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SCAA Annual Meeting: Archives and the Natural Environment
The SCAA Outreach and Advocacy Committee invites you to attend the annual meeting to be held at Newberry College in Newberry, SC on Friday, October 10, 2014. The natural environment will serve as the theme and inspiration for conference proceedings.
We welcome presentation and/or session proposals relating to the intersection of archives and records repositories with the natural environment as well as issues relevant to our profession in the 21st Century.
These include:
- The intersection of archives and preservation with landscape, conservation, flora, fauna, agriculture, management of natural resources, and outdoor recreation in South Carolina.
- Biographical, historical, and research information concerning collections that document the South Carolina landscape. These can include naturalists, biologists, and botanists.
- Sustainability in the archives. Anything from selecting sustainable formats for electronic records to “green” archival facilities.
- Challenges facing archivists involved in caring for natural history collections.
- Collaboration of archivists with other professionals in the fields of natural history, science, archaeology, land management, engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, and farming.
- New research and innovative projects and programs being implemented in archives repositories.
To download a session proposal form, click here!
Registration will open soon and additional details about the meeting will be available soon.
Date: Friday, May 2, 2014
Time: 11:30 to 4:00 (includes lunch)
Location: St Helena Branch, Beaufort County Library System. Registration now open!
Registration Fee: $25 SCAA Member; $35 Non-member; $15 Students
The SCAA spring workshop will offer attendees an SAA webinar followed by a panel discussion. The webinar focuses on mitigating risks, building bridges with local law enforcement, and developing a holdings protection program. A panel discussion with front-line archivists, librarians, law officers, public relations specialists, and administrators representing a variety of different repositories (academic, public library, private, etc.) will follow the webinar. Panelists include: Gina White (Winthrop University), Steven Tuttle (South Carolina Department of Archives and History), Lynette Stoudt (Georgia Historical Society), and Douglas Henderson (Charleston County Public Library).
Registration now open - click here to register!
Prepared in Mind and Resources:
Collaboration, Relevance, and the Re-Imagined Archives
October 16-18, 2013
SCAA is now accepting nominations for its four annual awards. Please use the criteria below to nominate archives workers and institutional friends who have done outstanding archival work in South Carolina. The awards will be presented at the 2012 Fall Business Meeting on October 4. Deadline for nominations is Friday, September 7.
South Carolina Archivist of the Year – to a current SCAA member, in recognition of extensive years of exceptional service to the profession, particularly in South Carolina, and to forwarding the mission and goals of the South Carolina Archival Association.
Career Achievement Award – in recognition of an extensive body of work on the preservation of historical material about South Carolina and of service to promoting their use, and generally rewarded upon retirement, relocation from South Carolina and similar events. Recipients do not have to be SCAA members.
Program Innovation Awards – to SCAA members, based upon criteria such as, but not limited to: creating a viable archive where none existed; publishing materials that benefit archives or archivists; establishing successful new programs such as access to collections on the web or working with community groups to promote archives. Successful efforts should be South Carolina-based.
Friend of the Archives Award – to an individual or organization which promotes, advocates, and/or defends archives and archival programs in South Carolina.
Please submit a separate nomination for each person or award and include:
Nominee’s name
Institution
Address
Nominator’s name
Nominator’s contact information
Name of Award
Describe the justifications for this nominee receiving this award. Please be specific and provide factual details. The more information you can provide, the stronger the case you will make for your nominee.
Send nominations to Beth Bilderback, South Caroliniana Library, U.S.C., Columbia SC 29208, bilderbk@mailbox.sc.edu
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