[PADG:2074] Reminder: Society of American Archivists 2003 Annual Meeting

["Julie Page" <Julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The conference in Los Angeles is a month away and highlighted below are
meetings of special interest to preservation specialists: 

"Spotlight on Archives: Showcasing the Diversity of the Archival
Enterprise" is the unifying theme of 2003 Society of American Archivists
(SAA) annual meeting, scheduled to take place 
August 18th - 24th at the Century Plaza Hotel and Tower in Los Angeles,
CA.

Paul Duguid, author of The Social Life of Information, will present the
opening plenary address. David Rumsey, a private map collector and
entrepreneur in providing digital versions of maps, will be the second
plenary speaker.

The program features more than 70 workshops, sessions, and other
presentations. A series of "unplugged" sessions - introductory
presentations about archival fundamentals that made their first
appearance at last year's conference in Birmingham - will focus on
moving image archives, security, oral history, records management,
outreach, privacy and confidentiality, and fundraising/ grant writing. 

Some themes of the upcoming program include:
*	Preservation of film, audio, and digital materials
*	Standards for interoperability of electronic information, such
as TEI, CUSTARD, InterPARES, and OAIS
*	Aspects of the workplace, including diversity, mentoring,
volunteers, and employment ethics
Southern California culture as reflected in collections of surfing,
cars, women architects, Afro-American musicians, and regional theater.

Of special interest to PRESERVATION SPECIALISTS are the following:
*	Preservation Needs Assessments: National, State and
Institutional Efforts (Session #31)
*	Diversity on the Screen: Preserving the Moving Images of
Asian-American, Latino, and African-American Communities (Session #14) 
*	Building the Foundations for Digital Preservation (Session #41)
*	A Model for Digital Audio Preservation and Distribution: The
Arhoolie Foundation Strachwitz Frontera Collection (Session #27SF) 
*	Eighteenth-Century Documents and Twenty-first-Century
Technology: Preserving the Charters of Freedom (Session #21SF)

Program information and registration materials are available at:
http://www.archivists.org/conference/index.asp  

If you are not an SAA member and would like a program mailed to you,
please contact Carlos Salgado at: csalgado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx