Twin Cities Archives Round Table

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

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:00 +0000

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.

TCART Fall Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:55:00 +0000

Please join us in St. Peter for the fall TCART meeting.

Thursday, November 20, 2008
1:30-4:00 pm
Gustavus Adolphus College
Board Room, Jackson Campus Center
Map: http://gustavus.edu/welcome/maps/index.cfm?haveFlash=1
Visitor parking is available in the lot to the north of the Campus Center. Please check http://www.tcartmn.org/2008/11/fall-meeting-carpooling.html for possible carpooling options.

The agenda includes a business meeting and tour of the local archival facilities. The meeting will also include the educational webinar "Thinking Digital. Practical Session to Help You Get Started" developed by SAA.

Webinar Description
This session enables you to adapt your current knowledge and skills to the demands of a digital environment. You'll explore the choices that have to be made in the development of digital projects and workflows.

Discussion includes:
* Quality choices
* Cataloging/metadata choices
* Management choices
* Storage choices
* Delivery choices
* Digital records

Agenda
An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting. If you have an idea or issue you would like to add to the agenda, please contact Erik Moore at moore144@umn.edu.

The TCART fall meeting is open to all who are interested in attending. Membership information will be available at the meeting for those interested in joining. See http://www.tcartmn.org/2006/05/become-member_15.html for more membership information. New or returning members will still receive a full year's worth of benefits by joining prior to the fall meeting.

Fall Meeting Carpooling

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:41:00 +0000

Need a ride to St. Peter?

In an effort to help transport fellow TCART members to the November 20th meeting at Gustavus Adolphus College, please use the comments section below to share carpooling information with other TCART members.

For example, if you will be driving to the meeting in St. Peter and will have extra room in your car, please indicate the number of open seats, the place and time you will be leaving, and your name and contact information.

If you need a ride, please let others know where you can be picked up and your name and contact information.

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Doctoral Fellowships in Archival Studies

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:32:00 +0000

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/].

Fall Meeting Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:50:00 +0000

Thursday, November 20, 2008
1:30-4:00 pm
Gustavus Adolphus College

Please join us in St. Peter for the fall TCART meeting. The agenda includes a business meeting and tour of the local archival facilities. We are also planning on presenting an educational webinar developed by SAA. A future announcement will have more details.

A business meeting agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting. If you have an idea or issue you would like to add to the agenda, please contact Erik Moore at moore144@umn.edu.

The TCART fall meeting is open to all who are interested in attending. Membership information will be available at the meeting for those interested in joining. See http://www.tcartmn.org/2006/05/become-member_15.html for more membership information. New or returning members will still receive a full year's worth of benefits by joining prior to the fall meeting.

Minnesota Preservation Project

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:32:00 +0000

An announcement from the Minnesota Historical Society and the Midwest Art Conservation Center.

Connecting to Collections / Minnesota!

The Minnesota Historical Society in collaboration with the Midwest Art Conservation Center (MACC) recently received a Connecting to Collections statewide preservation planning grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The goals of the project are to identify collections care needs across Minnesota and to develop a plan to meet them. To accomplish this, the Society and MACC are conducting an electronic survey of the needs in Minnesota’s cultural institutions. In addition, they are convening four meetings of focus groups around the state.

Your help is needed with this important project, and you are urged to get involved!

Please complete the survey, which was designed to be easy and fast. The information you provide will show the scope and nature of preservation needs statewide and will guide the efforts of decision-makers and funders.

If you are able to join a focus group, please contact sherelyn.ogden@mnhs.org.

The long-term goal of the project is to obtain an implementation grant that will assist Minnesota’s institutions in preserving their collections. The best way to guarantee that your needs are represented is to participate now.

To learn more about the project visit Connecting to Collections / Minnesota!

Spring 2008 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:00 +0000

The spring 2008 TCART Newsletter is now available online.

June 2008, vol. 24, no. 1 (400kb)

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Spring 2008 Meeting Minutes

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:19:00 +0000

The TCART spring meeting was held May 7th at the Bush Memorial Library, Hamline University. Twenty-four local archivists attended the event which included a presentation, business meeting, and tour of the archive facilities.

The meeting began with a presentation by Rob Routhieaux, an Associate Professor of Management in Hamline University's Graduate School of Management, on "How to build a Business Case for Archives."

The business meeting agenda included reports by the secretary, treasurer, and newsletter editor. Elections for two officer positions were held. Erik Moore was re-elected as President and Ellen Holt-Werle was elected as Treasurer. A majority of the new business discussed focused on upcoming educational opportunities and ways that TCART could help support/host a future Midwest Archives Conference meeting.

The meeting concluded with a tour of the Hamline University Archives.

The full minutes for the meeting are available for download.

Spring 2008 Meeting Minutes

Spring Meeting Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:25:00 +0000

Please join us Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 1:30-4:00 pm at Hamline University's Bush Memorial Library for the Twin Cities Archives Round Table spring meeting.

Presentation: Building a Business Case for Archives
Whether you’re an archivist for a corporation, an educational facility, or some other flavor of institution, you’ve probably needed to justify an initiative, project, or even the existence of your archives. At TCART’s next meeting, Rob Routhieaux, Associate Professor of Management in Hamline University's Graduate School of Management, will speak on how to build an effective business case. Rob has also taught at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, and Warren Wilson College and Western Carolina University, both in North Carolina. His professional work focuses on organizational development and strategic planning for nonprofit organizations.

Agenda
The business meeting will include the spring elections for two officers. A slate of candidates will be sent out to all current members by the Nomination Committee. Voting will occur at the meeting. Additional agenda items will include updates & announcements, information on upcoming events, and more. A complete agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting. A tour of Hamline’s archives will follow the meeting.

Attendance
The TCART spring meeting is open to all who are interested in attending. Membership information will be available at the meeting for those interested in joining. Only current members will be allowed to cast a vote for the officer election. Same day membership is allowed.

Location
Hamline University
Bush Memorial Library, Rm 306
1536 Hewitt Ave, St. Paul
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Scholarship to the Modern Archives Institute (SAA)

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:17:00 +0000

An announcement from the Society of American Archivists:

Scholarship to the Modern Archives Institute

Scholarship Information:

The Colonial Dames/Donna Cutts Scholarship Committee of the Society of American Archivists is soliciting candidates for the Colonial Dames Scholarship to the 2008 Summer National Archives' Modern Archives Institute. The individual awards cover up to $1200 of the total tuition, travel and housing expenses.

Background Information:

The Colonial Dames and Donna Cutts Scholarships were established in 1974 and 2002 respectively and are given in conjunction with the Colonial Dames of America. The awards provide financial assistance for each of the two yearly Modern Archives Institutes given by the National Archives.
To apply, please submit in triplicate a resume, nomination form, and two letters of recommendation from persons having a definite knowledge of your qualifications to:

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

Requests for information should be addressed to The Society of American Archivists, 527 S. Wells, 5th floor, Chicago, IL 60607; 312/922-0140; or consult the SAA Website: http://www.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-damescutt.asp for eligibility criteria and nomination form.

Modern Archives Institute Information:

The 2-week Modern Archives Institute program provides an introduction to archival principles and techniques for individuals who work with personal papers, as well as those who work with the records of public and private institutions and organizations. It is intended to help archivists acquire basic knowledge about caring for archival materials and making them available. For more information, consult the NARA Website: http://www.archives.gov/preservation/modern-archives-institute/

Note: Applicants to the Colonial Dames Scholarship do not have to apply to the Modern Archives Institute directly unless they are planning to attend the Modern Archives Institute regardless of whether they are a scholarship recipient. Registration spaces in the Institute are made available by NARA for scholarship recipients.

Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by February 28, 2008

SAA workshop, March 27-28

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:18:00 +0000

SAA's professional education workshop Implementing DACS in Integrated Content Management Systems: Using the Archivists' Toolkit will be held March 27-28, 2008 at the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota.

If you've taken the introductory Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) workshop or are familiar with this national content standard, you’re ready for this intensive 2-day hands-on workshop! Learn to implement the national content standard using the Archivists' Toolkit (AT),* one open-source application available for managing information about your repository’s collections and for producing standard descriptive products. The AT supports integrated modules for accessioning, description, name and subject authority control, and location management, and also provides customizable reports and standardized description exports such as EAD, MARCXML, and METS.

INSTRUCTORS:
William E. Landis
Description/Metadata Coordinator
Yale University

Bradley D. Westbrook
Digital Archivist/Metadata Librarian
University of California, San Diego

To learn more about the workshop and to register online, please visit http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/workshop-detail.asp?id=2345.

Officer elections 2008

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:20:00 +0000

At the spring 2008 meeting TCART will hold elections for two officer positions: President and Treasurer.

The positions will serve two-year terms beginning after the conclusion of the spring meeting. No individual may serve more than two consecutive full terms of office. The two positions form half of the TCART Executive Committee consisting of the four elected officers.

Descriptions of the two positions from the TCART Bylaws are as follows:

President
The President shall be the principal executive officer of TCART and shall in general supervise and control all of the affairs of TCART. He or she shall preside at all business meetings of TCART and of the Executive Committee. He or she must sign with one other member of the Executive Committee any contracts or other instruments which Committee has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Committee or by these by-laws or by statute to some other officer or agent of the organization, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president.

Treasurer
The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the TCART; shall receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to TCART from any source whatsoever, and shall deposit all such moneys in the name of TCART in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws; and shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall present a budget statement at each regular meeting. In the absence of the President and Secretary, the Treasurer shall preside at business meetings of TCART and at meetings of the Executive Committee.

Nominations may be made from the floor in addition to the slate proposed by the Nominating Committee. Voting shall be by ballot and election by simple majority of votes cast. Candidates unopposed for office shall be elected by acclamation. The Nominating Committee shall count the ballots and announce the results at the annual business meeting. Any election difficulties or ties shall be resolved by a majority vote of the members present at the annual business meeting session.

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

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:25:00 +0000

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

Fall 2007 Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:14:00 +0000

The fall 2007 TCART Newsletter is now available online.

November 2007, vol. 23, no. 2 (562kb)

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CFP: The State We’re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Call for Proposals

The State We’re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150
May 28-30, 2008,
St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict
Collegeville, Minnesota

Highlights:

Latest scholarship
Teaching sessions and workshops
Material culture exhibits
Book displays
Tours/Local foods
Writing retreat (May 30 – June 2) to revise for submission for publication of conference proceedings

Proposals are invited for presentation of scholarship, demonstrations,
workshops, round-tables, works-in-progress on all aspects of Minnesota history. Individual or group proposals welcome. Proposal should be submitted (in Word) and should include title, brief abstracts, format, one-page vita for each participant. Deadline: January 15, 2008 to aatkins[at]csbsju.edu.

Sponsored by Project Logos at Saint John’s University, College of Saint Benedict, Stearns History Museum, and the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fall 2007 Meeting Minutes and Symposium Recap

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:53:00 +0000

The TCART fall meeting was held October 30th at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library. Approximately 80 people attended the event which included a business meeting, a symposium on archival topics, and a tour of the library facilities.

The business meeting agenda included reports by the president, secretary, treasurer, and newsletter editor.

The symposium included two sessions focused on different archival topics. The first session focused on Legal, Privacy, & Proprietary Issues in Archives and included Charles Rodgers (MHS), David Klaassen (UMN), and Tony Jahn (Target Corp.) as the presenters. The second session, Technological Solutions to Archival Issues, had Shawn Rounds (MHS), Jason Roy (UMN), and Heather Lawton (MPL) as the speakers. A wrap up panel with Bruce Bruemmer (Cargill), Robert Horton (MHS), Kris Kiesling (UMN), David Klaassen (UMN), & Daardi Sizemore (Mankato) concluded the symposium.

The meeting concluded with a tour of the Andersen Library facilities.

The full minutes for the meeting and symposium recap are available for download.

Fall 2007 Meeting Minutes & Symposium Recap (2.95 MB)

MAC Presidents' Award

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:33:00 +0000

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)

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:09:00 +0000

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!

TCART Symposium Program

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:15:00 +0000

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.

Register for the TCART Symposium

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:26:00 +0000

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

Attendance to the symposium is free and open to all who are interested in archival topics. Membership is not required. The organizers of the symposium ask that you take a moment to register to better assist us in planning for the event.

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

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

Learn more about the Symposium.

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.

TCART Anniversary Symposium

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:12:00 +0000

The Twin Cities Archives Round Table is celebrating its 25th anniversary on October 30th by hosting an afternoon symposium on archival topics at the Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. The event will be an exciting opportunity for archivists, curators, public historians, information specialists, and graduate students from the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota to come together and learn about the advances and activities that shape their field and to hear from each other how to apply these practices to their daily work.

The event will consist of two topical sessions with local experts sharing their experiences.

The first session will discuss the legal, privacy, and proprietary issues archivists face when accessioning, processing, and providing access to collections with protected material. The speakers will discuss the issues in context of public, academic, and corporate archives.

The second session will focus on technological solutions for archival issues. Speakers will discuss managing electronic records and methods used in archiving web sites.

Finally, an all-star panel of archival leaders will provide their commentary on the work being done in Minnesota by placing it in context of the larger archival community.

Please mark your calendars for the afternoon of October 30, 2007 and come join your colleagues for an educational and social event!

A detailed agenda and list of participants will soon be available.

Save the Date: TCART Anniversary Symposium, Oct. 30

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Save the Date!

The Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) is celebrating its 25th anniversary on October 30th by hosting an afternoon symposium on archival topics at the Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. The event will be an exciting opportunity for archivists, curators, public historians, information specialists, and graduate students from the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota to come together and learn about the advances and activities that shape their field and to hear from each other how to apply these practices to their daily work.

Please mark your calendars for the afternoon of October 30, 2007. Please check back for more information.

Become a Member!

Are you a recent TCART member who has let their membership lapse or a new comer to the profession or area and want to meet other local archivists?

Join TCART today and receive a full year of membership benefits for only $10. Benefits include invitations to the semi-annual meetings, two newsletters, a listing in the TCART member directory, eligibility for a professional development award, and periodic updates on archival topics and issues in your area. Become a member!

MAC Call for Proposals

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:34:00 +0000

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)

Membership Renewal

noreply@blogger.com (tcartmn) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:24:00 +0000

July is membership renewal month! TCART's membership year is from July 1 through June 30. If you have not already sent in your renewal form please do so today.

Thank you!
Membership/Renewal form