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Call for Proposals: 2026 Western History Association Conference
2025-12-06
The Call for Papers is now open for the Western History Association’s 66th Annual Conference, October 21-24, 2026, in Portland, Oregon.
The 2026 conference theme, “Unsettled: New Wests, New Lessons,” acknowledges how communities and scholars continue to expand our understanding of who prospered and suffered in the North American West. They have unsettled the past by showing us that the past is unsettling.
With their insights in mind, the 2026 Program Committee calls for papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, and innovative session formats that encourage us to learn lessons from each other.
See more information at the link provided.

Webinar: Wikipedia Metrics & Tools for DPLA Contributors
2025-12-11 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
With Christine Fernsebner Eslao, Giovanna Fontenelle, and Jamie Flood. Join members of the Wikimedia Working Group for an overview of metrics and tracking tools across Wikimedia platforms. We will look at metrics and tools while offering advice for institutions currently contributing, or looking to get involved with the DPLA Wikimedia Pipeline, and related Wikipedia work and editing. During the presentation we will cover pipeline metrics, Wikimedia events dashboard and using it for tracking, article assessment tools, a tool for adding images to articles, and Wikimedia Commons specific tools. Additionally, we will briefly discuss new Wikimedia Foundation tools that are being developed. The presenters have first hand experience with all tools being covered and will offer insight and demonstrations into how to best utilize them for your personal or institutional editing and content goals.

Webinar: A Case Study of Wikimedia for DPLA institutions
2026-01-08 11:00 - 12:00
The Wikipedia for Cultural Heritage lecture series will end with a case study from a DPLA hub, the Minnesota Digital Library. Working together with a cohort of several of their contributing institutions, MDL utilized the DPLA Wikimedia pipeline to share over 375,000 images. One of the project’s coordinators, Sara Ring, will offer an overview of how they got started in their work on Wikipedia, how it has been going, and offer insights into how an institution could start their own project.

Roots Tech 2026
2026-03-05 - 2026-03-07 | Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Roots Tech is the world’s largest family discovery event and will be held March 5–7, 2026. Join in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah or online world-wide. See organizer website for more details and pricing!
