The following are archival events for April 13 through 23 taken from the
Archivist’s Daybook, <http://www.southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Daybook.htm>.
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April is Strategic Information Management Month.
April 13 AMIGOS <http://www.amigos.org/> workshop, "Grant Proposal Writing;"
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
April 13 "Managing Electronic Records: A Practical Guide for Success
<http://www.armamar.org/gmd/Seminar_2006/managing_elec_records.htm>;"
University of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland.
April 13-14 SAA <http://www.archivists.org> workshop, "MARC According to
DACS: Archival Cataloging to the New Descriptive Standard;" Indianapolis,
Indiana.
April 13-14 SOLINET workshop
<http://www.solinet.net/workshops/workshop_templ.cfm?doc_id=726>, "The Art
of Processing Manuscript Collections; Lexington, Kentucky.
April 14 On this date in 2003, military forces of the United States of
America refused to intervene when mobs looted and burned the Iraqi National
Library and Archives in broad daylight.
April 14 Deadline for US House of Representatives testimony on NHPRC
funding. You can assist by writing letters, passing resolutions of support,
and visiting with your Senators and House members. For more information on
how you can help promote the importance of funding the NHPRC, visit
<http://savearchives.pbwiki.com>.
April 14 Deadline for proposals for the National Film Preservation
Foundation's "Avant- Garde Masters" film preservation grant program.
Interested archives must register by March 10, 2006.
April 15 On this date in 1935, the Roerich Pact was signed. It was one of
the earliest international agreements addressing cultural heritage. It
affirmed that monuments, museums, and scientific, artistic, educational, and
cultural institutions and their personnel were to be considered neutral in
times of war and accorded respect and protection in peacetime.
April 15 Deadline to apply for two scholarships offered by the Lesbian and
Gay Archives Roundtable (LAGAR) of the Society of American Archivists to
help with expenses for attending the SAA Annual Meeting in Washington DC,
July 31-August 6, 2006. Contact: Mary Caldera
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
April 15 Deadline for submissions to participate in International Archival
Day, to be held in Trieste, Italy, sometime in October. The meeting will
have two themes: audio-visual archives and records and legislative and
ethical issues. Contact: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
April 17 Deadline for proposals for the Third International Conference on
the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA), to be held Sept 27-29, 2007,
in Boston, Massachusetts. Theme: history of personal records and personal
recordkeeping practices. Send proposals to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
April 17 The Toronto Area Archivists Group will be joined at the Thomas
Fisher Rare Book Library by author Janice Kulyk Keefer for its 2nd annual
TAAG Reads evening.
April 18 Deadline for comments on a NARA proposal to revise the regulations
relating to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC) grant program to reflect changes in the operation of the NHPRC and
to clarify provisions.
<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.go
v/2006/E6-2303.htm>
April 18 Deadline for applications for "Save America's Treasures
<http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures>" grants.
April 18 RACO West
<http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/training/racowest2006.html>, one-day
conference on federal government records and information management issues
sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Dana
Point, California.
April 19 Society of American Archivists (SAA) chapter of Queens College-CUNY
resume workshop.
April 19-21 Society of Ohio Archivists <http://www.ohioarchivists.org>
annual meeting; Columbus.
April 19-25 TAPE workshop on management of audiovisual collections
<http://www.tape-online.net/courses.html>; Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
April 20 Conference on digital preservation, "Bringing digital preservation
to LIFE: LIFE conference
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ls/lifeproject/confprog.shtml>;" The British Library.
April 20-21 Southern Archives Conference
<http://www.lib.usm.edu/~smainfo/conference2006.html>; Lafayette, Louisiana
There will be a ½ day workshop on Disaster Preparedness and Response on
April 19.
April 20-22 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Spring
meeting; Baltimore.
<http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/conferences/2006/spring06/spring2006.html>
April 21 Deadline for submissions to the call for evidence for the Gowers
Review of Intellectual Property
<http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectua
l_property/gowersreview_index.cfm>, an independent review to examine the UK’
s intellectual property framework. The Chancellor of the Exchequer initiated
the review in December 2005 and appointed Andrew Gowers to lead it. The
review will report to the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Trade and
Industry and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Autumn
2006. Contact: Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, Zone 4/E1, HM
Treasury, 1, Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ, Email:
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>,
Tel: 020 7270 4902, Fax: 020 7270 4414.
April 21 Provincial Archives of Alberta 21st Annual Film Night: Mel and
Ethel’s Adventurama: The Pan American Highway. Metro Cinema, Edmonton.
April 22 On this date in 2004, the National Library and Archives of Canada
Act received royal consent. The act combined Canada's separate national
library and archives into a single institution, the National Library and
Archives of Canada, created a new executive called the Librarian and
Archivist of Canada, and amended the Copyright Act.
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of Southwest Archivists (http://www.southwestarchivists.org). In it you will
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 course,
no charge for listing your event in the Archivist's Daybook). Please help us
promote your event by letting us know
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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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