If you are attending the Monday, April 17th meeting of the New York Archivists Roundtable, please RSVP today to Julie Ludwig at: [log in to unmask] (recommended) or telephone: (212) 547-0692. Please be reasonably sure that you can attend before responding. Thanks! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thinking Big, Even When You’re Small Monday, April 17, 2006 The Archives staff of the 92nd Street Y will discuss the many challenges and opportunities presented in being a small unit of a much larger, non- archives organization. The staff will share the history of the Archives since its founding in 1979, and describe its growth and expansion in recent years thanks to several large government and private foundation grants. Current initiatives include a large backlog processing project, the development of an extensive database of Y events from 1916 to the present, and the creation of an in-house studio enabling the digitization of recordings from the vast audiovisual holdings of the Archives. The 92nd Street Y is one of New York’s premier Jewish cultural and educational institutions. Founded in 1874, the Y is many things to many people, at once a lecture hall, a performance space, a school, a health center, and a community organization. The Y’s comprehensive Archives documents virtually all of this unique history, and encompasses over 1,200 cubic feet of manuscript records, thousands of photographs, and over 15,000 audio and video recordings of Y-sponsored events. Visit the Y Archives at www.92Y.org/archives. Steven Siegel, Library Director and Archivist, fashioned the Y’s archives from the neglected treasure-trove that had accumulated for many decades in storage rooms throughout the building. His efforts from 1980 to 1983 were supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. He became the director of the Y’s 30,000-volume library in 1983. Simultaneously he has provided archival services to both outside researchers and Y staff members. He was pleased to be able to hire several professionals in recent years thanks to grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Save America’s Treasures, and the Ridgefield Foundation. Christine Di Bella, Project Archivist, has led the Y’s backlog processing project since September 2003. Prior to arriving at the Y, she was an assistant archivist in the University Archives and Records Program at the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan. She received her M.S. in Information from the School of Information at the University of Michigan in 2000. In May 2006 she will assume the position of Archivist and Project Director for the Consortial Survey Initiative of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL). Dave Nolan, Audio Archivist, has been at the Y since September 2005. He began recording poetry in 1985, documenting readings at The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery and producing a weekly radio program of poetry readings for WBAI Pacifica Radio. From 1991 to 2001, he was the audio archivist at HarperCollins Publishers, where he was nominated for a Grammy in 2001 as the producer of Dylan Thomas – The Caedmon Collection. He produced The Bukowski Sessions, The Allen Ginsberg Audio Collection, and other new titles for the Caedmon label. He has been the supervisor of audio recordings for the biennial People’s Poetry Gathering in lower Manhattan and the production manager at the Bowery Poetry Club. Co-Sponsored by: The 92nd Street Y Archives and the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. Date: Monday, April 17, 2006 Place: 92nd Street Y, Warburg Lounge (adjacent to the main lobby) 1395 Lexington Avenue (corner of 92nd Street) Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Social 6:30 - 8:00 pm Program **All Refreshments will be Kosher for Passover** Directions: Subway: 4/5/6 to 86th Street -- or 6 to 96th Street Bus: uptown on Madison Avenue (to 91st Street) or Third Avenue (to 91st Street) Fee: $4 Members $6 Non-members RSVP: To Julie Ludwig by Wednesday, April 12, 2006 [log in to unmask] (recommended) or telephone: (212) 547-0692. Please be reasonably sure that you can attend before responding. If you are person with a disability and need reasonable accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact Jocelyn Wilk at (212) 854-1338 at least 7 days in advance so that we can make the appropriate arrangements. 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