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Schedule 2007 SSA Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City
*Tuesday,
29 May 2007*
Informal
Board get-together [TBD]
*Wednesday,
30 May 2007*
SSA Board
Meeting, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Director's Room
Workshop
“Free as in Speech: Why your organization doesn’t have to pay for
software,” 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop
“Preserving Your Community Heritage with Oral History Projects,”
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dinner on
own.
*Thursday,
31 May 2007*
Opening
Plenary Session, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome, Michael
McColgin, SSA President
Speaker, Patti Loughlin, Associate Professor of History, University
of Central Oklahoma
Imperial Salon room B
Break with
vendors, 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. in the Imperial Salon room C or D
Morning
Break-out Sessions, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session 1,
Salon E
Were They Pushed or Did They Jump? Archives, Parent Institutions,
and Political Strategy
Charles R.
Schultz, Clements Professor, Clements Archivist, & Director of
Records Management, Cushing Library, Texas A & M University
On
the Road with the Clements Records and Papers
Terrance G. Shults, Head of
Technical Services, J. Conrad Dunagan Library, University of Texas
of the Permian Basin (Odessa)
A Brief History of Crises in the History of The Permian Historical
Society Archives: Cowboy Hats vs. Mortar Boards
Alan Lefever, Director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection
Yours, Mine and Ours: the Removal of the Texas Baptist Historical
Collection from Southwestern Seminary
Session 2,
Salon F
"National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Grants:
“Pathways to Success and Pitfalls to Avoid”, Lorraine Stuart,
moderator
Panelists:
Lorraine
Stuart, Archives Director of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gerrianne Schaad, Member of the Texas Historical Records Advisory
Board
Tara Z.
Laver, Curator of Manuscripts, LSU Libraries Special Collections
Lesley W.
Brunet, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Assistant Director of the Research Medical Library and Manager of
the Historical Resources Center at M. D. Anderson
Session 3,
Salon G
“Getting to
Know You” [Kay Bost, et al.]
Lunch on own,
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Early
Afternoon Break-out Sessions, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 4,
Salon E,
“Katrina and
Rita: Will They Come Again? Are We Better Prepared?” Howard
Lowell, chair
Julia Marks Young, Mississippi
Department of Archives and History
On the Firing Lines in
Mississippi – 18 months later
Gary Harrington, Oklahoma
Department of Libraries
O-DRAT – The Mildest Expletive
You Will Hear When Disaster Strikes – A Quarter Century of
Cooperative Disaster Planning in Oklahoma
John Martinez, New Mexico
Commission of Public Records
The CoSA Initiatives – Emergency
Planning in the States
Howard Lowell,
National Archives and Records Administration
NARA as First
Preserver – Influencing the National Response Plan
Session 5,
Salon F
[Session Title
TBD]
Jennifer Paustenbaugh, Professor and Associate Dean for Planning and
Assessment, Edmon Low Library
Randy Forrester, Grants
Administrator, New Mexico Historical, Records Advisory Board
New Directions
for the New Mexico Historical Records Advisory Board
Session 6,
Salon G
“Doing the Digital Two-Step: How
Online Archives and Digital Object Repositories Can Dance Together”
Danielle Cunniff
Plumer, Coordinator, Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission
Leigh Grinstead,
Projects Coordinator, Collaborative Digitization Program at
Bibliographical Center for Research (CDP@BCR)
Break with
vendors, 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Imperial Salon room C or D
Late Afternoon
Break-out Sessions, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session 7,
Salon E
“Moving the
Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society,” Jennifer
Silvers, moderator
Panelists:
Laura Martin,
Public Services Coordinator, Oklahoma Historical Society
Chad Williams,
Historical Collections Administrator, Oklahoma Historical Society
Bill Welge,
Director, Research Division, Oklahoma Historical Society
Session 8,
Salon F
"Not So Virtual Reality: Archives, Community and Applied Digitization," Gina Costello, chair
Gina Costello Digital Services
Librarian, Louisiana State University Special Collections
Creating and
Managing Online Exhibits
Linda Reynolds, Stephen F. Austin
State University Digital Projects Librarian
Documenting
Community Collections in East Texas
Miguel Juarez, Assistant
Professor, Librarian/Curator, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives,
Texas A & M University
Not Ready for Prime Time: Issues in
Classifying, Housing, Preserving, Digitizing and Providing Access to
Alamo Period Artifacts: the Dimmick Collection at Texas A & M
Session 9,
Salon G
“Academy of
Certified Archivists: ACA myths and facts: An information sharing
on Exam Development and Certification Maintenance,” Cindy Smolovik,
moderator
Panelsits:
Cindy Smolovik, Archivist, National Archives and Records
Administration, Southwest Region
Brenda Gunn, Assistant Director for Research and Collections, Center
for American History, University of Texas at Austin
Laura McLemore, Archivist, Noel Memorial Library, Archives & Special
Collections, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Reception,
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
*Friday, 1
June 2007*
Morning coffee
with vendors[?], 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Morning
Break-out Sessions, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session 10,
Salon E
"Can We Ever
Really Recover?
Penny Clark, Tyrrell Historical
Library
Recovering
from Hurricane Rita
Wilbur E. Meneray,
Assistant Dean for Special Collections, Tulane University Libraries
Levees,
Communications, FEMA, Insurance and Other Problems
Session 11,
Salon F
“Collectors’
Stories: The Who, What, and How Behind the Collections,” Matthew
Darby, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin,
chair
Ann Hodges, University of Texas
at Arlington
Partners in
Collecting: Virginia and Jenkins Garrett
Mark Martin, Louisiana State
University
The Doctor is in: Thomas Gandy
and the Resurrection of the Norman Studio Collection, Natchez, MS
Alfred Lemmon, Historic New
Orleans Collection
General and
Mrs. L. Kemper Williams and the Historic New Orleans Collection
Session 12,
Salon G
“When Enough Is
Enough: Employing minimum standards processing," Mike Strom, chair.
In this discussion-based session, the presenters will talk briefly
about their experience employing minimum standards processing on
congressional papers, county records, and municipal records, then
encourage attendees to talk about their experiences and offer their
opinions.
Panelists:
Mike Strom, Texas Christian
University
John H. Slate, Institution:
Dallas Municipal Archives, City Secretary’s Office, City of Dallas
Janice Carter,
Harris County Archives
Lunch on own,
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Early
Afternoon Break-out Sessions, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 13,
Salon E
“Herding Cats
and Getting Your Ducks in a Row,” Cory Nimer, chair
Brad Westwood,
Dept. Chair, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young
University
Integrated
Digital Special Collections: Introduction and Conceptual Framework
Gordon Daines, University
Archivist, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young
University
The
Archivist's Perspective: Automation as an Opportunity
Cory Nimer, Manuscripts
Cataloger/Metadata Specialist, L. Tom Perry Special Collections,
Brigham Young University
Archival
Description and Automated Systems: Challenges and Compromises
John Murphy,
Curator, 20th and 21st Century Mormon and Western Americana, Brigham
Young University
Development of a Consortial, Collaborative Collection Development
Policy: INDI as Catalyst
Session 14,
Salon F
“A/V Is Not a Four-Letter Word,”
Snowden Becker, Center for Home Movies, University of Texas at
Austin School of Information, presenter
Got film? Got
video? Got audio? Got mystery media? Audiovisual archivist Snowden
Becker will provide a galloping tour of the many resources and tools
now available to help archivists of all budget sizes and backgrounds
identify, assess, prioritize, and manage those pesky ol' non-paper
holdings.
Session 15,
Salon G
“Mentoring
archivists in the 21st century,” Gerrianne Schaad, discussion leader.
Librarians keep talking about the Millennials and generation
changes, so do we archivists need to think about it too?
Please join Gerrianne in a discussion on bringing and keeping, new
archivists into the profession.
Break with
vendors, 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Imperial Salon room C or D
Late Afternoon
Break-out Sessions, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session 16,
Salon E
“Describing
Images in a Digital Environment,” Richard H. “Dick” Dickerson,
University of Houston Libraries, moderator
Panelists:
Lorraine
Stuart, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Amanda Y.
Focke, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Dreanna
Belden, University of North Texas Libraries
Session 17,
Salon F
“E-Manuscripts, E-Literature: Preserving Digital Manuscript Material
at the University of Texas (Student Projects in Digital
Preservation),” Patricia Galloway, Associate Professor, School of
Information, chair
Gabriela Redwine, University of
Texas at Austin
Outgoing Mailer:
Preserving Digital Originals of Norman Mailer’s Outgoing Mail
Jose Garza, Jennifer Lindley, and
Sidney Tibbets, University of Texas at Austin
Going to the
Source: Digital Documentation of Leon Uris as Author
Lorraine Dong,
Megan Durden, and Sarah Kim, University of Texas at Austin
Silicon Chips
with Everything: Preserving Arnold Wesker’s Digital Manuscripts
Session 18,
Salon G
“SSA: Past,
Present and Future” [discussion of organization]
Where are we
in our strategic planning?
Reception,
Oklahoma History Center
*Saturday,
2 June 2007*
Breakfast/Plenary Session/SSA Business Meeting/Slotto, 8:30 a.m. -
11:15 a.m., Imperial Ballroom, Rounds
Breakfast
Speaker, Mark
Greene, President Elect of SAA
SSA Business
Meeting
Slotto
SSA Board
Meeting, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Director's Room
Program Committee: Tim Blevins (tblevins@ppld.org), Kay Bost (kay.bost@okstate.edu),
Brenda Gunn (bgunn@mail.utexas.edu), Carol Roark(croark@dallaslibrary.org),
and Cindy Smolovik (cindy.smolovik@nara.gov).
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