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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Society of Ohio Archivists<BR>2008 Fall Workshop: Oral
History in the 21st Century<BR><BR>Join us October 24th for the SOA Fall
Workshop! This year's theme is Oral History in the 21st Century. Workshop
participants will be offered the opportunity to examine and discuss the role
that Oral History plays in preserving Ohio's past.<BR><BR>Society of Ohio
Archivists members and interested parties are invited to gather in Fremont,
Ohio, as we explore: Oral History in the DIY age; Emerging Technologies;
Preservation and Migration; Ohio's Oral History community; Oral History and
scholarship.<BR><BR>WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.<BR>9:30 Registration
& Coffee Klatch<BR>10:00 Welcome<BR>10:15 Keynote Address and Q&A:
Current Issues in Oral History. David Mould, Ohio U<BR>11:45 Lunch<BR>1:00-3:00
(sequential sessions)<BR>Session I: Tapping into Institutional Culture: Oral
History as Research Tool. Virginia Dawson, History Enterprises<BR>Session II:
Digital Preservation. Karen Gracy, Kent State<BR>Session III: Knowledge
Capture/Interview Projects and Oral History. Stephen Paschen, Kent
State<BR>3:00-3:30 Panel of Workshop Speakers Q&A<BR><BR>Download the
workshop brochure and mail-in registration: <A href=""
eudora="autourl">http://www.ohioarchivists.org/SOAFall2008Workshop.pdf</A>
(online registration coming).<BR><BR>Registration includes coffee break, lunch,
and parking.<BR>SOA Members $45<BR>Non-SOA Members $55<BR>Students
$25<BR><BR>SPEAKERS<BR>Virginia P. Dawson (<A href="" eudora="autourl">
http://www.historyenterprises.com/meetus.php</A>) is the president and founder
of Cleveland-based History Enterprises. She holds a doctorate in History of
Science and Technology from Case Western Reserve University. In 1997 she
incorporated History Enterprises with Mark D. Bowles. Dawson and Bowles
co-authored several books and the script for a video documentary of the life of
Frances Payne Bolton, Reaching Out for Liberty and Light. Dawson is also an
adjunct associate professor in History at Case.<BR><BR>Karen Gracy (<A href=""
eudora="autourl"> http://www.slis.kent.edu/content/view/235/140/</A>) is an
assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent
State University. She holds a doctorate and master's in Library and Information
Science, and a master's in Critical Studies of Film and Television all from the
University of California, Los Angeles, and a bachelor's in English and French
from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests are digital
preservation; preservation of moving images; preservation education; social
contexts of information creation and use, focusing on ethics and values; and
information policy, focusing on intellectual property issues. She is author of
Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice (Society of
American Archivists, 2007).<BR><BR>David H. Mould (<A href="" eudora="autourl">
http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/administration_david_mould.aspx</A>) is the
associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Scripps College of
Communication at Ohio University. He holds a doctorate from Ohio University's
Individual Interdisciplinary Program (History, American Literature, and
Geography), a master's in Radio-TV-Film, and a bachelor's in European Studies.
Mould's research areas are post-Soviet media, television and film history, media
in war and conflict, and oral history. He is co-author of the forthcoming
Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History (Ohio University Press,
2009).<BR><BR>Stephen H. Paschen (<A href="" eudora="autourl">
http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?aid=6014&pc=10</A>) is the
university archivist as well as assistant professor in libraries and media
services at Kent State University. He holds a master's in Library and
Information Science from Kent State University, a master's in History from The
University of Akron, and a bachelor's in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State
University. He is co-author of the forthcoming Catching Stories: A Practical
Guide to Oral History (Ohio University Press, 2009).<BR><BR>HOST: The Rutherford
B. Hayes Presidential Center<BR>The Hayes Presidential Center includes the home,
library, museum, tomb, and 25-acre park-like estate (called Spiegel Grove) of
19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. Entrance to the property is through the
original gates from the White House. Situated in Northwest Ohio, the Hayes
Center is located about 30 miles southeast of Toledo, and 60 miles west of
Cleveland, Ohio. The main entrance is located at the corner of Hayes &
Buckland Avenues. Driving directions and maps are available at: <A href=""
eudora="autourl">http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/visitors/</A>.<BR><BR>Society of
Ohio Archivists<BR>Founded in 1968, the Society of Ohio Archivists' mission is
to exchange information, coordinate activities, and improve professional
competence in Ohio's archives and manuscript repositories. Membership in the
society is open to the public, and we invite anyone with an interest in archives
and manuscripts to join. <A href=""
eudora="autourl">http://www.ohioarchivists.org/</A>
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