Dear Archivists - maybe the program you've been looking for is scheduled closer to you than you're used to!
Understanding Photographs:
Introduction to Archival Principles and Practices
October
5-6, 2006 –
This workshop has drawn rave reviews
and the venue is the newly remodeled
Advanced
Appraisal for Archivists
October
16, 2006 – Clear Lake (
December 12, 2006 –
So you’re familiar with the
fundamentals of appraisal as presented in SAA’s Selecting and Appraising Archives
and Manuscripts (AFS II) and you’re wondering what’s
next?
Who should
attend? Archivists who
have experience in appraisal and managers/administrators of archival
programs.
*Workshop
fee includes the SAA
publication Ethics and the Archival
Profession: Introduction and Case Studies by Karen
Benedict (a $24.95 value!).
The Art of Processing Manuscripts
October
12, 2006 –
Whether you are a
novice or a seasoned archivist who wants to learn more about processing
manuscript collections effectively and efficiently – this is the workshop you’ll
want to attend to:
Workshop
fee includes the new SAA
publication Arranging and Describing
Archives and Manuscripts by Kathleen Roe (a $49 value!)
An Introduction to Archival Exhibitions
October
12, 2006 –
A long awaited workshop in the
“Outreach, Advocacy and Promotion” category!
Who should attend? Archival professionals, from beginning
to seasoned, who are interested in developing exhibitions within their
repository as well as students in archival studies and other information
professionals who are considering expanding their public service and outreach
skills through exhibition development. An understanding of your own collection
and the ability to think creatively and resourcefully are
musts!
Legal Aspects of Photography Rights, Archive Management and
Permissions
October
27, 2006 –
If your
collection contains photographs ‑ and what collection doesn’t? – you’ll want to
attend this seminar to learn how you need to deal with issues of copyright as it
applies to photographic and archival materials.
Brand new in SAA’s curriculum
pertaining to visual materials, your presenters are: Joel Hecker, a general counsel
specializing in every aspect of photography law; and Jane Kinne, a consultant on
appraisals of image collections, marketing issues, acquisitions, and legal
problems for all sectors of the photo community and one of the country’s leading
experts in copyright issues, image-reproduction rights and media
law!
Describing
Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
October
16, 2006 –
October 20, 2006 –
November 8, 2006 –
Want
practical strategies for implementing DACS? This is the introductory workshop
for you!
*Workshop
fee includes the SAA
publication Describing Archives: A
Content Standard
(a $35
value!).
Digital Libraries and Digital Archives
October 25, 2006 –
When asked what aspect of this
half-day course was most valuable to her, Nancy Zimmelman replied: "Finding out what questions to ask and
have answered in planning for digital archives." If you want to get a conceptual
sense of what digital libraries and archives mean…register for this
course!
Building
Digital Collections
October
26, 2006 –
Who
should attend? Archivists and
others who are responsible for planning and implementing digitization projects
at the beginning and intermediate level.
Business Archives…Establishing and Managing an
Archives
November
1-3, 2006 –
Are you starting,
managing, or overseeing a business archives? Do you wonder how you can garner
support from management to establish an archival program? This workshop gives
you an overview of what it takes, and you’ll have the opportunity to tour three
business archives: The Archdiocese
of Chicago, McDonald’s Corporation, and Kraft Foods, Inc. Click on
the date and see for yourself what your peers said about this
always popular once a-year program!
Understanding Archives:
Introduction to Archival Principles and
Practices
November
6-7, 2006 –
Librarians, records managers, museum
staff, anyone who’s starting an archival career, and administrators who have
responsibility for archival records but little or no archival training will want
to register for this workshop!
Never heard of Saint Meinrad Archabbey and
Copyright: The Archivist and
the Law
November
9-10, 2006 –
A perennial and relevant favorite,
you’ll be brought up to date on issues you need to track in the current age of
information commerce—including an assessment of the bad news and the good news
in the Supreme Court's Eldred
decision.
Please note:
MARC According to DACS: Archival Cataloging to the New Descriptive
Standard
November
9-10, 2006 –
Who should attend? This workshop will be most beneficial for beginning
catalogers and more experienced catalogers who are not familiar with fields used
in archival cataloging.
*Workshop fee includes the SAA publication Describing Archives: A
Content Standard
(a $35
value!).
Managing
Literary Manuscripts
November
17, 2006 –
This workshop
covers the identification of literary manuscripts‑from notebook ideas, drafts,
galleys and page proofs to blue lines‑and examines options for how these
collections should be arranged and described.
Who
should attend? Processing
archivists without literary manuscripts experience, new archivists who work in
repositories that collect literary papers, and manuscript curators who are new
to processing archival collections. Some familiarity with arrangement and
description is recommended.
Solveig De Sutter
Director of Education
Society
of American Archivists
The mission of the Society of American Archivists is
to serve the educational and informational needs of our members and to provide
leadership to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the nation's
historical record.