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.

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.

MAC Call for Proposals

The Midwest Archives Conference is now inviting proposals for presentations, sessions, round table discussions, workshops, and papers for its Annual Meeting to be held April 17-19, 2008 in Louisville, KY.

The Program Committee is interested in proposals on all aspects of archives and archival work but is also seeking proposals that particularly focus on the theme of "Racing toward the Future (while distilling the past)." MAC believes that, like Kentucky's famous winning racehorses, archivists must not remain in the pack reacting to developments, but instead to take a lead from the post in order to save the treasures of society.

The program committee encourages creative and timely presentations that will engage archivists and records managers from all types of organizations. Proposals from professionals in allied fields and from graduate students are welcome.

To submit a session proposal, please download the below form, complete it at your leisure and then send via email, traditional mail, or fax to one of the co-chairs listed.

Completed proposals are due August 15, 2007.

Call for Proposals form (.rtf)

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/