Charlie Byers is an archivist, writer, and software developer. He grew up along I-40, spent his teens and twenties along the 5 and the 15, and has lived near the 90 since 2009. He is "rotary telephone" years old. He holds an MA in Public History from Eastern Washington University and is a lead software developer at the Washington State Archives Digital Archives. He lives in Spokane, Washington with his wife, children, and cats.
Byers, C. (2024, April). Doing Family Research with Public Records. Presentation to Girl Scout Troop 2014, Spokane, WA.
This was a presentation to my daughter's troop, and it went surprisingly well. I created a surrogate files collection and guide for this exercise. Email me for more info.
Digital Archives Staff (2023, May). New Frontiers at the Washington State Archives Digital Archives. Northwest Archivists Conference, Salem, OR.
My portion of this panel was titled Cloud Computing for Archives. My job is often to be an interpreter between very skilled techies and very skilled archivists, and this was a big scoop of that.
Byers, C. (2019, September). What the Washington State Archives Digital Archives Can Do for You. Washington State Association of County Auditors Conference., Tacoma, WA
Digital Archives Staff (2017, July). Innovating Information Flow at the Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. NAGARA Conference, Boise, ID.
Byers, C. (2014, May). Sociology of software. Presentation at the EWU Student Research and Creative Works Symposium, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.
Byers, C. (2014, April). Interfaces: The social role of software. Presentation at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference (SIRC), Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.
