Ippolito, Albert, Revitt presenting at Maine Archives & Museums conference

Three University of Maine experts will speak during the 2020 Maine Archives & Museums Conference to be held online on Oct. 8. 

During his talk, “Build a Mobile App for Your Collection,” Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media and director of the digital curation program, will walk participants through the creation of cross-platform smartphone apps that allow museum and archive curators to augment their collections with interactive exhibits. Jacob Albert, project manager for the Franco-American Portal, will participate in a panel about efforts to create a unified statewide system for accessing manuscript repositories. Matthew Revitt, special collections and Maine shared collection librarian, will take part in a panel on building community COVID-19 archives. 

For more information or to register, visit the Maine Archives & Museums website.