[SOA] Fall SOA Workshop Registration Extended to 10/20

[Helen Conger]

Registration deadline extended until Monday, October 20 at 12:00 noon!

Online registration: http://www.ohiohistorystore.com/SOA-Fall- 
Workshop-Oral-History-for-the-21st-Century-P8395C0.aspx

for:

Society of Ohio Archivists
2008 Fall Workshop: Oral History in the 21st Century

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.

Society of Ohio Archivists members and interested parties are invited  
to gather at the beautiful Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center 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.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
9:30 Registration & Coffee Klatch
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Keynote Address and Q&A: Current Issues in Oral History. David  
Mould, Ohio U
11:45 Lunch
1:00-3:00 (sequential sessions)
Session I: Tapping into Institutional Culture: Oral History as  
Research Tool. Virginia Dawson, History Enterprises
Session II: Digital Preservation. Karen Gracy, Kent State
Session III: Knowledge Capture/Interview Projects and Oral History.  
Stephen Paschen, Kent State
3:00-3:30 Panel of Workshop Speakers Q&A

Download the workshop brochure at: http://www.ohioarchivists.org/ 
SOAFall2008Workshop.pdf
On line registration at: http://www.ohiohistorystore.com/SOA-Fall- 
Workshop-Oral-History-for-the-21st-Century-P8395C0.aspx

Registration includes coffee break, lunch, and parking.
SOA Members $45
Non-SOA Members $55
Students $25

SPEAKERS
Virginia P. Dawson ( http://www.historyenterprises.com/meetus.php) 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.

Karen Gracy ( http://www.slis.kent.edu/content/view/235/140/) 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).

David H. Mould ( http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/ 
administration_david_mould.aspx) 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).

Stephen H. Paschen ( http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm? 
aid=6014&pc=10) 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).

HOST: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
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: http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/visitors/.

Society of Ohio Archivists
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. http:// 
www.ohioarchivists.org/
  
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