Archives Month is October 2009.

Upcoming events include:

• October 8, 6 p.m. — AHA Dinner at Amazon Grill on Kirby South of U.S. 59.  Lots of parking and variety of food. Time to visit and talk about the things going on in the archives community.
• October 15 AHA meeting with guest speaker Robert Schaadt. Meeting at McGovern Center courtesy of Beth White.  A light meal will be provided.
• October 17, 10:30 a.m. to noon — Tour of Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue led by Russ Pittman. Mr. Pittman has been leading cemetery tours for Glenwood for many years. He is an excellent speaker and steeped in the lore of Houston history. Lunch at Zoe’s on Washington Ave. will follow. At Mr. Pittman’s request the group is limited to 20 people, including AHA members and guests. The  tour is limited to AHA members, although each member may bring a guest.
• October 29th Munters Munch and Learn at the University of Houston M.D. Anderson Library. Food will be provided courtesy of Munters.

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!

Pioneer Contracts Services is holding an open house Jan. 22, 2009 from noon to 7 p.m. for the opening of their new Records Information Management facility.

The event will be at the facility at 8810 Clay Road, Houston 77080. Fajitas will be served.

Call Danielle if you need information: 713-464-5024.