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2001-2002 Annual Report
2002-2003 Student Members:
Magia Ghetu, President
Andy Kolovos
Heather Michele Rayl, Webmaster
Mona Moistner
Tim Thomas
Mary E. Gaudette, Secretary
Paul Charles Heyde
Angie Brunk, Discussion Leader
Phil Bantin, Faculty Advisor
Activities:
January 17, 2002
Organization and recruitment meeting. This was our first meeting of the
year and our first real meeting as a student chapter. A small group of
us introduced ourselves and explained the mission of our student chapter
in hopes of attracting more members. We briefly described our events for
the semester and informed students about our mailing list.
February 2, 2002
Tour of the Mather's Museum. The student chapter sponsored a behind-the-scenes
tour of the Mather's Museum on the Indiana University Bloomington campus
given by Laura Hohman, Registrar. The Mather's Museum is renowned for
its anthropological collections. As a group of approximately 15 students,
we were given a tour of the preservation area, the stacks, and got a close
look at the accessioning process.
February 19, 2002
Meeting with the faculty advisor, Philip Bantin. Philip Bantin met with
us to discuss the focus of our student chapter and his role as faculty
advisor. He offered to set up a talk about copyright issues with Dr. Kenneth
Crews in Indianapolis and expressed his desire to assist with any aspect
of the chapter.
March 5, 2002
Talk by Brenda Burk, IUPUI Philanthropic Studies Archivist. Brenda Burk
traveled from Indianapolis to give a talk about her repository, IUPUI
archives, and her philanthropic studies collections. She also discussed
the archival profession and encouraged us to become members of the Midwest
Archives conference. Philip Bantin also attended this talk.
March 22, 2002
Tour of the Preservation Lab at IU, Bloomington. Acting head of preservation,
Jacob Nadal gave a tour of the lab for approximately two and a half hours.
Staff members demonstrated preservation tactics and procedures. Jim Canary
from the Lilly Library came in to speak about the preservation of rare
books and manuscripts.
April 13, 2002
Lecture "Copyright for Unpublished Manuscripts and Archives" by Prof.
Kenneth Crews at IUPUI. A group of six of us traveled up to Indianapolis
for the day to hear Dr. Crews, a renowned expert in copyright law, discuss
copyright issues for archivists. After the talk, we visited the Indianapolis
Historical Society.
May 27 and 28, 2002
SAA sponsored EAD Workshop. A few members of the student chapter participated
in a two day workshop on EAD in order to gain hands-on experience in encoding
existing finding aids.
September 10, 2002
First meeting of the fall semester. The student chapter had its first
meeting of the year in order to introduce our chapter to new students.
There was a remarkable amount of enthusiasm and a record number of students
attended the meeting. Philip Bantin also attended and discussed his role
in the chapter, the relevant classes he is teaching, and inquired about
what he could do for the chapter.
October 4, 2002
Lilly Library Tour. The chapter sponsored two tours of Indiana University,
Bloomington's Lilly Library with the head of public services, Becky Cape.
The Lilly Library houses numerous collections and rare books mostly pertaining
to American and British literature, film, American history, Latin American
history, and so on.
October 9, 2002
Talk by Dr. Carol Choksy, Certified Records Manager. SLIS visiting lecturer,
Dr. Choksy, gave a talk about the records management profession as part
of a career week activity that all four of the student chapters at SLIS
participated in. Dr. Choksy has been a consultant for the past twelve
years and is also active in ARMA.
October 22, 2002
SAA meeting: Fewer students attended this meeting, but we were still able
to discuss the most recent activities and get some feedback. We discussed
the idea of asking for a membership fee for joining the student chapter
that would begin the following semester. We also discussed elections,
the completion of the Annual Report, and an upcoming happy hour. The students
arranged for a tour of the University Archives, but that was eventually
cancelled due to lack of interest.
November 23, 2002
Guest Speaker Event: Carolyn Texley, archivist at the Lincoln Museum in
Ft. Wayne, traveled down to speak to a medium-sized group of students
(approximately 15). The student chapter served a light brunch and prefaced
the talk with an informal introduction. Carolyn spoke about her experiences
as a field archivist in Michigan for approximately an hour and a half,
followed by a lively discussion.
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