Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2009 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, laser disk, or other circulating medium (including websites) and should have been published during the calendar year 2008.

Recent winners include:

• 2008 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio-Canada Digital Archives
• 2007 National Library of Medicine’s Profiles in Science
• 2006 State Library and Archives of Florida’s Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project

Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2009.

For nomination forms and more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp.

MAC Presidents' Award

An announcement from the Midwest Archives Conference:

Nominations sought for the MAC Presidents' Award

The MAC Presidents' Award (http://www.midwestarchives.org/presidentsaward.asp) was established in 1986 as a way to recognize significant contributions to the archival profession by individuals, institutions, and/or organizations not directly involved in archival work, but who are knowledgeable about its purpose and intrinsic value. The success of archival work often depends on these supporters making outstanding contributions to the archival profession through such areas as legislation, publicity, advocacy, and/or long-term fiscal support.

Previous winners of the award with Minnesota ties have included :

2002: Prof. Clarke Chambers, Social Welfare History Archives
1997: 3M Corporation
1992: Minnesota State Senator Allan H. Spear and Representative Steve Trimble
1989: Minnesota Future Resources Commission

If you are familiar with an individual, group or corporation who you feel is deserving of this award, please consider nominating them.

The nomination form can be found in the October 2008 MAC Newsletter or can be obtained by contacting Ann Kenne, the Minnesota state committee chair, at (651) 962 - 5461 or via email at: amkenne1@stthomas.edu.

The deadline for submission for consideration by the state committee is January 15, 2009.

Doctoral Fellowships in Archival Studies

Announcement

NEW 2009 DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN ARCHIVAL STUDIES

http://aeri.gseis.ucla.edu/

Doctoral Fellowships in Archival Studies are currently available through a new eight-campus initiative for individuals who are interested in pursuing careers as educators and scholars and who would be entering doctoral programs in Fall 2009. Applicants must apply for both the Fellowship and admission to one or more of the eight participating doctoral programs: University of California, Los Angeles; University of Michigan; University of Maryland; University of Texas, Austin; Simmons College; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Pittsburgh; and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Each Fellowship will provide full tuition and annual stipends of $20,000 to Fellows for the first two years of their doctoral study at partnering academic programs. Those academic programs will provide full tuition and stipends to their Fellows for two additional years of study.

To underscore the Fellowship initiatives‚ emphasis on strengthening archival education and scholarship, all Doctoral Fellows will attend, expenses-paid, annual Archival Education and Research Institutes (AERI). These weeklong summer institutes will be held each year for doctoral students and faculty in Archival Science from academic institutions nationally and around the world and will address a broad range of research methodologies, pedagogical techniques, and curriculum development. The first institute will be held at UCLA during the week of July 6th, 2009. A limited number of additional scholarships to attend the institutes will be available each year for doctoral students who are enrolled in any U.S. Program. Further information about the AERI is available at http://aeri.gseis.ucla.edu/.

The Fellowship application deadline is January 9, 2009. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident in the U.S. Persons of minority racial and ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. Further details on the Fellowship and how to apply may be found at http://aeri.gseis.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm. Information on each participating university’s specializations in Archival Science as well as contact information may be found at http://aeri.gseis.ucla.edu/institutions.htm. For questions about the Fellowship application process, please contact Joshua Sternfeld: joshuas@ucla.edu.

This initiative is directed by the UCLA Center for Information as Evidence [http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/cie] and is made possible in part by support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services [http://www.imls.gov/].

Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2008 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, laser disk, or other circulating medium.

Recent winners include:

• 2007 National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science (http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/)
• 2006 State Library and Archives of Florida's Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project (http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/)
• 2005 Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (http://college.usc.edu/vhi/)

Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2008.

For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp

MAC Presidents' Award

An announcement from the Midwest Archives Conference:

The Midwest Archives Conference Presidents' Award was established in 1986 as a way to recognize significant contributions to the archival profession by individuals, institutions, and/or organizations not directly involved in archival work, but who are knowledgeable about its purpose and intrinsic value. The success of archival work often depends on these supporters making outstanding contributions to the archival profession through such areas as legislation, publicity, advocacy, and/or long-term fiscal support.

Previous winners of the award with Minnesota ties have included :

• 2002: Prof. Clarke Chambers, Social Welfare History Archives
• 1997: 3M Corporation
• 1992: Minnesota State Senator Allan H. Spear and Representative Steve Trimble
• 1989: Minnesota Future Resources Commission

If you are familiar with an individual, group or corporation who you feel is deserving of this award, please consider nominating them. The nomination form can be found in the October 2007 MAC Newsletter or by contacting the Minnesota representative to the Presidents' Award committee, Ann Kenne at (651) 962-5461 or via email at: amkenne1@stthomas.edu.

The deadline for submission for consideration by the state committee is January 15, 2008.

Waldo Gifford Leland Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

Call for Nominations: 2007 Waldo Gifford Leland Award

Have you read a great new book about archives? Have you come across an exceptional finding aid for a newly-processed archival or manuscript collection? Have you encountered a documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest?

If you have, why don’t you consider nominating it for the Waldo Gifford Leland Award?

The Leland Award subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists invites you to nominate a monograph, finding aid, or documentary publication published in North America in 2007 for the Waldo Gifford Leland Award. (Please note: periodicals are not eligible.) The prize is awarded each year to encourage and reward "writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, and practice."

Established in 1959, the award honors American archival pioneer Waldo Gifford Leland, president of the Society of American Archivists in the 1940s and one of the driving forces behind the founding of the National Archives.

More information and nomination forms can be found at http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2008.

Please help us to recognize the best in our profession!

MAC/SOA Conference Road Trip for Students Contest

Attention Students and Archival Educators!
The Columbus Road Trip Contest for Students is now open!

The contest will give away NINE free student conference registrations for the joint annual meeting of the Midwest Archives Conference & Society of Ohio Archivists to nine lucky MAC-region* archives students.

Contest ends March 1. Winning contestants will be notified by March 5. One entry per contestant. Entries limited to MAC-region* archives students.

The MAC/SOA meeting will be held May 3-5, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. Good luck and we look forward to a large student turnout in Columbus!

Enter the contest here: http://www.midwestarchives.org/2007Spring/roadtrip.htm

General conference information may be found at: http://www.midwestarchives.org/2007Spring

* MAC, the nation's largest regional professional association for archivists, is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2007. The MAC region is the thirteen heartland states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. http://www.midwestarchives.org/

Founded in 1968, the Society of Ohio Archivists' mission is to exchange information, coordinate activities, and improve professional competence in Ohio's archives and manuscript repositories. http://www.ohioarchivists.org/

Scholarship Award for Professional Development

Criteria and Purpose for Selection
Established in 2006, this award supports current members of the Twin Cites Archives Round Table who are students or individuals working with archival materials to attend an archives related regional or national conference, symposium, or educational workshop. The goal of the scholarship is to stimulate greater participation in the professional activities of these associations and to provide continuing education opportunities.

Eligibility
Those eligible for the award must be a TCART member and must be working in an archives or information management field or be a student in a related program. Applications will be evaluated based on a brief statement of intent and by information provided by a contact that can provide a reference for the individual. Recipients are eligible to reapply after three years.

Award
The award consists of up to $250 in support of registration, travel and accommodation expenses associated for a conference, symposium, or a workshop. One scholarship of $250 will be awarded each year. In the event that the selected application does not require the full award, the remainder may be given to a second applicant.

Application Process
The applicant will submit by email the following items.

• Completed application form
• Statement of intent (150 words)
• Contact information for a single reference that can attest to the applicant’s interest and need

All applications should be submitted to the president of TCART by February 1st. The recipient will be notified by March 15.

Selection
The selection will be made by the four TCART officers.

Award Recipients
Following the conference or symposium the award recipient will write an essay for the TCART Newsletter sharing their experience and how the event assisted in their professional development. The recipient will be reimbursed after the conference/symposium/workshop.


Please complete the application below and send to the email address provided in the form.

Professional Development Award Application


Please contact a TCART Officer with any questions regarding this application or to receive it in a different format.

Hamer Kegan Award (SAA)

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2007 award. This award, given annually by SAA, recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for education, instructional, or other public purpose. More information about the award is available at http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-hamer.asp

To be considered for the award, all nominations must be postmarked no later than February 28, 2007. For the subcommittee to understand the entirety of the nominee’s project, please submit all relevant supporting materials. Examples of supporting materials include books, copies of websites, exhibit information, press coverage and more. To submit a nomination, download a nomination form using the link on the Award website listed above and return it to SAA at the following address:

Co-chairs, Awards Committee
Society of American Archivists
527 S. Wells St., 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607-3922

Recent winners include:

• 2006 The State Library and Archives of Florida’s Florida Folklife Digitization and Education Project for their use of Florida’s folklife archives to produce music, educational units, promotional material and website http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/folklife/
• 2005 Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation for their website and online resource featuring information about the Testimony Archive of Holocaust survivors and other Holocaust witnesses, http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/vhi/
• 2004 The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for their book Documenting Pennsylvania’s Past: The First Century of the Pennsylvania State Archives
• 2003 The New York State Archives Partnership Trust for their quarterly publication New York Archives.

A list of additional winners is posted on the SAA website.

If you have questions and for additional information, please feel free to contact the Hamer Kegan Subcommittee chair, John Hyslop jhyslop@queenslibrary.org, or the SAA Awards Committee co-chairs, Brenda Gunn bgunn@mail.utexas.edu or Deborah Skaggs deborah.skaggs@ironmountain.com.