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The distinguished diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post discusses her much anticipated new book "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East." Booksigning and reception follow. Free. Open Seating.

Beth Panozzo
bpanozzo@umich.edu

The Mid-Michigan ARMA chapter is offering a day long seminar on archives, records and information management. Topics for the event include functional retention schedule development, digital information trends, embracing electronic communications, and many more.

Use the link provided to sign up for the event.

Cost: $25 for students

Come for a relaxing meal (I hear its going to be quite tasty) with your fellow colleagues at the Bentley. Its a wrap-up to the practicum, but all are welcome. Its so relaxed that you don't even need to worry about networking. Wrap up the semester and maybe win a neat prize! Please RSVP and also make a note if you would like a vegetarian meal or not.

The thematic focus of the upcoming 2008 annual conference of the Society of American
Archivists--the identity of the archivist--is equally suited to the practicum. Archivists
often define themselves and measure their professional growth through associations such
as the SAA since such professional associations afford networking, career enhancement,
sources of knowledge and experience, and opportunities for leadership and mentoring.
The panel for this session includes three SAA presidents (past, current, and incoming)

What is visual literacy? How do prevailing technology and current scholarship both
enable and require the integration of photographs into archival theory and practice?
What are the particular challenges of establishing film-based photographic collections
and of developing digital image banks? What are the core skill sets required of an
archivist or curator responsible for photographic collections? What are some of the
particular concerns of professional photographers as they consider donating images to
archives? How might archivists learn to read across disciplines for a deeper

Please vote for the four SAA student board positions. The candidates are Lance Stuchell, Malisa Lewis, Marc Levitt, Julie Judkins, David Jackson, Tiffany Chao, and Scott Berkley. Good luck to the candidates.

Speaker: Dr. Mark Langemo, CRM, FAI

Topic Description: "Establishing and Managing Successful Records Management Programs". Dr. Langemo’s all day conference will provide four sessions including:

(1) Winning Strategies for Establishing and Strengthening RM Programs (2) Developing Legally-Valid Records Retention Programs
(3) Managing Electronic Records
(4) Imaging and Applications in Records Management.

Cost (includes breakfast and lunch): $125 ARMA Members; $150 Non-ARMA Members; $62.50 Designated Retirees/Students, Walk-ins will be charged an additional $5 fee.

Come and listen to a talk given by Mary Jo Pugh, the editor of American Archivist. More information as it becomes available. Light refreshments will be provided.

Call for Papers
Graduate Student Conference in Archives, Rare Books, and Special Collections

February 9, 2008
Lilly Library
Bloomington, IN

This conference presents a forum for students interested in archives, rare books, and special collections to come together, share their work & experiences, and learn from one another. While providing a wonderfulexperience, conferences designed for the professional archivist are often intimidating for students, making it difficult to fully share

I'd like to invite you to fill out a survey regarding the SAA Research Forum. The meeting
is held August 28 preceding the Annual Conference. Nancy McGovern and Helen Tibbo are
very interested in getting student input on what research means to you and the kinds of
topics you would like to see included in future meetings.

The survey is brief and located here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=8_2bSRy_2bvw1xGUiMsNDlVjxg_3d_3d

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students
certain rights with respect to their education records. In compliance
with federal regulations and University policies, the Office of the
Registrar has the following website available to students which explains
a student's rights under FERPA.

http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/ferpa/

The A2CT went really well today. Ten people came including David
Wallace and myself. David was very helpful in overseeing what we
should be doing from the beginning. It was great to have him there
and he is very interested in helping with this project and others.

We managed to take many of the boxes down and put them into basic
series. All of the AV materials are also sorted off to the one side.
Only a few people were able to be in the loft, but since we moved
boxes down to the floor more people were able to work.

Harold T. Pinkett minority student award from Society of American Archivists is available for minority undergraduate and graduate students. The deadline is February 28, 2008.

Please visit http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/aac/Awards_Pinkett.htm for more details regarding this award,

Good Luck!

I met with the Canton Historical Society yesterday. They have a varied collection including paper, photos, oral histories on audio and videocassette, a book collection with copies from as early as the 1730's, maps (large and small), and many physical objects. To start they would like to inventory and arrange the collection to get a better understanding of what they have at the archive. From there, digitization of many of the photographs, maps, and oral histories is possible. They would definitely be interested in having some work with them on a more permanent basis.

Call for Student Paper and Poster Presentations
ARCHIVES 2008: Archival R/Evolution & Identities
SAA’s 2008 Student Program Subcommittee is accepting proposals for two special sessions dedicated to student scholarship to take place at ARCHIVES 2008, SAA’s 72nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, August 26–30. Submit your paper or poster proposals today! Deadline: February 15. For more information, visit: http://www.archivists.org/conference/sanfrancisco2008/archives2008-stude....

The SAA Student Chapter Newsletter 2st edition now available, including an article written by our very own Jennifer Sharp! View it here .