I just wanted to take a moment to thank Leon Miller and all those
involved in the Archivists's Daybook for their work for these very
interesting bulletins. I always find the postings interesting and
appreciate the effort you put into sharing this information (past,
present, and future) with the archival community.
Nancy Marrelli
Concordia University Archives
Montreal
>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:20:40 -0600
>From: Leon Miller <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Archivist's Daybook for March 10-18
>
>The following are archival events for March 10 through March 18
>taken from the Archivist=92s Daybook,
><http://www.southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Daybook.htm>.
>
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>
>March 10 Today is Archives Day in Russia.
>
>March 10 On this date in 2005, the American Library Association and a gro=
>up
>of historians petitioned the United State Congress to suspend the planned
>transfer of the Nixon Presidential Materials from their location at the
>National Archives in College Park, Maryland, to the Nixon Library &
>Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California. Their petition noted that the Nixo=
>n
>Presidential Library is not formally part of the US presidential library
>system but was instead a private facility that was asking for millions of
>dollars in public subsidies with no guarantee that it would preserve a
>unified collection, provide public access, or undergo independent review.
>
>March 10 SAA workshop, "Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS);"
>Boston.
>
>March 10-11 New England Archivists Spring meeting; Chestnut Hill,
>Massachusetts.
>
>March 11 On this date in 2003, the Society of American Archivists, citing
>the principle that broad access to government records protects values tha=
>t
>are essential to representative democracy, joined with nine other
>organizations to file an amicus curiae brief opposing a claim by US Vice
>President Richard Cheney and the National Energy Policy Development Group
>that it need not disclose information under the Federal Advisory Committe=
>e
>Act (FACA) regarding deliberations conducted in 2001. The brief asserted
>that, =93Public participation in government can be meaningful only if the
>people know what officials are doing and how they are doing it. Equally,
>without that information the people cannot hold public officials
>accountable.=94
>
>March 12-18 Sunshine Week, a US nationwide initiative designed to spark
>discussions about the importance of preserving access to government
>information.
>
>March 13 SAA workshop, "Managing Literary Manuscripts;" College Station,
>Texas.
>
>March 14 Capital Area Archivists of New York Annual Meeting; Albany, New
>York. RSVP to Amy Schindler at [log in to unmask] or 437-3934.
>
>March 14 The Government Reform subcommittee of the US House of
>Representatives will hold an oversight hearing today to look into a secre=
>t
>program under which federal intelligence agencies have withdrawn thousand=
>s
>of historical documents from public access at the National Archives, even
>though the records had been declassified. About 9,500 records totaling mo=
>re
>than 55,000 pages have been withdrawn from the public shelves and
>reclassified since 1999, according to the National Archives.
>
>March 15 On this day in 2003, the Chief Executive of The British National
>Archives, Sarah Tyacke CB, was among 200 working women invited to the fir=
>st
>female only event at Buckingham Palace. The event occurred in the same we=
>ek
>as International Women=92s Day in order to celebrate the "excellence of
>women." Ms. Tyacke was the first female Keeper of the Public Records. Bef=
>ore
>joining the National Archives, she was the first woman director of Specia=
>l
>Collections in the British Library. She retired from the National Archive=
>s
>in 2005.
>
>March 15 Deadline to apply for the 20th annual Western Archives Institute=
>,
>to be held June 18-30 at San Diego State University, San Diego, Californi=
>a.
>
>March 15 Deadline for Spring 2006 MARAC scholarships/travel award for its
>April 20-22 meeting in Baltimore. Contact: Fernanda H. Perrone.
>
>March 16 Today is Freedom of Information Day in the USA, a national
>observance in recognition of the vital role of free information in a free
>and democratic society. It is observed on the birth date of James M.
>Madison, fourth president of the United States and author of the
>introduction to the Bill of Rights.
>
>March 17 Society of California Archivists workshop on cataloging for
>photographic archival collections; Los Angeles.
>
>May 18-20 VII European Conference on Archives "Archivist - Profession of =
>the
>Future"; Poznan, Poland.
>
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>
>The Archivist=92s Daybook is another service to the profession of the Soc=
>iety
>of Southwest Archivists (http://www.southwestarchivists.org). In it you w=
>ill
>find information about continuing education and professional development
>opportunities for archivists around the world. We welcome the opportunity=
> to
>promote your archival event and especially encourage non-North American
>archival meeting planners to list their event with us (there is, of cours=
>e,
>no charge for listing your event in the Archivist's Daybook). Please help=
> us
>promote your event by letting us know
><mailto:[log in to unmask] Daybook> of your meeting=
>,
>seminar, or workshop by emailing [log in to unmask]
>
>
>----
>Leon C. Miller, Manuscripts Librarian
>Special Collections, Jones Hall
>Tulane University Libraries
>New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
>ph: 504-865-5685, fx: 504-865-5761, [log in to unmask]
>http://specialcollections.tulane.edu
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