[SOA] Fwd: [AALL] Survey on Archives Week/Month Activities: Please Respond!

[Janet Carleton]

To: archival_leaders at aall.archivists.org
Subject: [AALL] Survey on Archives Week/Month Activities: Please Respond!
From: Susan McElrath <mcelrath at american.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 09:16:59 -0400
Sender: archival_leaders-owner at aall.archivists.org
Reply-To: archival_leaders at aall.archivists.org

Please excuse cross postings:

In Summer 2005, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) issued a 
statement on strategic priorities that, in the priority on gaining 
more public support, included the possibility of supporting Archives 
Week/Month programs and moving toward a nationwide or North American 
event.  For several years, the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) has 
also had extending and strengthening Archives Week observances in its 
strategic plan.

DC2006, the joint annual meeting of the Society of American 
Archivists (SAA), Council of State Archivists (CoSA), and the 
National Association of Government Archives and Records 
Administrators (NAGARA), will provide several opportunities to 
consider the possibilities in more depth.  Archives Week/Month will 
be one of the featured themes of the "Great Ideas! InfoExpo" and 
SAA's Reference, Access, and Outreach (RAO) Section will devote a 
large portion of its meeting to a discussion of Archives Week/Month.

To prepare for this meeting, RAO leaders and CoSA staff have worked 
with long-time Archives Week advocate, George Bain (Head of Archives 
& Special Collections, Ohio University), to develop a brief survey on 
current Archives Week/Month activities.

If your region, state, locality, or organization participates in 
Archives Week or Month, please take a few minutes to respond.  Just 
click on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=716571977135 to access 
the survey.

Through the survey, we are seeking information on all Archives Week 
and Month activities undertaken at all levels and by all kinds of 
organizations. These include archival professional associations 
(national, state, provincial, regional, local); state historical 
records advisory boards (SHRABs); state and provincial archives; and 
other repositories or institutions that coordinate or assist in 
coordinating Archives Week/Month activities within their geographical 
areas.  Individuals are welcome to submit reports for more than one 
agency or organization.

Please respond no later than Friday, June 2, 2006.

An individual is welcome to submit reports for more than one agency 
or organization. However, please try to coordinate your responses 
with others so that we receive only one response per organization.

George Bain will compile the results and report on them during the DC 
2006 RAO Section meeting, scheduled for Friday August 4, 12:15-2:15 pm.

Susan McElrath
Chair, SAA Reference, Access, and Outreach Section and
Team Leader for University Archives and Special Collections
American University Library
Ph. (202) 885-3255
Fx. (202) 885-3226
mcelrath at american.edu

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   Janet M. Carleton - <carleton at ohio.edu> - 740/597-2527
Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's Studies Bibliographer
      Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
              <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/>