TCART Symposium Program

The program for the TCART 25th Anniversary Symposium at the Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota on October 30, 2007 is now available.

Symposium and 2007 Fall Meeting Schedule:

12:30 – 1:00 Check in begins

1:00 – 1:25 Welcome and TCART meeting

Erik Moore, Andrea Spence Pudas, Molly Tierney, Candy Hart

1:30 – 2:20 Session 1: Legal, Privacy, & Proprietary Issues in Archives

Charles Rodgers (MHS) will provide a public/state perspective on how the Minnesota State Archives manages and provides access to state hospital records.

David Klaassen (UMN) will talk about working with social service records and confidentiality especially in relation to adoption records and researchers in an academic setting.

Tony Jahn (Target Corp.) will discuss the management of proprietary records and service in a corporate archives setting.

2:20 – 2:45 Refreshment break

Please join us to celebrate the 25th anniversary with recognition of past TCART members and door prizes.

2:45 – 3:35 Session 2: Technological Solutions to Archival Issues

Shawn Rounds (MHS) will discuss the NHPRC funded project Preserving the Records of the E-Legislature and the management of electronic government records created in XML and opportunities for providing this information via the Web.

Jason Roy (UMN) will talk about the initial phase of capturing University Web sites for preservation through the U of M's institutional repository program, the University Digital Conservancy.

Heather Lawton (MPL) will explain the Libraries movement toward digitization as a solution for the problem of access caused by staffing cuts and shortened hours.

3:40 – 4:20 Wrap-up panel discussion

Bruce Bruemmer (Cargill), Robert Horton (MHS), Kris Kiesling (UMN), David Klaassen (UMN), & Daardi Sizemore (Mankato)

4:20 – 4:45 Archives tour/End of program


Attendance to the symposium is free and open to all who are interested in archival topics. Membership is not required. If you have not already registered, the organizers of the symposium ask that you take a moment to sign up in order to assist us in planning for the event.

Please go to http://www.tcartmn.org/registration.html to register.

For directions to Andersen Library and parking information please go to http://andersen.lib.umn.edu/visitors.html.

Please visit our membership section to learn more about joining TCART.


Support for the TCART 25th Anniversary Symposium has been provided by General Mills, Hamline University, the Hollinger Corporation, Light Impressions, Midwest Archives Conference, the Minnesota Historical Society, Metal Edge, Inc., and the University of Minnesota Libraries.