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Annual meeting trolley tour

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The Local Arrangements Committee is pleased to offer a trolley tour of beautiful St. Simons Island during the annual meeting. To get a sense if people are interested in signing up, please let us know if you would like to take a 1.5-hour trolley tour of the island. We have a few options for tour date and time:
– Wednesday (11/7) at 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm
– Friday (11/9) at at 1:00 pm or 2:00 pm
Rates are $23.00 for adults, children 4-12 are $10.00 and under 4 are free. If there is enough interest, we will offer the tour on both Wednesday and Friday. Please take our poll to indicate your preference.
http://www.soga.org/poll
See you in St. Simons!

SGA Workshop: Creating DACS Compliant Finding Aids in AT

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Creating DACS-compliant finding aids using the Archivist’s Toolkit
Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 from 9AM-4PM
Location: Georgia State Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road Morrow, GA 30260. Room 210

Abstract:
Take advantage of simple tools and current standards to describe your collections in a stream-lined workflow! This one-day workshop will consist of 2 parts: a review of the elements of DACS- Describing Archives, A Content Standard- and an instructional, hands-on workshop using the Archivist’s Toolkit to create DACS-compliant finding aids.  Participants should be familiar with archival arrangement and description and have past experience creating finding aids using MS Word or other word processing programs; they should also be aware of EAD- Encoded Archival Description- though mastery is not required. Each participant should bring a laptop with the Archivist’s Toolkit Sandbox (Version 2.0) downloaded onto it (http://archiviststoolkit.org/support/sandbox2.0) and a short, medium, and long finding aid (both with series and subseries and without) to enter as practice.

The workshop will be led by Dana Miller, Manuscripts Archivist at the University of Georgia.

Archival Recertification Credits-ARCs: 5

Register here.

Please address any questions or concerns to Dana Miller, dmmiller@uga.edu.

Registration is open!

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Registration is now open for the SGA Annual Meeting!


Register now for the 2012 SGA Annual Meeting to be held on St. Simons Island, Georgia! Early-bird registration for the conference will extend to October 20, 2012. Early-bird registration for SGA members is $95.00. If you are member presenting in St. Simons your cost is $75.00. Student members pay a registration fee of $70.00 and the non-member rate is $115.00.
The meeting will be held on November 8-9 at the Sea Palms Golf & Tennis Resort. Single room are available at the rate of $99.00/night and double rooms at $150.00/night. The conference rate is valid for attendees beginning Monday, November 5 and extending through Sunday, November 11.  When registering online, use the code sgaresort to get the group rate. Please make your hotel reservations at Sea Palms before September 19!

Registration is available at www.soga.org/annualmeeting 

Call for Nominations: 2012 SGA President’s Award

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The Society of Georgia Archivists President is currently accepting nominations for the 2012 President’s Award.

Nominations accepted until July 16, 2012.
Award presented in November 2012 during SGA Annual Meeting Reception.
The SGA President’s Award recognizes an individual, organization, or institution outsidethe archival profession that makes significant contributions to the archival profession. Contributions may take the form of advocacy, publicity, legislation, financial support, or a similar action that fosters archival work or raises public consciousness of the importance of archival work. Contributions should have broad, long-term impact at the state level or beyond. 
Nominations should include full contact information including address, email and telephone numbers, as well as a brief narrative justification (less than 250 words) about why you are nominating the particular individual, institution, or organization. 
Send nominations by e-mail, fax or mail to:
Marie Force
Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum
P.O. Box 20585
Dept. 914
Atlanta, GA 30320-2585
404-714-2371 (tel)
404-715-2037 (fax)
marie.force@delta.com

SGA Fellow Nominations

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SGA is pleased to announce that nominations are open for 2012 SGA Fellows program!  SGA members and current Fellows are welcome to nominate individuals who have made outstanding contributions to SGA and to the archives profession.   The nomination form and the procedures for nomination can be found on the SGA website, or by following the links below:
http://www.soga.org/Resources/Documents/FellowsAwardprocedures2012.pdf
http://www.soga.org/Resources/Documents/FellowsAwardnominationform2012.pdf
Please forward nominations to Christine Wiseman by April 30, 2012.  Nominations can be sent by email or snail mail to the address below.
Submit your nomination today!
Christine Wiseman
Preservation Services Manager
Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
cwiseman@sos.ga.gov

SGA 2012 Call for Submissions

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The Society of Georgia Archivists Program Committee announces a call for presentation proposals for the 2012 SGA Annual Conference.

The SGA Annual Conference will take place this year in beautiful Saint Simon’s Island, Georgia, on November 8th and 9th, 2012.

The conference theme is Brave New World: Next Steps in the Archives Profession.

The Program Committee is soliciting presentation proposals for sessions touching on a variety of topics under this theme, including:

  • Practical and theoretical foundations for new archivists, including appraisal, accessioning, arrangement and description, and public service approaches
  • Making digital resources accessible by creating useful descriptive metadata, promoting interoperability standards for the distribution of digital content, investigating content management software, strategies, etc.
  • Project Management- from various angles for anyone managing any kind of project, including personnel management, project life cycle, concrete tools and techniques, strategic planning, etc.
  • Electronic Records Primer- intro covering the appraisal, maintenance, use, and preservation of born-digital records, and ways to address the challenges of technological change and format obsolescence
  • Self Assessment-  tools and methods archivists use to self evaluate and measure our impact, determine needs for improvement, prove value, and structure workflow
  • Electronic Preservation Case Studies- examples from the archives community of working digital preservation strategies, including successes, failures and next steps.

Interested individuals should submit proposals here by March 30 for consideration. If you have any questions, please contact the SGA 2012 Program Committee at program@soga.org.

New exhibit: "Celebrating 100 Years of Girl Scouting"

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Duluth Cadette Troop 1941 of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta invites you visit the new exhibit to “Celebrating 100 Years of Girl Scouting.”

The exhibit will open February 3, 2012, through April 28, 2012. The public will be able to learn more about the history of Girl Scouting and view artifacts such as original handbooks and uniforms on loan from the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Archives.

An original uniform (not a replica), circa 1914-1928. When the girls earned badges, they sewed them on their sleeves instead of a separate sash or vest as you see today. Some of the very first Girl Scouts in 1912 even had to embroider the badge before sewing it on, since there was not a ready-made supplier. A large crowned hat with “GS” pin on the front band would have been worn with this uniform.


The exhibit at the Duluth City Hall will feature information regarding current troops and the service they perform within the community. An open house will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012, from 3:00-5:00 pm at the Strickland House.

The Cadette troop also encourages the public to bring their memories and pictures to share of Girl Scouting in Gwinnett County, as they are compiling a more complete history of Girl Scouting in this area of Georgia. Artifacts from several local families are featured in the exhibit, including a 1930s era uniform.

Pocket from a Senior Girl Scout Mariner uniform. The program began in 1934 and is still active, although there are not very many Mariner troops left. In the program, the girls learned all about sailing, and often took weekend long trips in boats. Some of the volunteer Archives members were Mariners when they were younger, and recall sailing up and down the eastern seaboard. There was another program which began in 1941 called the Wing Scout Program. The girls in this program learned all about aviation, but was phased out in the 1970s.



The entrance to the Duluth Historical Society Museum is free for members, or $3 per adult and $1 per student. The Duluth Historical Society Museum is located at 2956 Buford Highway, Duluth, GA 30096, and can be reached at 770-232-7584.


*Photographs and captions courtesy of Pamela Nye.

Show Your Support for Georgia Archives Month!

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It’s time to begin the celebration of Georgia Archives Month with a proclamation from the Governor!

The Georgia Archives Month Committee is going to have a photo op on Thursday, September 1st with Governor Nathan Deal.  We will be celebrating his proclamation of October as Georgia Archives Month. Please come and join us at 10:30 a.m. at the Governor’s Office (Room 203) at the State Capitol.  This is a great opportunity to publicize our cultural institutions statewide.
For further information, please contact the Georgia Archives Month committee at ga.archivesmonth@gmail.com

*Too see more photographs of last year’s GAM presentation by Governor Sonny Perdue, like the photograph included above, please visit  http://tinyurl.com/3t2zjhb

SGA at SAA

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Attending the SAA Annual Meeting in Chicago this month? Meet up with other current, new and prospective SGA members on Thursday, August 25.

SGA Office Hours are 6:30-7-30 p.m. at the SAA Exhibit Hall. Stop by the SGA Booth and say “Hello!” We will be promoting our Annual Meeting (November 3-4, 2011), encouraging contributions to Provenance and handing out our fabulous SGA mechanical pencils!

SGA Mixer is at 8:30-9:30 p.m. at the Sweetwater Tavern and Grille. The Sweetwater is a comfortable, fun bar just a short walk from the conference hotel. Come buy your beverage of choice and have a good time catching up with other Georgia archivists and friends.

DIRECTIONS FROM THE CONFERENCE HOTEL: Exit the Hyatt Regency using the E. Wacker Dr. entrance. Turn left out of the hotel and walk 1 block. Turn left onto N. Michigan Ave. and walk 1 block. Cross S. Water St. The Sweetwater will be on your left at 225 N. Michigan Ave.
See you Chicago!
Marie Force
Chair, SGA Membership Committee