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SGA/SCAA Joint Annual Meeting!

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Are you ready for the SGA/SCAA Annual Meeting in Augusta?

This year’s meeting will be held October 28-29, 2010 in Augusta, Georgia, in collaboration with the South Carolina Archival Association, with two workshops held on October 27.

Over the next few weeks, your SGA Outreach Committee will be sharing interviews with Augusta archivists, profiles of Augusta institutions and history, as well as details on great restaurants, bars and must sees for the meeting. Keep an eye on the SGA blog and Facebook page for more details.

Register for the meeting today!

Care and Identification of Photographs Week in Savannah

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Our own Savannah, Ga. is included in this year’s “Care and Identification of Photographs Week”. This four day workshop is a hands on introduction to the preservation of photographs. Details below.

New York: September 27-30, 2010 (Hosted by METRO: Metropolitan New York
Library Council)
San Francisco: October 18-21, 2010 (Hosted by SF Camerawork)
Savannah: November 4-7, 2010 (Hosted by the Coastal Heritage Society)
REGISTER NOW:
http://bit.ly/9KBucm (link to New York/METRO registration)
http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2010-san-francisco/
http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2010-savannah/
Registration Includes:
* 4-day workshop
* 280-page color notebook (printed on HP Indigo Digital Press)
* 60x LED handheld microscope

Georgia Archives Month Proclamation Signing

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The Governor will be signing the Georgia Archives Month proclamation on September 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the State Capitol in the Governor’s Office. It would be nice to have a large turnout of SGA members at the signing. Hope to see you there! Please contact Christine Wiseman with any questions.

You can find directions to the capitol and parking information on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website. The signing will take place in suite 203 of the capitol. We advise that you arrive 10 minutes early to your photo and allow for a maximum of one hour time.

The Governor’s photographer will be taking photos. They are free of charge and you will be able to download them from the Governor’s website. If you have any further questions regarding the actual photos, you may contact the Governor’s photographer, Alana Joyner. Her email address is ajoyner@gov.state.ga.us.


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Stabilization and Recovery of Damaged Records

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Matt Carrothers
Director of Media Relations
404-656-4269

August 19, 2010

Secretary of State Kemp Announces Contract to Assist with Vital Records Recovery Following Disasters

Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today announced that his office has signed a contract that will assist state and local agencies, public libraries, and public and private universities by stabilizing and recovering vital documents in the event of disasters. The statewide contract for Stabilization and Recovery of Damaged Records was created in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Administrative Services to protect documents and records including deeds, mortgages, court records, adoption records, marriage and birth records, and many others that Georgians depend on to protect their health, property, and civil rights.

“When a disaster strikes a courthouse or any building which stores our vital records, the consequences for Georgians can be catastrophic,” said Secretary Kemp. “This new contract will provide every state agency, local government, and public library with qualified vendors to recover damaged records after a fire, flood, or other disaster.”

According to David Carmicheal, director of the Secretary of State’s Archives Division, the first forty-eight hours after a disaster are critical.

Carmichael stated, “Most disasters create some sort of water damage, and during the first 48 hours mold can form on records, hard drives can rust, and book covers warp. This contract will ensure that a qualified recovery expert responds quickly so that essential records can be rescued.”

Vendors will be able to pack materials and remove them from the disaster area, freeze records to stop deterioration, and recover damaged paper, hard drives, photographs, and more. Records that have been damaged in a disaster are fragile and easily destroyed during the recovery. The new contract ensures that whoever does the recovery work has been prequalified by the state archives as competent to do the work.

In addition, the new contract ensures that recovery work will be done at prices that were established before the disaster. “A court clerk standing knee-deep in water doesn’t have time to negotiate the best price,” says Carmicheal. This contract sets the prices for recovery work and eliminates the prospect of prices rising as the result of a widespread disaster. It will protect the records of state agencies, local governments, public libraries, public and private universities, and some not-for-profit organizations.

For additional information, please visit the Secretary of State’s Archives Division at http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives or call 678-364-3700.

Brian Kemp was sworn in as Secretary of State in January 2010. Among the office’s wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting efficient and secure elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities and professional license holders. The office also oversees the Georgia Archives and the Capitol Museum.

SGA Archivist

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The SGA Nominating Committee would like to thank everyone who has come forward to run for the open elected positions on the SGA Board for 2011. We now have a full slate of candidates for every position, except that we still have one opening on the ballot for SGA Archivist.

The Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for this position. We would like to particularly encourage those of you who are new to SGA to run, especially if you are in the early years of your career. Running for office and (if you’re elected) serving on the SGA Board is a great way to become involved in our state organization. The basic duties for Archivist are outlined on the website. The term is two years (2011 and 2012).

If you would like to put your name forward for this position, or if you would like to nominate someone else, please send a quick email to Christine de Catanzaro by the end of this week.

NHPRC Reauthorization Needs Your Help Now!

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NHPRC reauthorization passed the Senate (S. 2872) on July 12, but has not passed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (H. 5616). It is vital that they pass together, which means that the House version must pass before the first week of August!


Please consider contacting the members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee TODAY and urge them to support the passage of  H. 5616!

Advice on how to do this, from SAA:

All Members of Congress can be reached via the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Letters, e-mails, and phone calls from constituents within each member’s district are most effective, but so are contacts by individual members of national, state, regional, and local organizations. A list of the House Committee members, with direct links to their office websites and phone numbers, is available on the National Coalition for History website as is a briefing paper with information to assist in making your case for NHPRC.

The SGA-SCAA Annual Meeting is Here!

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Join us for the 2010 Society of Georgia Archivists-South Carolina Archival Association Joint Annual Meeting to be held at the Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites on October 28-29, with pre-conference workshop on October 27. Our keynote speakers will be Kathleen Roe and Richard Pearce-Moses. Don’t miss the educational and networking opportunities and register today! Registration closes September 28, 2010.

*Image courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society.

SGA Members in SAA Elections

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The following SGA members are running for leadership positions in SAA. Please consider showing your support for our colleagues.



Laurel Bowen, University Archivist, Georgia State University is running for Steering Committee of SAA’s Privacy & Confidentiality Roundtable

Courtney Chartier, Assistant Head, Archives Research Center, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library is running for Steering Committee of the Issues & Advocacy Roundtable

Laura Starratt, Circulation Clerk, Athens Public Library is running for Steering Committee of the Issues & Advocacy Roundtable
Elizabeth Russey Roke, Manuscript Archivist, Emory University Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library is running for Chair of Manuscript Repositories Section
Renna Tuten, Archivist, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia is running for a spot on the Steering Committee of the Manuscripts Section


Vote!