Trevor Owens

This blog has slowly transformed into a place where I just publish annual year in review posts. I may still consider other types of posts in the future, but for the time being, I will be sure to at the very least maintain this annual tradition. This is the 13th… Read more: Reflecting on 2025: Researching, Connecting, and Exploring

As a year comes to a close I try to round up and reflect a bit on this trip around the sun. This is the year 11th one of these year end reflective posts that I’ve written. If you are curious, you can see my reflections at the end of… Read more: Reflecting on 2024: Connecting, Learning, and Growing

It was a pretty good reading year for me. I met the target of 50 books that I set for my Goodreads reading challenge. As part of gearing up for this new year, I went back and pulled the five books that I am sure I’m going to keep thinking… Read more: Awe, Tree Rings, and Stars: Top Five Reads of 2023

As a year comes to a close I try to round up and reflect a bit on this unit of time. This year 10th one of these year end reflective posts that I’ve written. You can see my reflections at the end of 2022,  2021,  2020, 2019,  2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.… Read more: Reflecting on 2023

The open access version of the Spanish translation of my book The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation is now available online. La teoría y el oficio de la preservación digital was produced by a team of library and information science experts led by Isabel Galina Russell. It was published… Read more: The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation en Español

My next book is a little closer to being fully finished. After working through some thoughtful feedback from peer reviewers I am now reviewing a round of copy edits. In fun news, the book now has a page on the University of Michigan Press website. It also has BISAC subjects,… Read more: Advance Praise for After Disruption

As a year comes to a close I try to round up and reflect a bit on this unit of time. This year marks a milestone in that reflective practice itself, now being the 10th year I have written one of these posts. You can see my reflections at the… Read more: Reflecting on 2022: Exploring, Growing, and Writing

I’m excited to share that I have a new paper out, Slide Decks as Government Publications: Exploring Two Decades of PowerPoint Files Archived from U.S. Government Websites, in the journal Archival Science. This paper is a collaboration between myself and Jonah Estess. If you don’t have access to the final… Read more: New Paper: Slide Decks as Government Publications

I’m excited to be able to share the second half of my next book, After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory with you for input and comments. For more background on the project, you can read the full book proposal for it here. You can also read drafts of the first half of… Read more: Open Review of the Second Half of “After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory”

I’m excited to be able to share the first four chapters of my next book, After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory with you for input and comments. For more background on the project, you can read the full book proposal for it here. Like I did with my pervious… Read more: Open Review of the First Half of “After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory”