Items Needed: 2012 SGA Scholarship Auction

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It’s time for the Annual SGA Scholarship Auction! Each year the Scholarship Committee sponsors the auction to raise funds for the four scholarships offered by SGA. This year’s auction will be part silent and part live auction, with the silent auction opening at noon on Thursday and ending that evening at the conclusion of the live auction so that everyone will have a chance to bid on something!
Each year members and institutions from around the state donate wonderful items to be auctioned off and we hope this year will be no different. We need your donations to continue supporting the professional development of archivists and students from Georgia. We hope that each of you will consider donating to this wonderful event!
If you have any questions about the auction or would like to donate an item to be auctioned, please contact Scholarship Chair Allison Galloup either by email at agalloup@auctr.edu or by phone at (404) 978-2133.

Rally Round-Up

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Thank you to everyone who showed their support for the Georgia Archives by attending the rally today at the State Capitol!

There was a wonderful turnout, with archivists, genealogists, historians, students and other well-wishers in attendance.

Speakers included Dianne Cannestra of the Friends of Georgia Archives and History, former U.S. Attorney/Congressman Bob Barr, UGA historian James Cobb, Emma Davis-Hamilton of the African-American Genealogical Society, Senator Gail Davenport, Representative Debbie Buckner, and Kaye Minchew of the Troup County Archives and the Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives.

A surprise(d) speaker was Mayor J.B. Burke of Morrow, who gave impassioned comments about the importance of the Georgia Archives to Morrow, Clayton County and the State.

Press was well-represented, and coverage of the rally has already appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Kudos to the speakers, organizers and attendees!

You can share your photos or reflections on the event in the SGA newsletter. Send submissions to Joshua Kitchens by October 12, 2012 at joshua.kitchens@gcsu.edu

Georgia Archives support continues with 2 rallies in October

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Despite promises from Governor Deal to keep the Georgia Archives open, there is no plan in place for such action. The 7 staff laid off last week received confirmation this week, and planned hours are still restricted to “by appointment only.”

The Friends of Georgia Archives and History continue to take the lead on educating the public on this issue and gathering support. Two rallies are planned for October, one at the Georgia Capitol and one at the Georgia Archives building.

Capitol Rally
Save the Date: Wed., Oct. 3, noon-1 p.m.
Location: Capitol South Wing (inside)
Archives Rally
Date: TBD
Location: Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA

Next Steps: A Message from the SGA President

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From President Marie Force via the SGA list serve:

Quite a day at the Capitol! Almost 100 supporters came out!  I think Glenda Anderson wins the prize for longest drive – all the way from Savannah. We were limited to about 20 in the governor’s office for the photo, but thank you everyone for packing his waiting room – and he knew all of you were there.
Photos with Governor Deal are now online: http://photos.gov.georgia.gov/GovernorNathanDeal/September-2012/91912-Photo-ops/25462286_Rd6q4M#!i=2097213021&k=sqjcMFJ
Let me know if you have personal photos of the event we can share on SGA’s Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23288207@N04/
Kaye Minchew did a great job for us as she asked the Governor for his support in keeping the Archives open! We handed over your letters of support and the 10,000 petition signatures. We were very pleased the AJC and Clayton County reporters were able to be the governor’s office with us to confirm that he said he will keep the Archives open:
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/deal-pledges-to-keep-georgia-archives-open/nSFhZ/
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2012/sep/19/governor-georgia-archives-will-stay-open/
What does the governor mean by “open”?? We need to tell him “open” means public hours and professional archival staff! The governor and your legislators have to hear from their constituents in Georgia that “open” does not mean appointments only with 3 full-time staff to handle the entire state archives operations.
Keep making noise! People are paying attention. To locate your representatives, see http://soga.org/involvement/legislative
Thank you,
Marie Force
SGA President

GAM 2012

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Over 100 archivists, historians, genealogists and other supporters of the Georgia Archives gathered today at the Georgia State Capitol to witness Governor Nathan Deal sign a proclamation declaring October “Georgia Archives Month.” 
SGA President Marie Force and Coalition to Save the Georgia Archives Chair Kaye Minchew presented the Governor with a petition and letters written in support of the Georgia Archives.
The petition was a print out of the first 10,000 signatures gathered on the “The Governor of GA: Leave our state archives open to the public,” a Change.org petition started by Georgians Against Closing of the State Archives.
The event was covered by reporters from both the AJC and the Clayton Daily News.

Georgia Literary Festival at the Annual Meeting!

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Something fun and exciting to do after the SGA Annual Meeting…
If you plan to stay in the area after SGA, you might want to attend the 2012 Georgia Literary Festival at the Golden Isles, Nov 9-11 at the Jekyll Island Convention Center.  The Festival is hosted by College of Coastal Georgia, Jekyll Island Authority, and Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau.  There will be over 33 featured authors, including Natasha Trethewey, Mark Kay Andrews, Steve Berry, Natalie Dupree, June McCash, Jack McDevitt, Pamela Bauer Mueller, William Rawlings, and others. 
There will be new fiction and favorite beach reads, Southern cuisine cookbooks, coastal history, nature and the environment, popular children’s literature, and contributors to The Georgia Review literary magazine.  The festival is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book with funding from the Georgia Humanities Council and local sponsors.
For a full schedule of events, visit www.ccga.edu/Community/GeorgiaLiteraryFestival.asp

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