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<font size=3>From: "Vicki Walch"
<vwalch@statearchivists.org><br>
To: <archival_leaders@aall.archivists.org><br>
Subject: [AALL] New CoSA Project on Local Government Archives<br>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:26:38 -0600<br>
Sender: archival_leaders-owner@aall.archivists.org<br>
Reply-To: archival_leaders@aall.archivists.org<br><br>
Please excuse cross postings<br><br>
For Immediate Release<br>
January 19, 2006<br><br>
CoSA Launches "Closest to Home" Project:<br>
Archival Programs for Local Government Records<br><br>
IOWA CITY, IOWA - January 19, 2006 - The Council of State Archivists
(CoSA)<br>
has received a two-year grant from the National Historical Publications
and<br>
Records Commission (NHPRC) which includes $170,869 to support a
project<br>
designed to lay the groundwork for stronger local government archives
in<br>
each state.<br><br>
The project will analyze current conditions and determine what
services,<br>
standards, and funding strategies will work best to ensure the
long-term<br>
preservation of and access to local government records.<br>
Local government records represent the foundation of the U.S.
archival<br>
system and are truly "Closest to Home," created and used in the
communities<br>
in which we, as citizens, live and work. They are arguably the
records that<br>
most affect our daily lives and those of our neighbors, documenting
our<br>
marriages; the education of our children; the homes, land, and businesses
we<br>
own; the social services we receive; and civil and criminal legal<br>
proceedings in our communities.<br><br>
A nine-member Task Force will oversee the project. Kaye Lanning
Minchew,<br>
Director of the Troup County (GA) Archives, and Roy H. Tryon, State<br>
Archivist and Records Administrator of the South Carolina Department
of<br>
Archives and History, will co-chair the Task Force. Three Expert
Panels<br>
will support the work of the Task Force, each representing a sector with
a<br>
strong interest in improving archival programs for local government
records:<br>
local government officials, users of local government records, and<br>
archivists who work directly with local government records. The Task
Force<br>
will also engage three consultants to prepare reports on the key
issues<br>
affecting local government records of long-term value.<br><br>
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) is a national organization
comprising<br>
the directors of the principal archival agencies in each state and<br>
territorial government. Working collectively through their membership
in<br>
CoSA, the State Archivists encourage cooperation and promulgation of
best<br>
practices among the states; define and communicate archival and
records<br>
concerns at a national level; and work with other national organizations
to<br>
ensure that the nation's documentary heritage is preserved and
accessible.<br>
CoSA changed its name from the Council of State Historical Records<br>
Coordinators (COSHRC) in October 2005.<br><br>
For more information about the Local Government Archives Project,
contact:<br><br>
Kaye Lanning Minchew, Director, Troup County Archives.<br>
Phone: 706-884-1828. Email: kaye@trouparchives.org<br><br>
Roy Tryon, State Archivist and Records Administrator, SC
Department of<br>
Archives and History.<br>
Phone: 803-896-6120. Email: tryon@scdah.state.sc.us<br><br>
Additional details are available on the project's website at<br>
<a href="http://www.statearchivists.org/lga/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.statearchivists.org/lga/</a>.<br><br>
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More information about the Council of State Archivists:<br><br>
CoSA website:
<a href="http://www.statearchivists.org" eudora="autourl">
www.statearchivists.org<br><br>
</a> David Carmicheal, CoSA President, and Director, The Georgia
Archives.<br>
Phone: 678-364-3714. Email:
dcarmicheal@sos.state.ga.us<br><br>
Victoria Irons Walch, Executive Director, Council of State
Archivists.<br>
308 East Burlington Street #189, Iowa City IA 52240<br>
Phone: 319-338-0248. Email:
vwalch@statearchivists.org<br><br>
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