Boston 2004 Preconference Programs
For in-depth coverage of archival topics of special interest to you, enhance
your conference experience by attending a 1- or 2-day workshop or seminar—and
return to work brimming with new
ideas and approaches! To ensure interaction between the instructor(s) and participants,
class
size is limited. For individual Pre-conference Program fees, see side 2 of
the Registration Form.
Monday, August 2
Building Digital Collections
Tufts University
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Are you responsible for planning and implementing digitization projects at
the beginning and intermediate level? Before you begin, it’s important
to understand the basic
steps that are essential to successful implementation of your collection development
or
access project. This seminar provides an overview of basic decisions you must
make
before you start and while you are developing digital collections and a digital
collection
repository program.
Instructors:
Gregory Colati, Director, Digital Collections and Archives and
University Archivist, Tufts University
Anne Sauer, Assistant Archivist, Tufts
Digital Collections and Archives
Jessica Branco, Project Coordinator,
Tufts Digital
Collections and Archives
For more info, click
here.
Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am ø 5:00 pm
Disasters of all types can hit your archives or library at any time! Most of
these disasters involve water damage and result from broken or leaky pipes,
fire hoses, frozen
sprinkler heads, or floods. Are you prepared? Test your reactions and responses
to such a disaster in an environment that simulates what you might really encounter!
Then
address the issues that are critical to developing a disaster preparedness
plan that is applicable to all types of disasters.
Instructor:
Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Preservation Specialist, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
For more info, click
here.
Monday and Tuesday, August 2-3
Administration of
Photographic Collections
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am ø 5:00 pm
How can you ensure that photographic recordsÑsome of the most heavily used documents
in museums and archival repositoriesÑare preserved for future exhibitions and
research while you strive to provide maximum access at the same time? This 2-day
workshop shows you how to administer photographic collections effectively!
Instructors:
Laurie Anne Baty, Deputy Director, Division of Collections,
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Martha R. Mahard, Curator, Historic Photographs
and Special Visual Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library
For more info, click
here.
Copyright: The Archivist and the Law
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am ø 5:00 pm
This 2-day workshop will provide you with the basis for administration
of copyright in daily archival work. The instructor will bring you up to date
on issues
you need to
track in the current age of information commerce Ñ including an assessment of
the
bad news and the good news in the Supreme CourtÕs Eldred decision.
Instructor:
William J Maher, University Archivist and Professor
of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
For more info, click
here.
Archival Perspectives on Digital Preservation
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
How do you make the connection between fundamental archival principles and
the idea of “digital preservation” as it has evolved since 1996?
Come to this advanced seminar
to find out. Drawing on a growing technical literature defining digital preservation
requirements, the instructor explores with participants how concepts such as
integrity,
authenticity, and trust are embedded in specific digital preservation development
programs,
including the work of OCLC/RLG, InterPARES, and selected European initiatives.
Instructor:
Paul Conway, Director of Information Technology Services,
Duke University Libraries.
For more info, click
here.
Encoded Archival Description
Boston Public Library
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Here’s the workshop that gives you the one-on-one instruction and hands-on
practice
you need to bridge the digital divide! Get acquainted with the language of
SGML and
XML and practice with XMetal authoring software. This workshop covers the most
upto-
date EAD version! Copies of EAD Tag Library and EAD Application Guidelines
are
included in your workshop fees.
Instructors:
Kris Kiesling, Head, Department
of Manuscripts and Archives, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University
of Texas at Austin;
Michael
J Fox,
Assistant Director, Library and Archives, Minnesota Historical Society.
For more info, click
here.
Tuesday, August 3
Oral History: From Planning to Preservation
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Is there a successful oral history interview or project in your future? This
workshop
provides you with a basic overview of oral history and its integration into
archives and
manuscript collections. Topics include project development, recording equipment,
tape storage, videotaping oral history, and an evaluation of newer recording
formats.
Instructor:
Fred Calabretta, Associate Curator and Oral Historian,
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut
For more info, click
here.
Designing Usable Web Sites
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Are you interested in designing or evaluating your Web site? Have you been
wondering
how you can convey your archives’/special collection’s message
and information more
effectively? This workshop examines the psychological principles behind successful,
user-friendly sites and challenges you to incorporate these principles into
new or existing
sites through various design features.
Instructor:
Elizabeth Yakel, Assistant Professor, School of Information,
University of Michigan.
For more info, click
here.
Preserving Digitally Signed Documents: Technical, Legislative,
and Policy Responses
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Does this sound familiar? “Archival institutions have had to respond
to the deployment
of a new security technology aimed at ensuring the integrity and authenticity
of electronic
records, digital signatures, and the underlying necessary public-key infrastructures
(PKI).” This seminar provides you with an overview of the regulations
and policies that
some archival institutions have developed to ensure the long-term preservation
of
digitally signed documents…an area of growing concern to the archival
profession!
Instructor:
Jean-François Blanchette, Postdoctoral Fellow,
InterPARES 2 Project,
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British
Columbia
For more info, click
here.
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