Category Archives: Conferences

Guest post: An archivist at THATCamp New Orleans

Thanks, Eira Tansey for this guest post about THATCamp: One of the perks of living in New Orleans (besides, of course, all the outlets for laissez les bons temps rouler) is the number of conferences coming through town. This brings many opportunities … Continue reading

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“The SAA Annual Meeting is unwelcoming.” Yes, it can be. Here’s what we can do about it.

For the past few days I’ve been going through the over 1500 comments SAA members submitted when they completed the SAA Member Survey. As you might expect, some familiar themes emerge, and one of them is that SAA as a … Continue reading

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New York Archives Week 2012 Symposium: Archives & Activism

Wish I could go to this. If anyone who can wants to share a summary here on the blog, let me know. New York Archives Week 2012 Symposium: Archives & Activism Co-sponsored by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New … Continue reading

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Not able to go to Australia? Me neither. Here’s how to follow along with #ICA_2012

The International Council on Archives is holding its annual meeting right now in Brisbane. If you’re reading this, you’re probably not there. But fear not, there are ways to share the archival goodness. First, this site has links to (most) … Continue reading

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Your feedback needed for SAA Annual Meeting Task Force: Two ways you can participate (and for non-SAA members – don’t think this doesn’t apply to you, too)

And with that record-setting long blog post title, I’m passing along two messages (below). If you don’t remember what the Annual Meeting Task Force is about, it’s trying to make the SAA Annual Meeting better for attendees (more affordable, more … Continue reading

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Spontaneous Scholarships for 2012 SAA Annual Meeting: How to give, how to apply

Ok, this is the official launch! (But thanks to everyone who has sent donations in so far. Early donors are beloved donors.) Here’s the drill, which is essentially the same as it was last year: What is this about? We’re … Continue reading

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Links from MAC talk on participatory archives

If you were among the lucky (?) people in the audience today, here, as promised, are the links to the sites I mentioned in my talk. If you are one of the millions of people who were not there, these … Continue reading

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Peter Wosh’s thoughts on the “archival divide”: remarks delivered at AHA

To complete my series of posts related to the session “Archivists, Historians, and the Future of Authority in the Archives” held at the recent meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, below are the remarks made by my follow … Continue reading

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Antoinette Burton’s perspective on the “archival divide:” remarks delivered at AHA

Following up on the last post, containing the remarks I gave at the AHA panel, “Archivists, Historians, and the Future of Authority in Archives,” I am very pleased that my fellow panelist, the historian Antoinette Burton has permitted me to … Continue reading

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Some observations on the “archival divide,” or what I said at AHA about historians and archivists

Well, I’ve just returned from participating in the AHA panel I wrote about in the previous post and for which many of you were so helpful in preparing me. I should say at the outset that Messrs. Blouin and Rosenberg … Continue reading

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