Please excuse cross postings. ================================================================== This is a reminder that the DEADLINE for submitting proposals to serve as consultants to the following project is **MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2006.** ================================================================== The Council of State Archivists is seeking consultants for its NHPRC-grant funded project, "Closest to Home: Archival Programs for Local Government Records." Additional information about the project is available at http://www.statearchivists.org/lga/. This RFP is a follow-up to our January 2006 call for expressions of interest in serving as a project consultant. The project's Task Force met in March and considered a wide range of issues. We have now decided to focus the consultant reports on the following four topics: -- Sustainable funding for local government archives -- Raising awareness and strengthening advocacy -- Training in managing local government archival records -- The impact of new technologies Consultants will be selected by the project's Task Force which is co-chaired by Kaye Lanning Minchew, Troup County (GA) Archives, and Roy Tryon, South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The consultants will work closely with CoSA staff and with the project's lead consultant, Bruce Dearstyne. We invite individuals who have expertise in local government archives and experience in preparing similar reports to review the detailed "Local Government Archives Consultants Request for Proposals" at http://www.statearchivists.org/lga/consultant_RFP.htm and then submit a proposal as outlined in the "How to respond" section at the end of the document. If you have questions about the project, please feel free to contact either of the Task Force co-chairs or CoSA staff: Project Co-chairs: Kaye Lanning Minchew, Director Troup County Archives PO Box 1051, LaGrange GA 30241 Telephone: 706-884-1828 Email: [log in to unmask] Roy Tryon, State Archivist & Records Administrator South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Rd, Columbia SC 29223 Telephone: 803-896-6120 Email: [log in to unmask] Council of State Archivists staff: Vicki Walch, Executive Director Council of State Archivists (CoSA) 308 E Burlington St #189, Iowa City, IA 52240 Telephone: 319.338.0248 Fax: 319.354.2526 ############## A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>