The Society of Indiana Archivists is hosting its first unconference. An unconference is a meeting or conference with no predetermined topic. While they normally have a loose schedule, unconferences are discussion-driven by participants on the event day. Usually, there is a general theme on which participants can break out and base their small-group discussions, and participants share their notes and takeaways with the larger group at the end.

In survey responses over the last few years, SIA members have mentioned their desire to have more time to network with colleagues during the Annual Meeting and workshops. To allow for increased discussion and for colleagues from across the state to share knowledge and learn from one another, SIA wants to provide an opportunity for SIA members to do just that!

"Choose Your Own Archives Adventure" will allow participants to submit topics of interest in advance via a Google Form and the morning of the event. Moderators will select the most popular topics, assign the topics to rooms, and participants may then choose the discussion in which they want to participate.

During each group discussion, there will be shared note-taking, and these notes will be later shared with all Pre-Annual Meeting Workshop participants.

Some topics may include:

• Conservation and Preservation tools and strategies
• Archives Management whether that be staff management, leadership skills, decision-making strategies, grant writing, departmental management, physical processing, and records management
• Digital Methods such as processing born-digital content, digital asset management systems like ArchivesSpace, and digital preservation
• Outreach, traditional and non-traditional, public programming, show and tells, community projects, and exhibits