Publications 

Rayburn A, Thomer, AK (2024). Reconstructing provenance in long-lived data systems: the challenge of paradata capture in memory institution collection databases. In: Huvila, I., Andersson, L., Sköld, O. (eds) Perspectives on Paradata. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6_9  

Rayburn A, Punzalan R, Thomer AK. (2024). Persisting through friction: growing a community-driven knowledge infrastructure. Archival Science (24): 61–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-023-09427-5

Prosper S, Rayburn A, Ramirez Y, Punzalan RL. (2024). Indigenous Digital Projects: A Proposed Assessment Framework. Journal of Information & Culture 59(1): 66-96. https://doi.org/10.7560/IC59104
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Thomer AK, Rayburn A. (2023). ‘A Patchwork of Data Systems': Quilting as an Analytic Lens and Stabilizing Practice for Knowledge Infrastructures. Journal of Science, Technology, & Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1177/01622439231175535
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Rayburn A (2025). Data feminism in museum collections: mapping principles to practices.  In the proceedings of the 2025 iConference. Bloomington, Indiana. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30iConf47332

Thomer AK, Starks JR, Rayburn A, Lenard M. (2022, November). Maintaining Repositories, Databases, and Digital Collections in Memory Institutions: An Integrative Review. In the proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.755

Thomer AK, Rayburn A, Tyler, ARB (2020, February). Three approaches to documenting database migrations. Presented at the International Digital Curation Conference. Dublin, Ireland. http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/726/588

Starks JR, Rayburn A, Lenard M, Thomer AK. (2022, March). What best practices exist to support database and digital collection migration? Presented at the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Association. Virtual. https://osf.io/vxe3a/

Rayburn A, Thomer AK. (2022, February). The Craft of Database Curation: Taking Cues from Quiltmaking. Presented at the 2022 iConference. Virtual. https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/4358
This won best poster award at iconference 2022! 

Rayburn A. (2021, October). Understanding the Role of Community Collaboration Within Indigenous Cultural Heritage Data Migrations. In the proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). Salt Lake City, Utah. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.571

Tracey P,  Rayburn A. (2021, October). Reddit as a Forum for Social Service Workers. In the proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). Salt Lake City, UT. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.584

Rayburn A, Thomer AK. (2020, February). Reconstructing the development of legacy database platforms. Presented at the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). Dublin, Ireland. https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/162598

Rayburn A, Counts M, Sexton T,  Patterson R. (2019, April). A Historic Look at Protest Culture In Ann Arbor. Presented at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC). Detroit, MI. Link to view
This won best poster award at MAC 2019!