Webinars
Watch live or catch up on demand. Join the AM team and guest presenters explore issues and discuss topics related to universities, libraries and archives.
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Boosting student success: leveraging historical sources for non-history majors
Thursday 21 November | 8:00am PST | 10:00am CST | 11:00am EST
Join AM's Emily Stallworthy to consider how engaging with primary sources can create a more enriching, and dynamic educational experience across all majors. Emily will showcase learning resources from our AM Research Skills series, designed to develop the key information literacy and critical thinking skills needed for student success.
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Beyond history: Using primary sources in interdisciplinary teaching and research
Join AM as we explored the interdisciplinary applications of archival material beyond history classes.
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AV primary sources in your library: a valuable but underutilised tool
Audiovisual (AV) primary sources often remain underutilised despite their interdisciplinary potential. Explore recent research by AM and Library Journal and see examples of how AM Quartex's cutting-edge technologies can maximise the discovery and accessibility of your digitised AV content.
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Enhancing discoverability: An introduction to AM Quartex’s web publishing power
Discover AM Quartex, our innovative digital collections publishing platform, with this 30-minute introductory webinar.
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Unlocking student success through Spanish language primary sources
We were joined by Faculty Engagement Associate, Joe Young-Perez, and Dr Matthew Butler from the University of Texas at Austin as they explored how AM’s first non-English language resource, Mexico in History: Colonialism to Revolution, c.1500-1929, can be used in undergraduate teaching.
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Teaching with government documents from The National Archives, UK
AM Archives Direct provides crucial insight into modern geopolitics from the perspective of the British state with material drawn exclusively from The National Archives, UK. Explore the teaching and research value of these documents with Dr. Matt Graham, University of Dundee alongside Nick Jackson and Alex Barr, both from AM's Editorial Production team.
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Cape Ann Museum: Building digital collections for community access
Hear from Cape Ann Museum and discover how they have utilised AM Quartex to transform their collections. In this webinar, we explore how leveraging our DAMS has simplified asset management and organisation, showcasing the museum and encouraging community passion.
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Uncovering the hidden voices of everyday women in primary sources
To celebrate our collection, Women's Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968, we examine how vivid narratives and diverse materials can amplify and reveal the voices of women across the centuries.
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Archives from Canada Online: Highlights of digitised primary sources for teaching and learning
Join Dr. Laura Blomvall and Dr. Clare Kellar on a virtual tour exploring AM's newest digital collections, such as 1980s Culture and Society with material from the Library and Archives Canada.
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Discover AM Quartex: review and reimagine your digital collections
Whether you last considered Quartex a few years ago, or a few months ago, we can help you reimagine the presentation of your digital collections. Join us to discover the latest enhancements and technologies that Quartex can provide.
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What is AM publishing in 2024? (Part I)
Join members of AM's Editorial team in the first of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2024.
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What is AM publishing in 2024? (Part II)
Join members of AM's Editorial team in the second installment of our two-part webinar, as they explore the exciting new range of collections publishing in 2024.
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Successfully migrating digital collections: three institutions share their experiences of achieving their migration objectives
Your migration to a new digital collections platform demands a flexible, customer-led approach from your platform provider’s support team. Join this panel discussion to hear the experiences of Rice University, the University of Portland and Durham County Library, all of which have recently undertaken this transformative journey with AM Quartex.
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Torture, State Violence and Political Prisoners: Exploring the Global Human Rights Movement through the Amnesty International Archives
Find out how our Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights collection can be used in teaching and research
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Discover AM Quartex: how public libraries are building community around local heritage collections
Join us to learn how public and state libraries are using AM Quartex to build digital archives that capture attention, excite and inspire, and provide a sustainable, centralised hub for community recollection.
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DAM and digital preservation systems: a new partnership to address preservation and presentation of your digital collections
Learn how Preservica’s Active Digital Preservation technology and AM Quartex, a digital asset management system and website creation tool, allow users to effortlessly preserve digitised assets and metadata to prevent future loss and degradation; and seamlessly surface these materials in a visually dynamic and accessible digital collections website.
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Comparing digitised First Folios: how new image viewer technology in Quartex is creating unprecedented research opportunities
Central to the concept of First Folios Compared is the creation of new ways in which to examine and compare digitised materials, using new image viewer capabilities in AM Quartex. Join us to see these capabilities in action, and explore ways in which they can support your research communities in making new discoveries and interpretations from digitised resources.
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Hidden in the archives: uncovering new perspectives with HTR
AI-driven HTR, available in the digital collections platform AM Quartex, has the power to take scholars beyond face value, biases and accepted interpretations, to unearth hidden perspectives and greater understanding of a broader range of experiences. Join us to experience the transformational power of HTR.
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Collaborate, unlock, create: using tech to get the most out of your library and archival collections
AM Quartex and Technology from Sage explore the latest tools designed to increase discoverability and use of your library’s collections.
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Migration simplified: discover our customer-led approach to migrating your digital collections
Your migration to a new digital collections platform should be as easy and enjoyable as possible, and led by you. Join us to learn more about our simplified and customer-first approach to migrating your digital collections.
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Uncovering archival materials in AM’s Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914
This webinar, with AM partners CHOICE, delves into how researchers can use archival materials to better understand the impact and response to European colonialism in Africa using the newly-published database Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914
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Embedding accessibility into digital collections
Digital access by today’s definition means more than simply making digital copies of physical materials available online. Join us to hear from two academic libraries that have placed accessibility front and centre of their digital open access programs, and how AM's UX team is using real world insights to improve accessibility within Quartex and our own digital primary source collections.
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Discover AM Quartex: our easy to use and quick to implement digital asset management system
Aerin Bowers shows how AM Quartex is transforming teaching and research for Canadian institutions using the system to create and showcase digital collections.
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Discover AM Quartex: engage patrons with your Texas heritage collections
Hear how public library systems across Texas are showcasing their local heritage collections, and learn from their example in using Quartex to build new partnerships and collaborations.