The first Digital Frontiers conference was held September 20-22, 2012 at the University of North Texas. The original logo was designed by Antonia Mondragon-Becker, then a student designer in the UNT Libraries External Relations department.

The conference was supported by the Portal to Texas History and the Texas State Historical Association, and was originally conceived around scholarship generated out of the Portal. Once the CFP was released, however, the scope of the conference quickly outgrew that original premise, laying the foundations for the diverse community that sustains DF today.

Opening Keynote

Michael Millner, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Digital Archives: Where is the community in History?

Elisabeth Mueller Nylander, Librarian in Jönköping, Sweden
Presentation (UNT Digital Library)

Digital Rights, Media and Practice: The Right to Bear Arms in the Information Age

Mariette Papić, author and photographer

The Handbook of Texas: Past and Future

J. Kent Calder, Texas State Historical Association
Presentation (UNT Digital Library)

If We Are Doing It in New Jersey, You Can Do It in Your State!

Luis Rodriguez, University Librarian; Trevar Riley-Reid, Academic Specialist in the Library, Kean University
Presentation (UNT Digital Library)

The Impact of Digitizing Resources: Content Partner and User Perspectives

Dreanna Belden, Assistant Dean for External Relations; Kathleen Murray, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Texas Libraries
Presentation (UNT Digital Library)

Closing Remarks

Cathy Hartman, Associate Dean of Libraries, University of North Texas Libraries

[Note: the original program for DF2012 has been lost! If anyone has it, please send us a copy. If your presentation information is missing, likewise, please send it to us so we can update the record.]