New England Archivists

Events in New England

This list makes no attempt to be comprehensive as there are many events of interests to archivists in New England. We hope to include events sponsored by associations of archivists and related professionals as well as important dates on the NEA calendar. Please send additions to the NEA Events liaison.

July 17, 2008 NEA EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP: Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

An NEA and URI Library Special Collections co-sponsored workshop.

Location: Fogarty Hall, Room 120,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
Full day workshop, 9am - 5 pm.

Instructor : Kelcy Shephard

This workshop, a basic introduction to the standard, focuses on application of DACS rules and concepts, which participants can apply to repository processes and descriptive outputs.

NEA members who are not SAA members can recieve a discount on the non-member fee by entering the promotional code "DACSNEA08" when they register.

Early-Bird Registration Deadline: June 17, 2008

For more details and registration, please see: SAA Events

July 24 and 25, 2008. Boston, MA. "A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts."

Sessions:

Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation
Funding Opportunities for AV Media Preservation
Reformatting Options for AV Media
Contracting for AV Preservation Services
Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and Access
Case Studies and Round Table Discussions

"The fee for this two-day program is $200. Funders for this program include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."

For more information, visit www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org.

August 26-30, 2008. SAA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See www.archivists.org for details.

September 23-24, 2008. Philadelphia, PA. "A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections."

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts.

This comprehensive 2-day conference is intended for archives, libraries and museums of all sizes.

The fee for this two-day conference is $225 for CCAHA members and $250 for non-members. SPECIAL OFFER: When registering more than one individual from the same institution, each additional registrant will receive a $25.00 discount.

Download a registration form from http://www.ccaha.org/index.php/education/program-calendar. Any questions? Go to www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org.

September 23 - October 2, 2008. Andover, MA. "Northeast Document Conservation Center(NEDCC) Fall Workshops."

September 23: Intermediate Book Repair
September 24: Writing Successful Grant Proposals
September 25: Preserving Oversize Paper Artifacts
October 1: Caring for Textiles
October 2: Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite (At Merrimack College)

LOCATION:
NEDCC
100 Brickstone Square, 4th floor
Andover, MA
(except for Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite – see workshop description.)

TIME:
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

COST:
$150.00 per workshop.

For complete workshop details and registration form, visit www.nedcc.org

For other calendar listings, please see the pages maintained by:

Connecticut Historical Society, http://wwwwww.chs.org/.
Maine Historical Society, http://wwwwww.mainehistory.org/calendar.shtml
Massachusetts State Archives/Commonwealth Museum, wwwwww.state.ma.us/sec/mus/musidx.htm
New England Ancestors (includes calendar for New England Historic Genealogical Society), http://wwwwww.newenglandancestorsnewenglandancestors.org/
New England Museum Association, http://wwwwww.nemanet.org/abouthome.html
New Hampshire Historical Society, http://wwwwww.nhhistory.org/
Vermont Historical Society, http://wwwwww.state.vt.us./vhs

For descriptions of previous "Archives on the Road" events, please visit the Programs area of the Web site.

Looking for archival events around the world? Check The Archivist's Daybook.

Looking for information on Archives Week? Go to our Archives Week page in the Programs area of the web site.