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Call for Session Proposals – SNCA/SGA/SCAA Conference 2013

April 17, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

Prepared in Mind and Resources:

Collaboration, Relevance, and the Re-Imagined Archives

The 2013 Tri-State Program Committee invites submissions for session proposals for the annual meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists, South Carolina Archival Association, and the Society of Georgia Archivists at the Furman University’s Younts Center in Greenville, South Carolina, October 17-18, 2013. This year’s theme, Prepared in Mind and Resources, reflects the work of archivists, who often have to balance the theoretical and practical aspects of the profession. Submissions may address any perspective on this theme as it applies to current issues in the local, state, national, or international sphere of the archival field. Notification of Program Committee decisions will be made by June 7, 2013.

Download the proposal form here.

Proposals that incorporate any of the following are encouraged:

Collaboration – projects focused on working with non-archives professionals, historians, researchers, or other stakeholders
Relevance – innovative ways archivists continue to remain relevant through continuing education, outreach, advocacy, and diversity
Re-Imaging Archives – digital projects, virtual reference, changes to meet user needs

PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN

Friday, May 3, 2013

Email proposals to:

Jennifer Motszko
j_motszk@uncg.edu

NEW Continuing Education Opportunity, May 3, 2013

March 15, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

Making Sense of a Media Collection
May 3, 2013 in Athens

Workshop Description

This daylong workshop aims to demystify audiovisual media collections, giving archivists a nuts-and-bolts, practical overview of the issues facing audio and moving image materials. Topics covered will include:

Historical and current film, audio, and video formats
Film, audio, and video production practices, and how they are reflected in archival materials
Deterioration of film and magnetic media, recommended storage conditions, and appropriate handling practices
Triage and prioritization of a/v collections
Basic approaches to digitization
Online and other resources for guidance about a/v preservation

As part of the workshop, we will examine samples of unprocessed audiovisual collection materials, in order to provide real-world examples of the principles discussed.

In addition, participants will be able to take a behind-the-scenes tour of the University of Georgia’s new Special Collections Libraries facility, including the audiovisual media lab dedicated to care of The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection.

Registration:
IMAP Members, SGA Members, UGA Staff: $100

Nonmembers: $150

Artists and Students: $50

To register, please visit the IMAP site.

For more information on the workshop, or to learn about other upcoming opportunities, visit the SGA Education page!

Attend the EAC-CPF Workshop, March 13

January 11, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

Start the New Year with SAA education at no cost! How? Complete this scholarship application by January 18!

Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF)
March 13 in Atlanta

Workshop Description
How can EAC-CPF enhance your institution’s records – and how can you get started using it? In this workshop you’ll learn how to create EAC-CPF records, with hands-on application of the elements to existing data; discuss balancing existing data with additional data components as part of an implementation strategy; and examine existing projects to consider how EAC-CPF may be implemented locally, regionally, or nationally.

Upon completing this workshop you’ll have:

Knowledge of the structure and content of the EAC-CPF standard and the companion content standard ISAAR (CPF);
Explored the metadata scheme design, including elements and attributes defined to reflect that design:

XML techniques used to incorporate data from allied standards
Current XML techniques leveraged in the standard;

· Created EAC-CPF record content from existing data structures, such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File, United List of Artists Names, biographical resources, and other related sources; and

· Exposure to EAC-CPF projects underway in the United States and internationally.Who should attend? Practicing archivists who are interested in the development and design of the EAC-CPF standard, who want to learn more about this standard, and who want to consider how it could be implemented in their repositories or consortia.

To see what other workshops and DAS courses SAA is offering, please visit our Education Calendar.

January 7, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

Full-time faculty position now open in the Clayton State University Master of Archival Studies program.

Archival Studies Faculty (#20194)

Continued coverage of the Georgia Archives

January 7, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

A new story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution details the ongoing transition of the Georgia Archives.While the story discusses the ongoing efforts of the Friends of Georgia Archives to raise awareness of the situation with state legislators, it does not mention the recently announced working group that will submit to the legislature a plan of transfer for the Archives to the University System of Georgia.

Read the full story here: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-archives-supporters-remain-nervous/nTnxX/

News about the Georgia Archives

January 4, 2013SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

A University System of Georgia press release announces the formation of a working group to plan the proposed transfer of the Georgia Archives to the USG.

Read the release here: http://www.usg.edu/news/release/planning_begins_on_transfer_of_state_archives_to_university_system

The working groups includes two SGA members: Toby Graham of UGA and Richard Pearce-Moses of Clayton State. FOGA member Dianne Cannestra is also a member of the group. Overall a very impressive list!

Georgia Collections Sought for Nationwide Digital Library

November 27, 2012SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

The Digital Library of Georgia is accepting applications for original, unpublished historic materials significant to Georgia to be digitized and included in a nationwide digital library.

Georgia libraries, museums, historical societies, archives and other cultural heritage repositories are invited to submit applications for up to five collections each to be considered for digitization and subsequent inclusion in both the Digital Library of Georgia and the Digital Public Library of America. The deadline is Jan. 25. Applications can be found at http://tinyurl.com/d8yt8k6.

The Digital Public Library of America is a groundbreaking project to make our country’s local archives digital, searchable, and freely accessible. Launched last summer by Harvard University, the DPLA recently received a boost when the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation gave $1 million to create seven pilot sites with libraries in Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah to serve as regional hubs. Georgia’s share of the grant, together with additional funding from the Arcadia Foundation, is $350,000.

Based at the University of Georgia Libraries, the Digital Library of Georgia has operated since 2000 as part of Georgia’s GALILEO virtual library. According to Director Toby Graham, the DLG already includes more than a million digital files. “This project will allow us to issue a call for nominations from libraries and archives and other institutions around the state to add more content to the Digital Library of Georgia, which will serve as a pipeline into the Digital Public Library of America,” Graham said.

Selection of materials to digitize will be made according to the availability of resources and the DLG collection development policy, which can be found at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/About DLG/CollectionDevelopment.html. DLG will be partnering with Lyrasis for the conversion of selected content, and staff hired through the grant funds will create descriptive records.

“Georgia’s public archives – in libraries, colleges and universities – have a rich collection that we’re eager to share with the world,” said Beverly Blake, Macon program director with the Knight Foundation. “Perhaps most importantly, this project will help ensure that our local communities engage with that history and contribute to the collection, helping our libraries become dynamic, digital community centers.”
For more information on the DPLA, see http://dp.la/

Report from FOGAH Advocacy Training

November 10, 2012SGA Communications DirectorLeave a comment

As you may know, the Friends of Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH) has hired Joe Tanner & Associates, a governmental affairs firm, to advise the group on their interactions with legislators and executive officials as FOGAH continues to push for a restoration of the budget and staff of the Georgia Archives.

At the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) annual meeting, held November 7-9 on St. Simon’s Island, Joe Tanner & Associates held a FOGAH sponsored advocacy training. Approximately 60 SGA members and FOGAH supporters attended the training.

The purpose of the session was twofold:

Communicate to attendees the language and focus of FOGAH’s current message;
Teach attendees how to approach their legislators to spread the message

A major priority for FOGAH and Tanner was to create simple, clear message that will be effective. What is known right now is that the Georgia Archives will move to the University System of Georgia. This will likely require a budget item in main budget (aka, the proposed budget for 2013-2014) for the State of Georgia.

The message developed by FOGAH can be boiled down to three basic points:

We support the Governor’s recommendation to move the administration of the Georgia Archives to the University System;
The Secretary of State has shown his support for this recommendation;
The University System and the Governor will determine the needed level of funding to restore the Georgia Archives and offer a recommendation for the State budget. We would like a minimum of 1.15 million in new money in the budget. Even though there is a minimum wanted by FOGAH, we want State legislators to support the true assessment of need from the University System.

Attendees were asked to stick to this message when approaching their legislators.

Another major initiative for FOGAH is to find supporters in each House and Senate district who are willing to speak directly to their legislators. Joe Tanner stressed that these officials (who are elected every 2 years) are most likely to be responsive to their own constituents, and that they should hear a repeating, unified message about the issue.

Tanner’s advice included:

Arrange a face to face meeting with your Senator and Representative;
If they will not meet, try to get them on a short call;
If possible, take 1-2 other constituents with you to meet them;
Tell them up front that you are their constituent contacting them about a statewide issue;
Tell them that you are interested in the issue because you are a member of a specific group;
Leave behind the handout created by the SGA President (these were made available to attendees, and can be sent to interested parties by contacting outreach@soga.org);
If you can’t answer a question they have, tell them you will get back with them, contact FOGAH or SGA for and answer, then follow up;
Follow up your call or meeting with a thank you/reminder.

Tanner & Associates encouraged members to look at letters and/or emails as a path of last resort. These are much less reliable avenues of contact when you are trying to communicate a specific message. If you must resort to one of these, make sure to personalize your letter of email. Any kind of form message should be avoided.

These contacts should start in January, after the holidays, and while the new legislative session is still slow and officials have more time to meet with constituents.

FOGAH still needs volunteers to meet their goal of one per Senate and House district. Further training sessions, including web based sessions, will be given in the future.

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact the SGA Outreach Co-Managers at outreach@soga.org.