Student Archivists at Maryland

I am just the messenger; this is essentially copied whole-cloth from the Archives list email. Please contact the address listed in that email for more details. Regardless, if you CAN make it, it sounds like a good program, and one worth your time.

The National Archives Assembly and the DC Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Archives Conference are sponsoring the 10^th Annual Washington, DC, Area Metropolitan
Archives Fair on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the
National Archives, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. The Fair celebrates
American Archives Week, an observance highlighting the significance of the
documentary record and the documentary richness of our nation. This year’s theme is
“Archives: Bridges from the Past to the Present.” Representatives from many
Washington area archival repositories will display information resources
from their institutions.

Some of the participating institutions include the National Air and Space Museum,
George Washington University Special Collections Department, Virginia Room of the
Arlington County Central Library, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division, Library of Congress Manuscript Division, University of the District of
Columbia Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives, National Press Club, University of Maryland S
pecial Collections, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, National Museum of American
History Archives Center, Goodwill Industries, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at
Howard University, Washingtoniana Division of the District of Columbia Public
Library, and others.

The Fair will feature a panel discussion at 11:45 entitled, “The John Roberts
and Samuel Alito Experience: The Role of the National Archives of the United States
in Nominations to the Supreme Court.” James Hastings, John Laster, Nancy Smith, and
Steven Tilley of the National Archives will discuss the extraordinary measures that
NARA had to take in 2005 to make federal records in Washington and Presidential
records in California available to the Senate and the public before the hearings on
the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. They will
offer a real-world account of what it was like for archivists to be involved at the
center of the storm for access to records.

These events are free and open to the public. Information on visiting the National
Archives, including transportation options, is available at
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/index.htmlwww.nara.gov.
Fair attendees may use the special events entrance on Constitution Avenue to
enter the building.

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For further information, contact Marisa Bourgoin at
mbourgoin@corcoran.org  or (202)
639-1721or Jennie Guilbaud at jennie.guilbaud@nara.gov
 or (301) 837-1777.

Use this thread to make suggestions, advertise events, find roommates, etc. Basically this is all you guys. (I'll post one of these every few messages or so.)

Meanwhile, please mark your calendars for the Allen Weinstein visit, Tuesday, Oct. 10, now at 3:00 PM in the McKeldin Special Events Room (6137). Also don't forget to come to Americana this tuesday-- the website for that is linked on the main SAM webpage.

I'm just restin'! Or possibly pinin' for the fjords.

Anyway, I am going to try to be more conscientious about updating this thing, seeing as how I set it up and everything. For now, a brief look at what's coming up on the SAM Calendar for September:

Peter Hirtle on Copyright, Wednesday, September 13, 7:00 PM, Non-Print Media Room H

If you're in 605, you're going to this anyway. If you're NOT in 605, it's still worth checking out, as you almost certainly will have to deal with copyright issues at one point or another during your archival career. Also, Peter Hirtle is a former president of SAA, so you can say to your friends and family, "I got to hear a former president of SAA speak!" (You may be greeted with blank stares upon making this pronouncement. This is perfectly natural.)

First Student Archivist Happy Hour, Wednesday, September 13, 8:30 PM, R.J. Bentley's

It's back, and it doesn't require a car! Join your fellow archivists and archivists-in-training at what is arguably the least sketchy (such as it is) bar in College Park, R.J. Bentley's, for good times, good beer (or whatever it is you drink) and an escape from the rigors of classes (if only for the evening). We'll try to get a table in the front-ish area for ease of finding us.

SAM Meeting, Wednesday, September 20, 4:30 PM, CLIS Lounge

It's taken a while to get around to it, but we do have meetings in this here club! Come hear about our plans for this year, or suggest some of your own. Send things you want to bring up to myself or Courtney.

Americana III, Tuesday, September 26, 6:30 PM, McKeldin Special Events (6125)

Now that we FINALLY have a room for this I feel comfortable advertising it. Americana is a celebration of American Archival Culture, and one of our "marquee" events for the year. This year, SAM brings you "Art In Archives," in which our three presenters will examine how the American Archives and Art (both visual and audio) work together-- or have trouble doing so. As this is a fundraiser for SAM, there will be a small fee to enter, but for that you get free food, live entertainment before the presentations, and three scintillating speakers. Look back here later for a link to the Americana site proper.

That's all I got for now, folks-- keep checking back! I promise to actually update....