September 11 as History: Collecting Today for Tomorrow

A Library of Congress Symposium

Please allow extra time for entering the building according to Library security procedures.

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Information table open, Coolidge Auditorium foyer

9:00 - 9:05 a.m.

Opening Remarks: Diane Nester Kresh, Library of Congress

9:05 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks: Jesse H. Ausubel, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Panel 1: How Historians will Write the History of September 11

Moderator: Stephen Brier, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Speakers:

Thomas "Tim" Borstelmann	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Melani McAlister	The George Washington University
Craig Steven Wilder	Dartmouth College
Ronald Walters	University of Maryland

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.

Panel 2: The Internet and Collecting the History of the Present

Moderator: Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University

Speakers:

Harrison "Lee" Rainie	Pew Internet & American Life Project
Abby Smith	Council on Library and Information Resources
Linda Shopes	Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
Daniel J. Cohen	ECHO project, George Mason University

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch on own

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Panel 3: Collecting the History of September 11

Moderator: Joshua Brown, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Speakers:

Jessica Wiederhorn	Oral History Research Office, Columbia University
James B. Gardner	National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Greg "Fritz" Umbach	September 11 Digital Archive
Diane Nester Kresh	Library of Congress

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Coffee break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

"12/12 and 9/11: Tales of Power and Tales of Experience in Contemporary History"
Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

4:00 p.m.

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Reception and ceremonial gift of the September 11 Digital Archive to Library of Congress, Montpelier Room (6th floor Madison Building)

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January 13, 2010