Reel Resistance:
Libraries and Film Collections in Challenging Times
Three days of virtual collaboration await as we share strategies for maintaining robust collections while protecting intellectual freedom. Come for the solutions, stay for the community that gets what you're facing.
November 11-13, 2025
Session recordings are live! Catch what you missed or watch it again.
Meet the Keynote Speakers
Conference at a Glance
Day 1, November 11, 2025
(All times in NYC/Eastern Time Zone)
11:45am, Welcome & Opening Remarks
12:00pm, Opening Keynote by by Jessamyn West - Strategic and Tactical Decision for Positive Engagement During Challenging Times
1:00pm, Break
1:15pm, Presentation by Christine F. Smith - Bittersweet Silence: A Closer Look at Academic Media Licensing Challenges
1:45pm, Presentation by Leticia Wiggins and Vincent Albarano - A Case Study of Ethnic Studies Media Acquisitions in the Post-Pandemic Academic Library
2:15pm, Market Mania - Learn about what makes the films in our Sponsor Highlight Reels special
3pm, Vendor Meetups and Virtual Unconference - sign up for a 15 minute one-one meeting with one of our sponsors and pop in and out of our virtual unconference, where you get to chart the discussion.
Day 2, November 12, 2025
12pm, Welcome to Day 2!
12:15pm, Presentation by Megan Heady - Managing Streaming Media Collection Development in Uncertain Times
12:45pm, Presentation by Alyssa Davis and Leila Sherbini - Made in Michigan: Digitizing and Preserving the WKAR Early Television Films Collection
1:15pm, Break
1:30pm, Presentation by Steven Guerrero and lorraine wochna - Community-Driven VHS Digitization: Academic Libraries Video Trust (ALVT)
slides (coming soon) | Recording
2:15pm, Market Mania - Learn about what makes the films in our Sponsor Highlight Reels special
2:45pm, Break
3:00pm, Vendor Meetup and Virtual Unconference - sign up for a 15 minute one-one meeting with one of our sponsors and pop in and out of our virtual unconference, where you get to chart the discussion.
Day 3, November 13, 2025
12:00pm, Panel Session
12:45pm, Market Mania - Learn about what makes the films in our Sponsor Highlight Reels special
1:15pm, Break
2:45pm, Closing Keynote with Regina Longo - Sustaining Communities of Practice in Polarizing Times
3:45pm, Closing remarks
Jessamyn West
Opening Plenary Speaker
Librarian, speaker, and author Jessamyn West will open our conference with experience-based thoughts on making incremental strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times.
Jessamyn is co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux, and author of Without a Net: Librarians Bridging a Divide.
Regina Longo
Closing Plenary Speaker
Archivist, historian, researcher, producer, and film programmer, Regina Longo will close our conference our with a talk on Sustaining Communities of Practice in Polarizing Times.
Prior to serving as Special Assistant to the Chief of the Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center (2024-25), Regina managed the MCM Film and Video Archives and taught in the department of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University.
Thank you to all our sponsors!
Don’t miss our sponsor reels! A great way to discover the latest films curated by our sponsors just for this conference.
