Trevor Owens

I’m a social scientist, historian, and archivist working to deepen the positive impact of mission driven organizations on society.

This is my personal website, where you can find my bio, talks, CV, writings, courses I’ve taught.

📚 Recent books

🗞️ Recent blog posts

• Awe, Tree Rings, and Stars: Top Five Reads of 2023January 1, 2024
• Reflecting on 2023December 29, 2023
• The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation en EspañolSeptember 9, 2023
• Advance Praise for After DisruptionJuly 29, 2023
• Reflecting on 2022: Exploring, Growing, and WritingDecember 31, 2022

📖 Recent publications

Owens, T., Estes, J. (2023). Slide Decks as Government Publications: Exploring Two Decades of PowerPoint Files Archived from US Government Websites. Archival Science, 23 (2). 

Holdzkom, E., Lopez, M., Owens, T., Salas, C., Seroka, L. (2022) Beyond Good Intentions: Developing and Operationalizing Values in the Structure of Digital Library Programs. Library Leadership & Management. 36 (2).

Lee, B., Owens, T. (2021) Grappling with the Scale of Born-digital Government Publications: Toward Pipelines for Processing and Searching Millions of PDFs. International Journal of Digital Humanities. 3 (1).

Owens, T. (2021) A Good Jobs Strategy for Libraries. Library Leadership & Management. 35 (3).

Owens, T., Padilla, T. (2020). Digital sources and digital archives: historical evidence in the digital age. International Journal of Digital Humanities. 2 (1).

📚 Recently read

• The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
  April 13, 2024
• The Nib #3 (Empire Issue)
  April 8, 2024
• Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians
  April 8, 2024
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
  April 6, 2024
• Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media
  April 5, 2024

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