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Continuing Professional Education Calendar


Los Angeles 2003 Program

Schedule at a Glance

 

Sunday, August 17, 2003

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

 

Tour

 

Roughing It in Yosemite National Park (Three-Day Tour)


Monday, August 18, 2003


Tuesday, August 19, 2003

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

 

Tour

 

Centers of Diverse History

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

 

Group

 

SAA Council Meeting

12:30 PM-4:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Historic Movie Studios

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

 

Tour

 

Exploring the Universe


Wednesday, August 20, 2003

7:45 AM-11:45 PM

 

Tour

 

Street Art and Diversity

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

 

Group

 

American Archivist Editorial Board

8:00 AM-3:00 PM

 

Group

 

Ethics Committee

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

 

Group

 

Committee on Education and Professional Development

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

 

Special

 

Business Archives Colloquium Globalization and the Records of Multinational/Global Companies

8:15 AM-12:15 PM

 

Tour

 

Film Scholarship

8:30 AM-1:00 PM

 

Special

 

ACA Exam

8:45 AM-11:15 AM

 

Tour

 

Film Preservation Lab

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

 

Group

 

Standards Committee

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

 

Group

 

ACA Board Meeting

9:00 AM-4:30 PM

 

Special

 

Copyright in a Digital World Symposium

9:00 AM-5:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Pasadena/Huntington Library Stroll THIS TOUR IS FULL

9:45 AM-12:45 PM

 

Tour

 

UCLA Archives and Special Collections

10:45 AM-1:15 PM

 

Tour

 

Film Preservation Lab

11:30 AM-4:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Oscar Wilde, English Literature and Other Rare Books/Manuscripts CANCELLED

11:30 AM-4:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Pershing Square Landmarks

11:30 AM-4:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Union Station Walking Tour

12:45 PM-3:15 PM

 

Tour

 

Film Preservation Lab

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

 

Group

 

Awards Committee

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

 

Group

 

SAA/ARMA Joint Committee

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

 

Group

 

Technical Subcommittee on Descriptive Standards

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

 

Group

 

SAA Publications Board

1:00 PM-5:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Getty Center TOUR IS FULL as of 06/20/03

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

 

Group

 

ALA/SAA Joint Committee

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Activism and Political Expression

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

 

Group

 

2004 Program Committee Meeting

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Group

 

Membership Committee Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

 

Group

 

2003 Program Committee Meeting

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

 

Special

 

SAA Student Mixer

5:00 PM-10:00 PM

 

Special

 

Shuttle Buses to Area Dining and Entertainment/Gourmet Night Signup

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

 

Special

 

Forum on SAA’s Continuing Education Program


Thursday, August 21, 2003

7:15 AM-8:00 AM

 

Special

 

Breakfast With the President— New Member Orientation

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Archivists of Religious Collections Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Business Archives Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

College and University Archives Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Government Records Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Manuscript Repositories Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Museum Archives Section

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Special

 

ACA Item-Writing Workshop

10:00 AM-5:00 PM

 

Special

 

The International Archives and Information Technology Exposition

10:45 AM-12:00 PM

 

Special

 

Opening Plenary Session

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

 

Special

 

SAA Student Forum

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

 

Special

 

Women’s Caucus

12:15 PM-5:30 PM

 

Tour

 

Warner Brothers VIP

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

 

Special

 

Archival Association Leadership Meeting

12:30 PM-6:00 PM

 

Tour

 

Religious Architecture

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

01. Archivists’ Guide To Job Hunting and Career Development

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

02. Approaches to Processing: Finding Time and Funding

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

03. Lost At Sea: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Copyright Legislation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

04. Extending Traditional Accessioning, Description, and Reference for Contemporary Pictures from September 11th

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

 

05. NARA's Experience with the E-mail from the Executive Office of the President

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

06. Linguistic Diversity and Archives

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

07. The 125th Anniversary of Recorded Sound: A Look at the Past, Present, and WAVs of the Future

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

08. National Commemorations and Archival Outreach Strategies: Planning for the 50th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas et al. Supreme Court Case

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

09. EAD Research: Diffusion, Implementation, and Living with Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 

Session

10. Archives Unplugged: Fundamentals of Moving Image Archives

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

11. Models for Archival Cooperation

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

12. Documenting Rosie: Archival Sources for the Study of Women and the Home Front During World War II

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

13. To Have But Not to Hold: Issues of Institutional and Private Ownership of E-Mail Records

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

14. Diversity on the Screen: Preserving the Moving Images of Asian-American, Latino, and African-American Communities

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

15. Implementing Electronic Records Archives Today Using Available Technology

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

16. New Sources for Archival Project Funding

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

17. Graduate Student Paper Session

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

18. Going Through the Stages: From Model to Practice with the Open Archival Information System (OAIS)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

19. Demystifying EAD: Simple Encoding Solutions for the Layperson

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

20. Archives Unplugged: Security

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Archival Educators Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Archivists and Archives of Color Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Congressional Papers Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Lone Arrangers Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

MicroMARC Users Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Special

 

Progressive Archivists Caucus Meeting

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Recorded Sound Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

RLG Users Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Group

 

Security Roundtable

5:15 PM-6:45 PM

 

Special

 

University of Texas RoundUp

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

 

Special

 

UCLA Student Chapter Reception

7:30 PM-10:00 PM

 

Special

 

The Getty Center Reception


Friday, August 22, 2003

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

 

Special

 

American Archivist Forum

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

 

Special

 

SAA Key Contact Breakfast

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Acquisitions and Appraisal Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Description Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Electronic Records Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Oral History Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Preservation Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Reference, Access, and Outreach Section

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

 

Group

 

Visual Materials Section

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

 

Special

 

Mentor/Mentee Coffee Talk

10:00 AM-3:00 PM

 

Special

 

The International Archives and Information Technology Exposition

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

 

Session

21SF. Eighteenth-Century Documents and Twenty-first-Century Technology: Preserving the Charters of Freedom

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

22. Documenting Disease

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

23. The Commercial Value of History: The Antiques Roadshow, eBay, and What It Means for Archives

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

24. Lights, Camera…WHERE? Film & Television Collections Beyond Hollywood

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

25. Truth and Consequences: Experiences Offering Online Access to Digital Data Records

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

26. It Takes a Consortium: Pooling Resources to Improve Archival Education

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

27SF. A Model for Digital Audio Preservation and Distribution: The Arhoolie Foundation Strachwitz Frontera Collection

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

28SR. Ethical Considerations of Acquisitions (Limited Enrollment) Session FULL as of 6/23/03

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

29. Interoperability: The Possibilities of Us All Getting Along

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 

Session

30. Archives Unplugged: Making Oral History Work for You

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

 

Special

 

ACA Annual Meeting and Luncheon

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

31. Preservation Needs Assessments: National, State, and Institutional Efforts

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

32. Filling in the Margins: Documenting Extreme Social History

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

33. How to Integrate Archival Practices with Functional Records Management

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

34. Saving Silverman: The History and Use of Motion Picture Collections

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

35. The PERM Project: Standards and Tools for Preserving Electronic Records

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

36. Archival Reference in the 21st Century: Moving from Theory to Practice

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

37. A Life of Their Own: Theory, Methodology, and the Study of Documents in Context

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

38. Ethical Conflict in the Workplace and Personal Choices

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

39. Central Avenue: Archival and Eyewitness Accounts from Black Musicians

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

40. Archives Unplugged: Basics of Records Management

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

41. Building the Foundations for Digital Preservation

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

42. Architecture of Fantasy: From Hollywood to Hearst to Home

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

43. Mission to Mars: The Documentary Journey of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

44. Film Treasures in American Archives: Dancers on Celluloid

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

45. Introducing NARA’s Access to Archival Databases (AAD) Resource

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

46. Riding a New Archival Wave: International Cooperative Projects

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

47. From Daybooks of History to Film at Eleven: The Research Value and Use of Broadcast Journalism Collections

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

48. Spatial Relationships and Arrangement: Signposts on the Road to Original Order

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

49. All Together Now: Standardization in the Application of Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

50. Archives Unplugged: Educational Programs, Publications, and Exhibitions

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

International Archival Affairs Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Labor Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Local Government Records Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Performing Arts Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Permanent Digital Archives Liaison Roundtable (PDALR) Organizational Meeting

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Visual Materials Cataloging and Access Roundtable

4:45 PM-6:15 PM

 

Group

 

Women’s Collections Roundtable

6:15 PM-7:15 PM

 

Special

 

SAA Annual Business Meeting

8:00 PM-9:00 PM

 

Special

 

Awards Ceremony/Cash Bar Reception

9:30 PM-11:00 PM

 

Special

 

Spotlight on Archives: The Profession as Depicted on the Silver Screen


Saturday, August 23, 2003

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Architectural Records Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Archival History Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Archives Management Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Encoded Archival Description Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Privacy and Confidentiality Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Records Management Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Science, Technology, and Health Care Roundtable

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

 

Group

 

Women Archivists Roundtable

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 

Group

 

Closing Plenary Session

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

51. Recertification: A Recognition of the Joint Mission of Archivists and Records Managers

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

52. Documenting the Asian American Experience: Whose History Is It?

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

53. Cultural Sensitivity and Intellectual Property in Anthropological Papers: Ethics and Access

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

54. Reel Preservation

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

 

55. Practical Approaches to Electronic Records Management

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

56. No Project is Too Small: Using an RFP as a Model for Selecting Archival Vendors

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

57. On Whose Terms?: Usability Issues and Online Archival Access Systems

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

58. Who Is in the Workplace Now? Diversity Reflected in Today's Archives

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

59. Myth & Reality: Records of the RFK Assassination

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

 

Session

60. Archives Unplugged: Securing Financial Support for Archival Programs

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

62. Endless Summer: Documenting the Popular Image of Southern California

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

63. Taking Center Stage: Issues of Access, Outreach, and Theater Archives

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

64. Archivist As Producer

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

65. Electronic Brains, Wired Faculty, and More: NHPRC Archival Research Fellows Report

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

66. Volunteers in the Archives: New Perspectives, Creative Uses”

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

67. The Souls of Black Folk, Revisited

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

68. The Online Archive of California: A Model for Integrating Access

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

69. Improving Online Access to Original Materials: Current Research

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

 

Session

70. Archives Unplugged: Privacy and Confidentiality 101

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

 

Session

61W. Digital Preservation: Longevity, Image Quality, and Metadata

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

 

Special

 

University of Michigan Reception

6:00 PM-10:00 PM

 

Special

 

Reception at Santa Monica Pier Carousel


Sunday, August 24, 2003

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

 

Tour

 

Street Art and Diversity

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

 

Group

 

EAD Working Group


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2003 International Archives & Information Technology Exposition Exhibitor List