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).
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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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Enjoy articles about May Day, the Rosenwald School project and member achievements, plus review past events and find out about upcoming events in the Spring SCAAzette.