I’m a social scientist, historian, and archivist working to deepen the the positive impact of scientific societies and cultural heritage institutions on society through humanities and social science research.
This is my personal website, where you can find my bio, talks, CV, writings, courses I’ve taught.
📚 Recent books
🗞️ Recent blog posts
- Reflecting on 2025: Researching, Connecting, and Exploring
- Reflecting on 2024: Connecting, Learning, and Growing
- Awe, Tree Rings, and Stars: Top Five Reads of 2023
- Reflecting on 2023
- The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation en Español
📖 Recent publications
Owens, T, Lee ,B, Estess, J. (2025) Powell.Pps: Close & Distant Reading of Primary Sources in Web Archives. Internet Histories, 9 (1).
Owens, T. Legacy Mindset: AIP’s Library & Archives Preserves Stories—And They Want Yours. (2024). Radiations, 30 (2).
Shelton, A., Algee, L., Osborn, C., & Owens, T. (2024). Giving back, learning, relaxing, and having fun: Personal motivations and impacts of a virtual volunteer transcription program. International Journal of Digital Humanities, 6 (2), 143–168.
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).
Trevor Owens 