Lone Arrangers Roundtable
Announcements and Events
Bureau of Biological Study of the California ground squirrel, written in 1910 by C. Hart Merriam, the first chief of the USDA’s Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, an agency that preceded the National Wildlife Research Center. Image courtesy of the National Wildlife Research Center.
Workshops and Classes
Managing Archival Collections / May 4-August 9, 2009
Many museums hold archival materials including documents and photographs that require specialized care and management.
This course focuses on archives as an important component of museum collections and develops your understanding of ways in which archival materials should be organized, managed, preserved and shared.
While there is common ground between the management of artifacts and the management of archives, recognizing the distinctions is important to caring effectively for documentary materials and increasing their role in the museum environment.
Regardless of the kind of institution you work in, this course strengthens your understanding of the nature of archival materials; theories, principles, and practices governing archival management; legal, administrative, and professional frameworks; appraisal, acquisition, and accessioning of archives; archival arrangement and description, including the application of archival descriptive standards; physical processing and storage; the importance of preventive conservation; reference services and access issues; using archives to enhance exhibits, educational offerings, and outreach initiatives; and the role of archives in culture and heritage.
Cost: CAD$641*, including a CAD$70 materials fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options). A CAD$170 registration deposit is required with each registration form.
*Subject to +/- 2% change announced late April 2009
Regional Conferences, Meetings and Symposia
Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA) Fall Caucus / September 29, 2010; Salt Lake City, Utah
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Fall Meeting: The Politics of Archives / November 11-13, 2010; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Fall Symposium: Archival User Studies / October 21-23, 2010; Dayton, Ohio
New England Archivists (NEA) Fall Meeting / November 5-6, 2010; Keene, New Hampshire
Northwest Archivists (NWA) Annual Meeting / April 20-23, 2011; Helena, Montana
Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting: Joint Meeting with the Council of State Archivists (CoSA), and the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) / August 10-15, 2010; Washington, D.C.
Lone Arrangers Roundtable Meeting, Wednesday, August 11, 5:30-7:30pm
The Lone Arrangers Roundtable meeting will include a review of election results; visits from the Council Liaison and a 2011 Program Committee representative; a presentation about appraisal from Craig Orr (Smithsonian); and a brief demonstration on some new online tools from Robin Pike (Catholic University of America). The meeting will finish with group discussion. Click here to see the full agenda (DOC; 27KB).
In lieu of the traditional dinner after the Roundtable meeting, this year the Lone Arrangers have arranged for a casual breakfast at Stone's Throw restaurant on Saturday, August 14. If you would like to join, meet in the lobby of the conference hotel at 7:00am, or just join the group at the restaurant.
Finally, be sure to attend the following session, especially geared towards lone arrangers and other small shop archivists:
107: Real-World Digitizing for Humble Shops Undertaking Hefty Digitization Projects
Thursday, August 12th, 8:30-10:00 am
Andrea Ellis Weddle, Chair
Texas A&M University, Commerce
"Scanning in the Stacks: Reaching Out to Rural Libraries to Help them Identify and Digitize"
Alexis Braun-Marks
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
"Partnership to the Rescue! Digitizing on a Budget with Volunteers, Graduate Students, and Neighboring Institutions"
Holly Stevens
University of Michigan, Flint
"It Takes How Long to Digitize a Scrapbook?! Real-World Numbers, Equipment, and Software"
Kim Schroeder
Wayne State University
"Tapping Your Inner CEO: Management Tips to Stay on Budget and Deadline"
“The lack of professionally published information regarding real-world time commitments, basic equipment, effective training, and basic financing know-how is a hindrance to effective projects. The impetus for this session arose from planning needs for both institutional budgeting and grantwriting activities. Panelists provide the “down and dirty” regarding accurate time calculations for digitizing varying formats, quick ways to train novices, bartering services with other repositories, realistic deadlines, real-world budgets, and affordable equipment."
Society of Southwest Archives (SSA) Annual Meeting / May 18-21, 2011; Little Rock, Arkansas
Past SAA Conferences: Lone Arrangers Roundtable Meetings and Sessions
SAA 2009 in Austin, TX
SAA 2008 in San Francisco, CA
SAA 2007 in Chicago, IL
SAA 2006 in Washington, DC
SAA 2005 in New Orleans, LA
SAA 2004 in Boston, MA
SAA 2003 in Los Angeles, CA
LAR pages maintained by Courtney Yevich,
Last updated: 7 August 2010
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