lichens, a couple minutes refining a search turns up plenty. However, though rarely made in modern times, systematic bibliographies still have certain advantages and utility that library catalogues can struggle to achieve, especially pertaining to certain niche areas of research. The Interlisp Bibliography is a systematic bibliography hosted in Zotero that serves as an exhaustive bibliography of all known works related to Interlisp, a seminal software system developed throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and now undergoing revival by the Medley Interlisp Project. The Interlisp Bibliography includes a number of works in an ambiguous state of copyright due to their status as corporate abandonware and ultimately supports open access to as many computer history artifacts as it can through the bibliography. Looking at the Interlisp Bibliography in detail, this talk will discuss the niche in which systematic bibliographies reside today.”\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Series or Event Name"]},"value":{"en":["2026 Forum for Information Professionals (FIP), School of Library \u0026amp; Information Studies, University of Alberta"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en\"\u003eAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2026-03-05"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Wobeser, Alan (Moderator)","D’Amours, Natasha (Presenter)","Simon, Emily (Presenter)","Jensen, Emily (Presenter)","Young, Eleanor (Presenter)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["FIP 2026 (Topical)","Bibliographies (Topical)","Archives (Topical)","Special Collections (Topical)","Software Preservation (Topical)","Cataloguing (Topical)","Content Description (Topical)","Science Fiction (Topical)","LGBTQ2S+ (Topical)","Photographs (Topical)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Relation"]},"value":{"en":["\u003ca href=\"https://fipconference.wordpress.com/\"\u003eForum for Information Professionals\u003c/a\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 1 title:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Cataloguing Historical LGBTQ+ Books at Bruce Peel Special Collections\u0026rdquo; (Natasha D\u0026rsquo;Amours)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation 1 abstract:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;For the past decade, Bruce Peel Special Collections has been amassing a collection of old and rare books specifically selected because of their relevance to LGBTQ+ history. 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