The Barbara Jordan/Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University is hosting a series of events to commemorate the 75th birthday of Barbara Jordan. The events will kickoff this Thursday evening at the Robert J. Terry Library at TSU with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30pm. There will be speakers, free food, and a look at the life and career of Jordan through her archives. Everyone is welcome to attend. There will be additional events happening this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and next Monday at TSU and around Houston—a schedule of events is posted here. For more information, please feel free to contact Gary Chaffee (chaffeegj@tsu.edu, 713-313-7298), or the School of Public Affairs at 713-313-6849. We hope to see you there!

Staff at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC) are graciously opening their doors on two days during Archives Month (October 15th and 29th) for tours of the Texas Room and their state-of-the-art archival storage. You won’t want to miss this opportunity! Reservations are required. See the flyer for details about times and how to sign up.

500 McKinney
Houston, Texas 77002
Parking is available beneath the adjacent Central Library for $2 per hour. The entrance to the garage is on Lamar Street.

The Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA) at San José State University (SJSU) is a new program developed to train archives and records professionals. Members of its first cohort are entering their final year in the program and are in a position to apply their skills and knowledge to an organizational consulting project— at no cost to your firm. The goal of the OCP is to provide an integrative opportunity for the student to apply at a high level the knowledge and skills developed in the MARA program. The scope of the OCP is substantive such that the client would normally pay a substantial consulting fee for the level of work.

One of the students in the first cohort, Brande Hall Gex, recently moved to Houston and is seeking a client for the OCP. Brande would like to assist a client with developing e-discovery policies and procedures, developing records management training programs, retention schedules, litigation hold policies and procedures, and/or vital records policies, but she is open to other projects proposed by the client. If you have a project you think would be suitable or if you would like to brainstorm a project, please contact Brande at brande.gex@gmail.com. She will be happy to discuss the project with you and, if requested, to provide a copy of her resume and references.

For more information about Brande or the program at SJSU, read this memo.