[SOA] Western Archives Institute

[Vic Fleischer]

>From Jane Rosario at the Western Archives Institute:

 
The 21st annual Western Archives Institute will be held at San Diego State
University in San Diego, California, June 17-29, 2007. This intensive,
two-week program provides integrated instruction in basic archival practices
to individuals with a variety of goals, including those whose jobs require a
fundamental understanding of archival skills, but have little or no previous
archives education; those who have expanding responsibility for archival
materials; those who are practicing archivists but have not received formal
instruction; and those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career.
 
Dr. Elizabeth Yakel has agreed to serve as the Principal Faculty Member for
the 2007 Institute.  Professor Yakel is an associate professor in the School
of Information at the University of Michigan.  She is a member of the
Archives and Records Management specialization within the Master of Science
in Information program.  Before joining the SI faculty, she was an assistant
professor at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences.
Prior to that, she worked in a variety of archival and records management
settings for over 15 years.
 
Her research interests include use and user services for archival materials,
particularly focusing on the digital realm. Currently, she is working on
several research projects including "Developing Standardized Metrics:
Towards Understanding the Impact of College and University Archives and
Special Collections on Scholarship, Teaching, and Learning," funded by the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the "Next Generation Finding Aids Project."
 
Professor Yakel has published in major archival journals including American
Archivist, Archivaria, and Archival Science and is currently an editor of
Archival Science.  In 1999, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of
American Archivists.
 
The Western Archives Institute will feature site visits to historical
records repositories and a diverse curriculum that includes history and
development of the profession, theory and terminology, records management,
appraisal, arrangement, description, manuscripts acquisition, archives and
the law, photographs, preservation administration, reference and access,
outreach programs, and managing archival programs and institutions.
 
Tuition for the Institute is $650 and includes a selection of archival
publications. Housing and meal plans are available at additional cost.
Admission is by application only and enrollment is limited. The application
deadline for the 21st Western Archives Institute is March 15, 2007. For
additional information and an application form, contact: 
 
Administrator, Western Archives Institute 
1020 O Street 
Sacramento, CA  95814 
 
Telephone: 916/653-7715  
 
Fax: 916/653-7134
 
E-mail: ArchivesWeb at ss.ca.gov
 
The application package is now available on the California State Archives
web site at http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm and on the Society of
California Archivists web site at http://www.calarchivists.org
<http://www.calarchivists.org/>  under Western Archives Institute. 
 
The Western Archives Institute is co-sponsored by the Society of California
Archivists, the California State Archives and San Diego State University
Library and Information Access.



 

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