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Archive for April, 2009

Joel Draut to shows HMRC photos at AHA meeting

Posted by pmontgom on April 20, 2009

Joel Draut, a photojournalist and archivist, will be the featured speaker at the
AHA! general meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22.

Joel is best known as the professional who curates the rich photographic
resources at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC). The HMRC has the
most extensive collection of images about Houston. He will talk about current
digitization efforts at the HMRC and show photographs from the collection.

AHA! meeting details:

When: 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Where: University of St. Thomas
The Ahern Room in the Crooker Center
3909 Graustark, on the northeast corner of Graustark and
Branard.

Directions: From West Alabama, turn south on Graustark, go 2 blocks and the
Crooker Center is on the left or east side of Graustark. The Ahern room is on
the first floor at the south end of the building.

What: Snacks provided.

Call Philip Montgomery if you have any questions at 713-348-2542 or send email to pmontgom@rice.edu.

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AHA board meeting

Posted by pmontgom on April 20, 2009

The AHA board will be meeting at Tuesday, April 21 at 6 p.m. at Cafe Express at 1422 West Gray at the corner of West Gray and Waugh Drive.

I encourage all AHA members to attend. Call or email me if you have any questions. 713-348-2542 or pmontgom@rice.edu.

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Reminder about Privacy Webinar

Posted by pmontgom on April 15, 2009

Privacy and Health Information Webinar

Posted by pmontgom on March 24, 2009

AHA and SAA present: Privacy and Health Information Webinar.

When: April 16, 2009 with registration from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and the webinar from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: McGovern Historical Collections, HAM/TMC, 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Houston, located in the Texas Medical Center.

Who: This event is free to all members of AHA! Non-members pay $15.
Registration: Either show up at the door or register early by contacting Javier Garza at jjgarza@mdanderson.org or 713-792-2285 or contacting Philip Montgomery at pmontgom@rice.edu or call 713-348-2542.

Parking: http://resource.library.tmc.edu/using/maps.cfm
Sponsored by AHA and Hosted by McGovern Historical Collections, HAM/TMC.

Privacy and Health Information is a recording of a 90-minute web seminar presentation in June 2008, sponsored by the Society of American Archivists.

Health information of both living deceased individuals is collected in a wide variety of archival repositories from medical archives to local historical societies. What are the legal rights and ethical responsibilities that archivists and others should consider for access and use of this information? How do archivists adjudicate requests for access in compliance with legal and ethical rights to privacy?

This seminar explores:
• The Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• The Federal Common Rule for Protection of Human Subjects
• Ethical policies for protecting identifiable health and human subject information.

It also explores policies, procedures, and practices for repositories to employ while administering access and use of materials containing identifiable health and human subject information, including:

• The concept of role-based access;
• The structure and operation of institutional review boards;
• Repository policies and procedures;
• Glossary of terms;
• Examples of forms;
• Guidelines for review of documents; and
• Risk analysis and decision-making.

Sponsored by AHA! Archivists of the Houston Area and hosted by McGovern Historical Collections, HAM/TMC.

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Philip Montgomery honored as Rising Star!

Posted by amandafocke on April 10, 2009

Philip Montgomery, archivist and special collections librarian at Rice University — and our own AHA President this year — received a Rising Star alumni award at the 70th anniversary alumni celebration for the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of North Texas. Philip works in Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center.

These prestigious awards offered by the Library and Information Sciences Alumni Society and the 70th Anniversary Committee recognizes state and national leaders in seven categories in the library and information professions who are graduates of the UNT/LIS program. The Rising Star award is given to individuals who have graduated within the past 5 years.

Congrats to Phil!

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AHA General Meeting

Posted by pmontgom on April 3, 2009

AHA general meeting

When: 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Where: University of St. Thomas
The Ahern Room in the Crooker Center
3909 Graustark, on the northeast corner of Graustark and
Branard.

Directions: From West Alabama, turn south on Graustark, go 2 blocks and the Crooker Center is on the left or east side of Graustark. The Ahern room is on the first floor at the south end of the building.

What: More details to come soon. Snacks provided.

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AHA presenting at TLA today

Posted by amandafocke on April 1, 2009

AHA was invited by the Texas Library Association to participate in their new archives track during their annual meeting by presenting a session on AHA’s networking activities.

Shelly Kelly from UH-CL, Bernard Forrester from TSU and Phil Montgomery from Rice are presenting the session today. They’ll be highlighting our professional development activities, public outreach, communication network, and (semi?) annual vicious croquet match.

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