Presentations by Dr. Jessica BrodeFrank

Presentations given in-person and remotely, across 3 continents. For resources, slide decks, or similar presentations please contact me.

  • “Reimagine Continuing Professional Development for SustAInable Futures,” IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations & Federations) Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Section, World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), August 18-22, 2025. 

  • “Redefining Participation for Digital Literacy with Cultural Heritage Audiences.” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Humanities, September 8–10, 2025, Florence, Italy.

  • “Getting SHTEAM-y: Incorporating STEM, AI, and Human Participation to Target Digital Literacy in Cultural Heritage.” MuseumNext Digital Collections Summit, September 2025, online.

2025 Presentations

Catch Me Next at:

  • “Engaging a City’s History through Consortial Search,” Open Repositories 2025: June 15-18, 2025, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

  • “Including the Public in the Processes of Cultural Heritage – Crowdsourcing, Artificial Intelligence, and Community Centered Metadata,” Alliance of American Museums 2025: May 9-12, 2025, Los Angeles. Co-presenters: Dr. Samantha Blickhan, Dr. Oonagh Murphy, and Abigail Shelton.“

  • “Mus3umCU: Using Hollywood Depictions of Cultural Heritage for Empathy, Connection, & Mobilization,” National Council of Public History (NCPH) 2025: March 25-30, 2025, Montreal, Canada. Co-presenters: Lacey Wilson, Dr. Beka Bryer, Sierra Van Ryck deGroot.

  • “Digitizing Cultural Identity: Preserving Chicago’s Filipino and Puerto Rican Histories,” Chicago Cultural Alliance: Activating Heritage 2025, March 31, 2025. Co-presenters: Jorge Félix and Ashley Dequilla.

  • Not About Them Without Them: Including the Public in the Process of Cultural Heritage Descriptions,” Modern Language Association (MLA) 2025: January 9-12, 2025, New Orleans, LA. Co-presenters: Isabel Brador, & Bri Watson.

Completed:

2024 Presentations

Domestic

  • “The State of AI in CCC Member Organizations,” Chicago Collections Consortium, December 4, 2024.

  • “Chicago Collections Consortium: Connecting Campuses to the City,” Association for Academic Museums and Galleries Conference 2024: June 24-26, 2024. Co-presenters: Melanie Emerson, Stephanie Fletcher, & Jason Nargis.

  • “Connecting Community in Chicago: Maintaining a Citywide Consortium for Ten Years and Beyond,” American Alliance of Museums: May 17-19, 2024, Baltimore.

  • “Encouraging a Citywide Approach to History – The Chicago Collections Consortium and Nuanced Storytelling,” Northern Illinois Regional History Conference: April 20, 2024.

  • “Building a Citywide Cultural Community – Chicago Collections Consortium,” National Council for Public History: April 10-13, 2024, Salt Lake City.

  • “Museum Representation in Popular Culture as a Gateway to Understanding Public Perception,” 2024 Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference: March 27-30, 2024, Chicago. Co-presenters: Lacey Wilson, Dr. Beka Bryer, Sierra Van Ryck deGroot.

  • “Getting Started with Digitization,” Activating Heritage with Chicago Cultural Alliance, March 12, 2024. Co-presenters: Jennifer Dalzin and Melissa Rovner.

  • “Describing Our Members, Ourselves: Maintaining a Shared Controlled Vocabulary in Explore Chicago Collections,” ALA Core Interest Group Week, March 4, 2024. Co-presenters: Kate Flynn, Erin Matson, & Gretchen Neidhardt.

  • “Including the Public in Description: Enriching Access to Collections Through Crowdsourcing,” part of “Inclusive Practices in the Art World,” CAA 2024: Feb 14-17, 2024, Chicago.

International

  • “Crowdsourcing in Museums: Prioritizing Community Wisdom in an Artificial Intelligence World,” ICOM CECA 2024: November 18-22, 2024, Athens.

  • “Confronting Descriptive Bias through Crowdsourcing, AI, Mixed Methods,” ICOM CIDOC 2024: November 11-15, 2024, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

  • “Uniting Collections to Represent a City: The Chicago Collections Consortium and the Collaboration Needed for a Citywide Consortium,” ICOM ICME 2024: September 9-12, 2024, Mexico City.

  • “Collective Intelligence: Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing and Increasing Accessibility,” Association of Research Libraries IDEAL Conference 2024: July 15-17, 2024, Toronto, Canada.

  • “Engaging a City’s History through Iterative Content Design,” Critical Heritage Studies Association Biennial Meeting: June 3-5, 2024, Galway, Ireland.

2023 Presentations

Domestic

  • “Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing and Tackling Digital Literacy in an AI World.” MuseumNext: Digital Collections Summit, September 26, 2023.

  • “MuseumCU: The Role of Museums in the Larger Cinematic Universe.” NCPH 2023: April 12-15, 2023. Atlanta.; October 6, 2023, online. Co-presenters: Lacey Wilson, Dr. Beka Bryer, Sierra Van Ryck deGroot.  

  • “Case Study: Tag Along with Adler.” Terms of Art: Design, Description, and Discovery in Cataloging Virtual Symposium hosted by Dartmouth University. February 2023. 

International

  • “Collective Intelligence: Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing in an AI World,” ICOM ICME 2023 Conference: Dec 4-6, 2023, Budapest.

  • “Describing and Vibing: Engaging with Museum Guests in the Description Process.” Society of Imaging Science and Technology: Entering the Metaverse, April 26, 2022.

  • “Expanding Voices, Expanding Access: Social and Community Centered Metadata.” NCPH 2022: March 23-26, 2022.

  • “Inviting the Public In with Crowdsourcing Online and Onsite: A Case Study at the Adler Planetarium.” School of Advanced Study Research Seminar Series, virtual. February 7, 2022.

2022 Presentations

  • “All it Takes is Staff Time: A Lightning Round of Low-to-No Budget Projects.” MCN 2021: October 14, 2021.

  • “Inviting the Public In with Online and Onsite Crowdsourcing.” MuseumNext Digital Collections Summit: October 4, 2021.

  • “Iteration, Adaption, & Motivation: Outcomes of the Mapping Historic Skies Effort at the Adler Planetarium.” Museums and the Web 2021: online. April 30, 2021.

  • “Diversifying the Narrative in Special Collections.” Rare Book and Manuscript School, Virtual. July 2021.

2021 Presentations

  • “Evolving our Approach to Digital Tools for Effective Collection Discovery.” ARCS 2021, November 15, 2021.

  • “It’s not your fault: Stories of Resilience, Revisited. We’re Going to need a better boat.” MCN 2021: October 26, 2021.

  • “Expanding and Enriching Metadata through Engagement with Communities.” MCN 2021: October 21, 2021.

  • “Different Provokes for Different Folks: Adapting Mission Driven Content by Audience.” MuseumNext Digital Learning Summit: October 19, 2021.

  • “The Power to Tag that Privileges the Find: Professional Language and Its Impact on Representation in Museums.” School of Advanced Study Research Seminar Series, virtual. November 24, 2020.

  • “Stories of Resilience and Resistance: What Happens When Cyclical Work becomes Sisyphean?” MCN 2020: Virtual. November 12, 2020.

  • “All it Takes is Staff Time: Effectively Using Existing Platforms for In-Gallery Experiences.” MuseumNext: Edinburgh. March 23-25, 2020. Virtual due to COVID

  • ““Houston, We’ve HAD a Problem.” Successful Failures: Lessons from the Adler’s “Year of the Moon” Programming and the Importance of Community Partners and Digital Interactions.” Museums and the Web 2020: Los Angeles. March 31-April 4, 2020 Virtual due to COVID

2020-2018 Presentations

  • “Don’t Burn Out! Effectively Using Existing Platforms for In-Gallery Experiences,” MCN 2019: San Diego. November 7, 2019

  • “Content and Mission: Finding Balance in Principles, Strategy and Success,” MCN 2019: San Diego. November 8, 2019

  • “Crowdsourcing Knowledge: Zooniverse Interactive”, Museums and the Web 2019: Boston. April 3, 2019.

  • “Breaking Down Departmental Silos to Achieve Institutional Missions”, Artefacts 2018: Chicago. October 14, 2018.

  • “Partner Up: Utilizing Your Institutional Network to Innovate Collections Initiatives”, MCN 2018: Denver. November 14, 2018.