The Archivist’s Daybook is a little early this week. The following are
archival events for April 19 through May 1:
April is Strategic Information Management Month.
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 Policy, Ethics & Accountability Lecture Series Co-Sponsored by the
School of Information Sciences and the Johnson Institute for Responsible
Leadership: Michèle Cloonan, Dean and Professor Simmons Graduate School of
Library and Information Science will speak on “The Paradox of Preservation.
<http://www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org/events.asp>” Dean Cloonan will
discuss the moral, cultural, and ethical issues related to preservation and
the recording of history. How should we document and analyze events of
significant moral and ethical contention? Dean Cloonan will consider the
cases of the historical preservation of concentration camps, the
"re-construction" of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan, and the
preservation of Native American artifacts. University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
April 20 SOLINET <http://www.solinet.net> workshop, "Introduction to Grants
for Preservation Live Online Class. $100.00 for SOLINET members $140.00 for
non-members Early bird discounts and late fees apply.
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.
April 23-28 XIV Brazilian Archival Congress
<http://www.aab.org.br/congresso.swf>; Rio de Janeiro.
April 24 SAA <http://www.archivists.org> workshop, "Describing Archives: A
Content Standard (DACS);" Albany, New York.
April 24-25 Conference, "Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to
Digital Printing and Digital Photography <http://conferences.iop.org/PPP/>;"
London.
April 25 On this date in 2004, the New Zealand parliament passed the Public
Records Act. It replaced the Archives Act of 1957 and took into account
changes in technology and record-keeping practice.
April 25 Deadline for comments for a NARA proposed rule on the use of
official seals.
<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.go
v/2006/06-1766.htm>
April 25 Presentation, "NARA's 'First Preserver' Role: Response and Recovery
of Records in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita". Howard Lowell,
Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records Services, will explain NARA's role as
"First Preserver" and provide an overview of NARA's involvement in the
recovery process. Following, Hilary Kaplan and Kathy Ludwig, Senior
Conservators, will speak on the recovery of records in the Orleans Parish.
Directions to the meeting place as well as security screening procedures can
be found at
<URL:<http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/index.html>>.
April 26 On this date in 2004, couriers hand-delivered a letter from the
Juanita Skillman, Chair of the Board of ARMA International, to United States
Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Leiberman, the chair and ranking minority
member of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. The letter requested
"that the Committee assure itself and the American people that the recent
nomination of Allen Weinstein [to be Archivist of the United States]
presents the professional qualifications and capabilities necessary to
perform the duties of the office of the Archivist and to promote the
important function of preserving for public access the documentation and
information within the jurisdiction of NARA." The action by ARMA, along with
similar actions by SAA and other organizations, helped stop an attempt by
the administration of President George W. Bush to quietly railroad the
Weinstein nomination through the Senate and instead helped insure that the
nomination received deliberate Senate consideration and appropriate
oversight.
April 26 SAA <http://www.archivists.org> workshop, "Oral History: From
Planning to Preservation;" Bloomington, Illinois.
April 26-28 SBL - Meeting of the Bureau of the Section for Business and
Labour Archives of the ICA
<http://www.ica.org/calendrier.php?pcalendrierid=308&plangue=eng>; Blois and
Paris, France.
April 26-28 Canadian Council of Archives Preservation Committee meeting;
Ottawa.
April 27-28 The National Archives-Southwest Region, NAGARA, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission, Society of Southwest Archivists, and the
University of Texas School of Information are sponsoring an annual E-Records
Forum; University of Texas, J. J. Pickle Center. A preliminary program is on
the NAGARA <http://www.nagara.org> website.
April 27-29 MAC <http://www.midwestarchives.org/index.htm> Spring meeting;
Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, IL.
April 27-29 Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting
<http://www.calarchivists.org/programs.html>; San Francisco.
April 27-29 SAA <http://www.archivists.org> workshop, "Archival Perspectives
in Digital Preservation;" University Park, Pennsylvania.
April 28 Deadline for comments regarding the US Copyright Office's Section
108 Study Group, tasked with examining the copyright exemptions available to
libraries and archives and seeing if they need to be modified because of the
prevalence of digital information. <http://www.loc.gov/section108/>The
background paper is available online <http://www.loc.gov/section108/>.
April 29 On this date in 2003, Eric Ketelaar, Professor of Archivistics at
the University of Amsterdam, was recognized by HM Queen Beatrix in the
Queen's Birthday Honour List as an Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
Ketellar was recognized for "his accomplishments as an inspiring educator
and as an eminent scholar and legal expert in the field of archives, both in
The Netherlands and abroad."
April 29 New England Archivists of Religious Institutions (NEARI) Spring
Meeting; Fontbonne Hall, Framingham, MA. For information:
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
April 29 "Framing the Frontier: A Day of Lectures in Honor of Alfred L.
Bush;" Princeton, New Jersey. The conference will focus on the early
photography of the American West and contemporary issues surrounding its
collection, display, and ownership. Contact: Linda Oliveira at (609)
258-3155 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
April 30 Proposal deadline for the ARSC Program for the Preservation of
Classical Music Historical Recordings.
<http://arsc-audio.org/preservationgrants.html>
April 30 Deadline to apply for the Edward Weldon Scholarship
<http://www.soga.org/scholarships/ewsa.html>, which will provide the
registration fee for a Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) member to attend
the Society of American Archivists (SAA) annual meeting.
May 1 The MayDay Project of the Society of American Archivists
<http://www.archivists.org> is a collaborative campaign to improve
professionals’ readiness to respond to disaster. The MayDay project
encourages all records and archives professionals to do something on May 1st
of each year to help ensure that they are prepared to respond to a disaster.
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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
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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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