AHA! announces its Disaster Preparedness Scholarship and Drawing. Please see the attached documents for more information.
Disaster Preparedness Scholarship Rules
Contribute your suggestions for items to include in a basic disaster supply kit! See the attached AHA! Basic Disaster Supply Kit document for more information.
Now on display at the Julia Ideson Building of the Houston Public Library is an exhibit celebrating the one hundred year history of the Houston Symphony. In addition to photographs, documents and other materials from the Houston Symphony Archives, the Library will present materials and oral histories from its collections which relate to the Symphony. Extracts of interviews with Ima Hogg and others will be included.
Located on the second floor of the central library at 500 McKinney, the exhibit hall will be open during regular library
hours, 10 am – 8 pm Mondays through Thursdays, and 10 am – 5 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. The exhibit will close October 19.
The Houston Area Digital Archives has created a wonderful timeline in conjunction with the exhibit. For more information, please visit their website: http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/timeline/houston-symphony.html
Fine Tuning: Celebrating 100 years of the Houston Symphony
Do you need help managing your digital photos or videos?
Curious about ways to better organize your files?
Please join us for the following events,
presented in honor of National Preservation Week.
No need to rsvp.
Preserving and Accessing Films and Videos
A presentation by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image
Tuesday, April 23rd at 10am I Farnsworth Pavilion | Rice Memorial Center / Ley Student Center
(building #43 on the campus map)
Light refreshments will be served.
Managing Your Digital Photos: Practical & Inspirational Tips
Brown Bag Event: Wednesday, April 24th at Noon
Digital Media Commons, Herring Hall, room 129
http://libguides.rice.edu/personal-archiving
Events are free and sponsored by Fondren Library
Parking:
The closest lot is the Central Campus Garage (building #51 on the campus map). Enter campus through Entrance 20 off of Rice Blvd, take a right at the second stop sign, and the underground lot entrance is the first left. Please note that all campus parking requires payment; a credit card is required.
The Texas Medical Center Library invites you to a tea and reception to recognize the first five women who have contributed to the Texas Medical Center Women’s History Project. The reception will be held on Thursday, March 21, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Texas Medical Center Library, located at 1133 John Freeman Blvd. For more information, please see the flyer below!
The Association of Centers for the Study of Congress (ACSC) sponsors three awards each year. For more information about the following awards, or to download their applications, please visit the ACSC awards website.
The Richard A. Baker Graduate Student Travel Grant is awarded annually to support graduate-level research conducted at member repositories of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress (ACSC). An award of up to $1000 may be used to underwrite travel, lodging, copying and other research expenses incurred from July 1- June 1 of the award year. Each application will be evaluated on its merits. Primary consideration will be given to projects involving the substantive study of issues related to the study of Congress. Each proposal should be aimed at a discrete end product such as a book, dissertation, thesis, article, documentary, film, exhibit, Web site or social networking site. Budgets may be approved in whole or in part. Each award recipient is required to acknowledge the award in any resulting published work(s) and donate a copy of the work(s) to ACSC and the sponsoring archival repository. The recipient may also be requested to submit a brief article summarizing their findings and research experience for publication by ACSC. The Baker Award honors ACSC founding member and U. S. Senate Historian Emeritus Richard A. Baker. Applications for the Baker Award will be accepted until March 11, 2013, and award notifications are generally made by early April.
The Raymond W. Smock Fellowship is awarded annually in the amount of $1000 to support an individual working in a congressional center to attend the ACSC Annual Meeting in May. The award is open to individuals that have not previously attended an ACSC annual meeting and whose organization is a member of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress (ACSC). The Smock Fellowship honors ACSC founding member and first president, Raymond W. Smock, director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University. Applications for the Smock Fellowship will be accepted until March 11, 2013, and award notifications are generally made by early April.
The CPR Pre-Conference Scholarship is an annual award of $500 to provide financial assistance to an individual or individuals, attending the annual CPR pre-conference meeting at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting. The award was created by the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress in 2011 to acknowledge the Congressional Papers Roundtable‘s role in promoting the preservation and use of congressional collections. Applications for the CPR Pre-Conference Scholarship will be accepted until May 1, 2013, and award notification will be made by early June.
The preliminary program for the 2013 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums is now available at www.atalm.org. The program features 12 pre-conference workshops and tours, four evening events, over 80 concurrent sessions, 18 hands-on labs, and keynote presentations by notable people.
LaDonna Harris, founder and president of Americans for Indian Opportunity is the honorary chair and will provide the opening keynote.
Dates: Scheduled from June 10 through June 13, the conference takes place at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Pre-conference workshops take place on Monday, June 10 and conference sessions are from Tuesday, June 11 through Thursday, June 13.
Registration: Before May 1, 2013, registration is $250. After May 1, registration increases to $300. Registration includes a welcome reception, two breakfasts, and three luncheons. Registration information is available at www.atalm.org
Hotel: The conferencehotel is the Santa Ana-owned Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa situated halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Subject to availability, the discounted rate for conference attendees is $119 a night for a king or two queen beds from June 7-14, 2013. Booking information is available at www.atalm.org. Deadline for booking rooms at the Conference Rate is May 20, 2013
Scholarships: March 1 is the deadline for applying for scholarships. To view the criteria and apply, please visit http://www.atalm.org/node/91
Airport: The closest airport is the Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ), located less than 30 miles from the resort. Discounted shuttle service is available. Please refer to the Hotel and Travel information on ATALM’s website.
Facebook: We frequently post updates to the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Facebook page. If you have not done so already, please consider “liking” us! You may also use the page to promote your own activities, as long as they are non-commercial and non-personal.
Questions? Phone 405-522-3515 or email atalminfo@gmail.com
Archivists of the Houston Area would like to recognize JoAnn Pospisil, Archives Director at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), for being named BCM’s Educational Leader award winner. Congratulations, JoAnn, and thank you for your service to BCM and the Houston archives community!
The application period for the 2013 Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award is now open!
The Pinkett Award was established in 1993 and recognizes and acknowledges minority graduate students,
such as those of African, Asian, Latino or Native American descent, who, through scholastic and personal
achievement, manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of the Society of
American Archivists. The recipients of the award will receive full complimentary registration to the SAA
Annual Meeting and related expenses for hotel and travel for attending the SAA Annual Meeting in New
Orleans, Louisiana in August 2013. In addition, each recipient receives a complimentary one-year
membership in SAA.
Eligibility
The Pinkett Award is awarded to minority students, with preference given to full-time students possessing a
minimum scholastic grade point average of 3.5 while enrolled in a graduate program focusing on archival
management during the academic year proceeding the date on which the award is given.
Details and Application
http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-pinkett
Deadline
February 28, 2013
The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2013 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:
Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.
Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2013.
For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp .
The Society of American Archivists Spotlight Award Subcommittee invites nominations for the 2013 Spotlight Award. This award “recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition.” Nominees do not have to be members of SAA. Please share this message as you think appropriate. I hope you will consider recognizing a colleague (or yourself!) in this way. Additional information about the criteria and process is found below.
Spotlight Award
Purpose and Criteria for Selection: Established in 2005, this award recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition. The nominee(s) should have achieved distinction in one or more of the following ways:
* Participating in special projects.
* Exhibiting tireless committee or advocacy work.
* Responding effectively to an unforeseen or pressing need or emergency.
* Contributing innovative or creative ideas to the profession.
* Performing extraordinary volunteerism.
* Quietly but effectively promoting the profession.
Eligibility: Awarded to an individual archivist or a group of up to five archivists who have collaborated on a project. Preference is given to archivists working in smaller repositories, especially those without institutional support for professional activities.
Nomination Requirements: A completed nomination form, downloadable at http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Spotlight-Award-Form.rtf.
Sponsor and Funding: The Society of American Archivists Foundation.
Prize: A certificate and complimentary registration (for up to five individuals) to the SAA Annual Meeting occurring in the year in which the award is presented.
Submission Deadline and Nomination Form: Deadline: February 28, 2013. Please complete the nomination form (http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Spotlight-Award-Form.rtf) and email it along with any applicable supporting documentation toawards@archivists.org with the subject line “Spotlight Award.” Attachments should not exceed 5MB.
Alternately, nominations may be mailed. Materials must be postmarked by February 28, 2013, and should be sent to:
Spotlight Award Committee
Society of American Archivists
17 North State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, IL 60602-4061
Please contact Tara Laver, Chair, Spotlight Award Subcommittee with any questions:
tzachar@lsu.edu or 225-578-6546
Please visit http://www2.archivists.org/recognition for a list and explanation of all of the awards offered by SAA. The above information and a list of past recipients is available at http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-spotlight.