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New issue of

the Primary Source

volume 30  2011

"Web 2.0 in the Archive World"

Articles include:

A Pinch of This and Salt to Taste: An Iterative Approach to Social Media
Shannon Bowen-Maier, Associate Archivist, and Rachael Dreyer, Assistant Archivisit, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Using Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools in an African-American Repository
Aaisha Haykal, IMLS Archival Fellow and Outreach & Processing Archivist, Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

A Tale of Two Blogs: Lessons Learned Establishing The Top Shelf and La Cocina Histórica at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Sean Heyliger, University Archivist, Juli McLoone, Rare Books Librarian, and Nikki Lynn Thomas, Manuscripts Curator, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Social Media Outreach: How the Ernest J. Gaines Center Explores New Platforms
Derek T. Mosley, Archivist and Assistant Director, Ernest J. Gaines Center, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana


Registration Opens February 15, 2012

 Southern Archivists Conference

April 26-27, 2012

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

William Winter Building/Old Capitol Museum

Preliminary Program


 

Save the Date!

 

The biennial meeting of the

Southern Archivists Conference

April 26-27, 2012

featuring

Society of American Archivists Preconference Workshop

Project Management for Archivists on April 25th 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

 

For more information and to register for the preconference workshop click here or visit

SAA’s Continuing Education webpage

 

Old Capitol Museum

Mississippi Department of Archives & History

 

Join us as the Society of Mississippi Archivists celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Southern Archivists Conference in Jackson, MS this upcoming April 25-27th. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and listen to dynamic presentations on:  grant writing, archival education, social media, using primary sources in the classroom, digitization and much more!

 

Mark Howell, Director of the Winterville Mounds Park and Museum in Greenville, MS will be our luncheon speaker to discuss Archaeology of the Blues.

 

Conference Hotel: Cabot Lodge Millsaps, 2375 N State St, Jackson, MS 39202  (601) 948-8650.

 

Conference registration will be open

February 15 through April 11, 2012

 

Sponsors: Society of Mississippi Archivists, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Mississippi State University Libraries, Old Capitol Museum, Society of American Archivists, Louisiana Archives & Manuscripts Association, Society of Alabama Archivists, & Society of Tennessee Archivists.


Free Emergency Response Assistance

The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Collection Emergency Response Team offers free emergency response assistance to cultural organizations. Contact AIC-CERT when a disaster—flooding, hurricane, earthquake, fire—has damaged collections.

  • Call AIC’s 24-hour assistance number at 202.661.8068 for advice by phone
  • Call 202.661.8068 to arrange for a team to come to the site to complete damage assessments and help with salvage organization
  • Resources & information on disaster recovery and salvage can be found on the AIC website at www.conservation-us.org/disaster

  • The public may also call AIC-CERT at 202.661.8068


Download the AIC-CERT August 22, 2011 Press Release




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