Digital Scriptorium 2026 Registration Form

We look forward to welcoming you to this year's Digital Scriptorium annual meeting on Thursday and Friday, September 17-18 2026 at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. A tentative schedule for the meeting may be found below.

If you plan on joining us either virtually (on Zoom) or in person, please fill out the registration form linked here. 

Schedule 

Thursday, Sept. 17

2pm - 5pm: Meeting of the Board of Directors 
                    Gamble Room 
                    3rd floor of Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester 

Following the meeting, a reception will be held in the Rossell Hope Robbins Library for Medieval Studies 

A sign-up sheet for dinner will be made available soon 

 

Friday, Sept. 18 

Morning events will be held at the University of Rochester 

9am-10am:   Coffee and Refreshments
                      Rossell Hope Robbins Library 
                      4th floor, Rush Rhees Library

9am-1pm:     Drop in manuscript display 
                      Rare Books & Special Collections 
                      2nd floor, Rush Rhees Library

10am-12pm: Digital Scriptorium General Meeting
                      Gamble Room
                      3rd floor, Rush Rhees Library

12pm-1pm:   Lunch
                      Robbins Library 
                      4th floor, Rush Rhees Library
 

Afternoon events will be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology 
 

1:15pm:     Transportation available to RIT 

2pm-4pm:  Welcome in Cary Exhibition Hall

                   Print a Keepsake
                   Cary Graphic Arts Collection
                   Milestone Exhibition Hall, second floor

                   Learn about MISHA, www.rit.edu/news/misha
                   Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab at RIT, a partnership between imaging science and museum studies
                   Wallace Library, third floor, room 05-3620

                   Image Permanence Institute, https://www.rit.edu/ipi/
                   Image Permanence Institute
                   Wallace Library, second floor, room 05-2410

                      Iron Gall Ink Demo
                   Rain Milligan, RIT museum studies alum
                   Wallace Library, second floor, room 05-2410

                   Visit the Cary Graphic Arts Collection
                   Cary Collection Research Center
                   Wallace Library, second floor, room 05-2630

                   Beyond RGB, https://www.rit.edu/chipr/about
                   Sahara Smith, Ph.D. Candidate in Color Science
                   Wallace Library, third floor, room 05-3640

4pm-5pm: Refreshments in Cary Exhibition Hall 

A sign-up sheet for dinner will be made available for soon 

 

Accommodations 

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Staybridge Suites - Rochester University (1000 Genesee Street, Rochester), which can be booked at a reduced rate of $169 / night. The hotel is a short walk across the Genesee River via a pedestrian bridge to Rush Rhees Library. Please utilize this booking link. The link will auto populate for 9/16/26 - 9/19/26, but the dates can be adjusted to anything within that date range. The reduced rate is available until 8/17/26.

If you have any questions or concerns with booking your reservation, please contact Jonathan Piscitelli (jpiscitelli@hamisterhospitality.com).
 

Travel

Note that transportation between the University of Rochester and RIT will be provided by the hosts

Car

Rochester is located in Western New York, close to Interstate-90. It is approximately 1 hour via car from Buffalo, 1.5 hours via car from Syracuse, and 3 hours via car from Toronto.

Air

Rochester is served by the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC). The airport is less than a 4-mile drive from Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester campus and less than 6 miles from RIT's library. Information on transport to and from the airport can be found on the airport's transportation website. 

Train and Bus

Amtrak’s Empire Service, Maple Leaf, and Lake Shore Limited routes arrive at Rochester’s Amtrak Station. Bus companies Greyhound, Trailways, and Megabus serve Rochester daily.

Parking

On-campus parking at the University of Rochester will be provided in the Library Lot (300 Intercampus Drive). A passcode for the entry gate will be shared with registrants via email prior to the meeting. 

Transportation will be provided from URochester to RIT. If you drive to RIT in your own vehicle, you will need to obtain a visitor's parking pass from the welcome kiosk located at 100 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623. 

 

Organizing Committee

Anna Siebach-Larsen is the director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies at the University of Rochester Libraries.

Juilee Decker is Professor of History and Director of the Museum Studies Program at Rochester Institute of Technology. Decker co-directs the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab at RIT, an interdisciplinary research, education, and training partnership between museum studies and imaging science.

Eric Ensley is the Joseph N. Lambert and Harold B. Schleifer Director of Rare Books, Special Collections, & Preservation at the University of Rochester Libraries. His research has focused on the use of medical imaging technologies on medieval and early modern books. 

Steven Galbraith is Curator of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of A Brief History of the Book: From Tablet to Tablet and Rare Book Librarianship: An Introduction and Guide.

Lisa Wright is the Digital Scholarship Digitization Specialist at the University of Rochester Libraries.