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• Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF) #1384

  • When
    24 Jun 2013
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    National Archives at New York City

  The Archivists Round Table is pleased to co-sponsor the following workshop with the Society of American Archivists.
  

  How can EAC-CPF enhance your institution’s records–and how can you get started using it? In this workshop you’ll learn how to create EAC-CPF records, with hands-on application of the elements to existing data; discuss balancing existing data with additional data components as part of an implementation strategy; and examine existing projects to consider how EAC-CPF may be implemented locally, regionally, or nationally.
  
  Upon completing this workshop you’ll have:

  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the EAC-CPF standard and the companion content standard ISAAR (CPF);
  • Explored the metadata scheme design, including elements and attributes defined to reflect that design:
  • • XML techniques used to incorporate data from allied standards
    • Current XML techniques leveraged in the standard;
  • Created EAC-CPF record content from existing data structures, such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File, United List of Artists Names, biographical resources, and other related sources; and
  • Exposure to EAC–CPF projects underway in the United States and internationally.

  Who should attend? Practicing archivists who are interested in the development and design of the EAC–CPF standard, who want to learn more about this standard, and who want to consider how it could be implemented in their repositories or consortia.

  Workshop attendees must bring a laptop with them to participate successfully in this workshop.

  To register go to the SAA website: http://saa.archivists.org/events/encoded-archival-context-corporate-bodies-persons-and-families-eac-cpf-1384/413/

  Please note that Early Bird Registration ends on May 24th. ART Members who are NOT members of SAA will receive $25 off the non-member price.
  

  Thank you to the National Archives at New York City for graciously hosting this workshop.
  

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• SAA Preserving Digital Archives (DAS)

  • When
    15 Jul 2013
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    National Archives at New York City

  The Archivists Round Table is pleased to co-sponsor "Preserving Digital Archives" with the Society of American Archivists:
  
  Course Description:
  What do you need to know to preserve born-digital materials successfully once they’ve crossed the archives threshold? With an emphasis on modern records and technology, you’ll learn about the concepts and competencies you need to construct and administer digital archives. You’ll examine accepted digital archives models and implementations and emerging standards of practice, as well as preservation metadata schemas and their use in digital archives.
  

  
  Upon completion of this course you’ll be able to:

  • Describe core concepts – best practices, vocabulary, and standards – related to preserving digital archives;
  • Take the steps necessary to plan a digital preservation program;
  • Discuss the basics of technical and preservation metadata, including relevant standards and tools; and,
  • Identify a range of digital preservation systems and establish a set of criteria for evaluating them.

  Who should attend? Archivists, records managers, and other information professionals who are or will be responsible for the preservation of born-digital materials.

  Participants are expected to have an understanding of basic archival principles and practices and intermediate knowledge of computers and digital records management.

  Attendees may bring a laptop to participate in the course if they choose to. A laptop is not required.

  We recommend that course participants take advantage of SAA’s online, on-demand Web seminar, “Thinking Digital,” before attending the course, as it provides an excellent foundation for the course. “Thinking Digital” is a DAS Web seminar that fulfills one of the Foundational tier requirements for the DAS Certificate.

  This course is one of the Tactical and Strategic Courses in the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Certificate Program!  If you intend to pursue the Certificate, you'll need to pass the examination for this course. Please follow Option 1 to access exam information.

  The DAS Core Competencies Addressed in this Course:

  #3: Formulate strategies and tactics for appraising, describing, managing, organizing, and preserving digital archives.

  #4: Integrate technologies, tools, software, and media within existing functions for appraising, capturing, preserving, and providing access to digital collections.

  Attendance is limited to 30.

  To register please go to the SAA website: http://saa.archivists.org/events/preserving-digital-archives-concepts-and-competencies-1421/412/

  Please note that early bird registration ends on June 15th. In addition ART members will receive $25 off from the non-member rate.
  

  Thank you to the National Archives at New York City for graciously hosting this workshop.
  

  
  

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• ART Symposium: Disaster Planning for Archives and their Communities

  • When
    07 Oct 2013
  •  
  • Location
    Center for Jewish History

  Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (ART)

  Disaster Planning for Archives and their Communities: Call for Participation

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  As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, train service has been restored to the Rockaways and City beaches have opened for the summer, however many archives, libraries, museums and homes have only just begun to get back to “normal” and others are still a long way away. In the spirit of Archives Week it is appropriate to take time to look back at what happened, what went wrong, what went right, and what can be done differently next time.

  
  

  The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, in conjunction with the Center for Jewish History, is organizing a one-day symposium with the aim of bringing together archivists, records managers, librarians, museum professionals, emergency responders, disaster recovery professionals, volunteers and the general public to address how professional and citizen archivists as well as related professionals can both better protect their collections from disaster and also become a resource for the larger community in disaster situations.  

  
  

  Possible areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  
  

  • Case studies and “lessons learned” from Sandy or other disasters

  • Protecting personal and family records -- providing outreach to the general public

  • Continuity of operations and logistics -- how to get back up and running after a disaster

  • Navigating FEMA and other disaster relief assistance

  • Preventative care of collections versus post-disaster recovery

  • Lone arrangers and small shops -- how can small archives band together to help one another?

  • Using a disaster to advocate within your organization -- making the archive valuable during a disaster

  • Archivists as volunteers -- fostering a culture of giving and creating a network of archivist volunteers

  • Disaster planning and recovery on a budget

  • How archives and cultural institutions fit into the larger emergence response picture, especially post-Katrina.

  • Keeping up morale, resources and volunteer support weeks and months after a disaster

  • Disaster planning for born-digital and electronic records

  • Protecting vital records for both the archive and the larger organization

  • Archiving disaster -- how does a significant event like 9/11 change the normal retention of records? what is the role of the archivist? how are records appraised?

  • Man-made versus natural disasters -- the international perspective, especially in areas subject to armed conflict.

  • Advocating for archives during larger disaster situations when disaster recovery resources and relief are stretched.

  
  
  

  Date: Monday, October 7, 2013

  Location: Center for Jewish History, New York, NY

  
  

  All individual presentations will be 20 minutes long (10 page paper).

  Submissions must include a title, name of author and institutional affiliation (if applicable), abstract (250 words max) and indication of technological requirements.

  Individual papers or entire panel proposals accepted.

  
  

  Deadline for Proposals: Proposals should be emailed to admin@nycarchivists.org by August 1, 2013.

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