The Code4Lib 2026 Keynote Committee is pleased to announce our keynote
speakers: Brandon Nightingale and Dr. J. Nathan Matias.

Brandon Nightingale is the Senior Project Manager of the Black Press
Archives Digitization Project at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at
Howard University and a PhD student in the Department of History. He holds
a BA in History from the University of Central Florida, an MA in Public
History from UCF, and an MS in Information Science from Florida State
University. At MSRC, he leads a multi-year effort to digitize, preserve,
and expand access to one of the largest and most significant collections of
Black newspapers in the world. His work focuses on Black print culture,
archival preservation, digital access, and the role of technology in
shaping historical memory. His dissertation examines the institutional
history of the Black Press Archives, its connections to Pan-African
thought, and its impact on public understanding of Black life.

Dr. J. Nathan Matias (@[log in to unmask]
<https://social.coop/@natematias>, @natematias.bsky.social
<https://bsky.app/profile/natematias.bsky.social>) is a computer scientist
and social scientist who organizes citizen behavioral science for a safer,
fairer, more understanding Internet. A Guatemalan-American, Nathan is
founder of the Citizens and Technology Lab <https://citizensandtech.org/>
and an assistant professor in the Cornell University Department of
Communication.

Matias has worked with online communities around the world to test
effective ways for people to come together to create, maintain, and protect
public goods online. He also studies the science of freedom of expression
and diversity in knowledge-making endeavors. His work in design has
received awards from FastCompany, and his research and advocacy has
received awards from the Association for Computing Machinery and the
Mozilla Foundation. Matias has published scholarship in journals including
Nature, Science, and PNAS. His journalism has been published in The
Atlantic, The Guardian, Adventure Cyclist Magazine, and many others.


Code4Lib 2026 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people
working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage
and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge
collaborations. The conference will be held March 2-5, 2026 in
Philadelphia, PA. You can find more information about the conference
on the conference
website <https://2026.code4lib.org/> and more information about the Code4Lib
<http://code4lib.org/about/>community at https://code4lib.org/about/
<http://code4lib.org/about/>.


The Keynote Committee would like to congratulate Brandon Nightingale and
Nate Matias on their election (as well as to thank them for their
flexibility with our logistical situation) and thank all the excellent
candidates who agreed to be nominated this year.

Andromeda Yelton,


On behalf of the Code4Lib 2026 Keynote Committee

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Andromeda Yelton
Lead Software Engineer, JSTOR Labs
https://andromedayelton.com
@thatandromeda (Mastodon <https://ohai.social/@thatandromeda>, Bluesky
<https://bsky.app/profile/thatandromeda.bsky.social>, github
<https://github.com/thatandromeda>)