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Great sessions at TLA!

Posted by Lauren on March 30, 2012

Greetings all,
There are a number of programs at TLA’s Annual Conference related to Archives and Digital libraries. TLA is held in Houston this year, April 17th-April 20th. We would love to see you there!

Developing a Large-Scale Digital Archives through a Library Consortium
Tue, April 17, 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm
The West Texas Digital Archives, a customized open source repository, contains historical materials including images, text, and video. This program highlights the elements involved in this fruitful collaborative project including the development of content practices, building an online repository, and marketing and sustaining of the archive.
Digital Libraries Round Table (DLRT) business meeting follows the program.

Digitizing Local History: Partnerships and Possibilities
Thu, April 19, 10:00 am – 11:50 am
All history may be local, as some historians claim, but local history is often overlooked. Join academic and public librarians as they discuss their experiences digitizing local history materials during a multi-year training program. Learn what worked, what didn?t, and where you can go for help.
Archives, Genealogy and Local History Round Table business meeting follows the program.

Digitizing Historic Newspapers: What We’ve Learned
Thu, April 19, 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Libraries are the primary access points for local newspapers. Speakers outline the Texas Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership among libraries to digitize historical newspapers, and debunk a few myths about digitizing resources. Attendees will find out about resources to help them start and fund their own project.

Metadata Strategies for Getting Objects Online
Fri, April 20 8:00 am – 9:20 am
Does your digitization process always bottleneck at metadata? Do you have a lot of material scanned but a backlog of materials needing metadata? Learn tips and tricks from other librarians who have developed strategies to minimize and reduce the metadata backlog.

Contemporary Collecting: Is Your Archives Keeping up with the Latest Trends?
Fri, April 20, 10:00 am – 11:20 am
In our constantly changing society, archives and cultural institutions should consider collecting materials reflecting modern technologies, trends, and populations. Learn how to develop a selection policy allowing for the acquisition of contemporary materials and to anticipate issues regarding playback mechanisms, migration, and preservation of less common material types.

More information on TLA 2012 conference @ http://www.txla.org/annual-conference

kind regards,
Monica Rivero, DLRT Chair

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SAA Hamer Kegan Award

Posted by Lauren on January 12, 2012

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2012 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, digital, or other circulating medium.

Recent winners include:

• 2011 University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Libraries March On Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project Team

• 2010 The Giza Archives Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• 2009 Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections of the University of Toledo’s “From Institution to Independence”

• 2008 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the CBC Digital Archives (Les Archives de Radio-Canada)

Eligibility:

Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:

All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28.

Send nomination/application forms and supporting documentation to:

Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee
Society of American Archivists
17 North State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3315

Electronic submissions also are acceptable and should be sent to saahq[at]archivists.org. Please indicate the name of the award or scholarship in the email subject line.  Use standard file applications such as Word, Excel, or Adobe; attachments should not exceed 5MB.

For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp

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MAC call for session proposals, Spring 2011

Posted by amobley on August 3, 2010

Have something to share with another region of the country? The Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) is casting its nets widely in search of session proposals for its 2011 annual meeting. Held in April in St. Paul, Minnesota, the theme for next year’s meeting is “Headwaters of History”. Submissions are due September 1st. Please see the call for proposals form for additional details.

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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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