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August 4, 2006
12:15-2:15 pm EDT
Washington, DC
Welcome
The meeting was called to order by Mark Conrad, Chair. Despite the fact that the meeting was scheduled
from 12:15 – 2:15 pm EDT we had 85 people in attendance. Because we had two formal presentations planned
for this section meeting, we held only a very brief business meeting.
Business Meeting
a. Announcements
- 2007 Conference Session Proposals, Nancy Melley
Session Proposals are due October 9, 2006. See:
http://www.archivists.org/conference/chicago2007/proposals.asp
- 2007 Pre-conference Workshop Proposals, Cheryl Stadel-Bevans
Pre-conference Workshop Proposals are due October 7, 2006. See:
http://www.archivists.org/conference/chicago2007/precon.asp
- Submission of papers for publication in American Archivist, Helen Tibbo
The Editorial Board of the American Archivist wants to encourage submissions from members of sections.
They especially want to encourage those who submitted program sessions but were not chosen for the program.
The Board invites these section members (indeed all section members) to consider sharing their presentations
with an even broader and more diverse audience by submitting it for publication in the American Archivist.
Circulation now exceeds 5,300.
As journal of record for the Society of American Archivists, The American
Archivist provides a forum for discussion of trends and issues in archival
theory and practice both in the United States and abroad through essays, case
studies, in-depth perspectives, and reviews of recent books.
E-mail: AmericanArchivist@archivists.org or phone: 925-938-1419.
- Announcements from the floor: iPress 2006, Third International Conference on the Preservation of
Digital Objects, October 8-10, Cornell University. See:
ipres.library.cornell.edu
b. Election of Officers
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (a five-year term) – Introduction of candidates: Suzanna Suzie Long
Steering Committee (a three-year term) – Introduction of candidates: Richard Marciano and Rebecca Schulte
Keynote Address
Dr. Reagan Moore of the San Diego Supercomputer Center gave a presentation entitled, "Building Preservation
Environments Using Data Grid Technologies." Dr Reagan Moore is Director of Data Knowledge Systems at the San
Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). He coordinates research efforts in development of data grids, digital libraries,
and persistent archives. Moore is the principal investigator for the development of the Storage Resource Broker
data grid technology, which is used to support international shared collections.
Collaborations using the technology include the NARA research prototype persistent archive, the NHPRC Persistent
Archive Testbed, the NSF National Science Digital Library persistent archive, and the California Digital Library -
Digital Preservation Repository. Data grids using the technology include the BaBar high energy physics data grid,
the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing, the UK e-Science Data Grid, and the WorldWide Universities Network.
Moore has been at SDSC since its inception, initially being responsible for operating system development.
He has a PhD in plasma physics from the University of California, San Diego (1978) and a BSc in physics from
the California Institute of Technology (1967).
"Building Preservation Environments Using Data Grid Technologies."
Brief Presentation
Mike Smorul from the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) gave a brief
presentation on the Producer-Archive Workflow Network (PAWN). PAWN is a prototype application for moving electronic
records from the records creator’s desktop to an archival repository.
Mike Smorul is Project Manager for the ADAPT (A Digital Approach to Preservation Technology) project at UMIACS.
Current projects include PAWN, the Transcontinental Persistent Archives Prototype (TPAP) with NARA, SDSC, and the
University of Maryland, and building a testbed for evaluating storage area network technology with NASA.
Producer-Archive Workflow Network (PAWN)
Announcement of Election Results
Ballots were tallied during the two formal presentations. After thanking all of the candidates for standing for
election, Mark Conrad announced the results. We would like to congratulate Suzie Long, who won the election for
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, and Richard Marciano, who won the election for Steering Committee.
Close
Mark Conrad expressed his appreciation to all of the members of the Steering Committee for their hard work on
behalf of the Electronic Records Section during the past year. The meeting ended with Conrad introducing the
incoming Chair, Arian Ravanbakhsh.
Submitted by Mark Conrad, Outgoing Chair, Electronic Records
Section, 9 August 2006
Page last updated: 28 August 2006
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