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The University of Michigan School of Information Student / Alumni Party will be Thursday, August 28, 2008; 7:45 PM - 9:45 PM in GOLDEN GATE 2 on the Lobby level.

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 website has all the information you need for a great conference! Ask around and you'll hear great things!

Please respond to this event if you would like to attend. We will be meeting at the Ford Library at 3pm.

-Beth

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.

The Questioning Authority conference registration due date is this
Wednesday, March 12th. We have planned a robust and valuable program,
which will only be made stronger by SI student participation and
discussion. We are hoping you will pass this information on to your
student groups, and register yourself as officers. The following list
represents events particularly valuable to your student group members:

* The Job Search Workshop
* Tour of the Ford Presidential Library
* Tour of the Bentley Historical Library
* Opening Reception - Paul Courant

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