http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/uc_libraries_forum_2025_keynote/rss Recent eScholarship items from Keynote Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:25:01 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8br9p2rx <p>In times where turbulence is amplified, how do the archives we sustain, sustain us as keepers of history, culture, and memory? From family photos to library collections to seedbanks, how do these archives prepare us? Along with offering material resources and guidance for everyday thriving, how do the archives we grow <em>require</em> other(ed) ways of knowing such as storytelling, communal reflection, and ecological wisdom? Ways of knowing that can further support collective sustenance in these times? For this keynote talk, Dr. Naya turns to diverse ways of knowing to reflect on these questions - and to create space for pause. Grounded in Black ecologies, BIPOC feminisms, and the Mojave Desert where she lives, she interweaves <em>testimonio</em> or personal testimony about co-creating community archives with insights from desert plants who know much about surviving uncertainty. Throughout, participants will have opportunities to personally reflect on archive-inspired prompts... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8br9p2rx Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Armendarez Jones, Naya, PhD https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5460491n As restrictive licensing, and privatization reshape our digital world, the library mission, to provide preservation and access to knowledge, has never been more urgent. In this keynote, Kyle K. Courtney will explore how the intertwined forces of copyright, licensing, and information control shape what we can know, and who gets to decide. Librarians must reclaim their role as defenders of access, privacy, and intellectual freedom, standing up for knowledge with courage, creativity, and conviction. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5460491n Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Courtney, Kyle K., Esq. Garrity, William Davidson Squibb, Sara Chau, Selena