Events 2001-2002

Summer 2002

Annual Summer BBQ/Picnic | Saturday Aug. 3, 2002 at 2 pm

Lake Artemesia Natural Area
Parking at Branchview/Ballew Avenue, Berwyn Heights, MD
301-927-2163, TTY 301-699-2544
"Highlighted by a 38-acre lake, this park boasts an aquatic garden, good fishing, a handicapped accessible fishing pier, and more than two miles of hiker-biker trails which connect it to the Calvert Road Park and the grounds of the College Park Airport and Aviation Museum. No vehicles are permitted on park grounds. Visitors should enter the park via trails at the 5200 block of Calvert Road in College Park, or Osage Street and Swathmore Court in Berwyn Heights."

Directions | We will try to arrange for carpooling. Please let us know if you need (or can give) a ride.
Getting to Lake Artemesia is a trick, even though it is in the exact center of College Park. There may be a slightly shorter way of getting there, but this route definitely works and is easy to follow:

Take University Blvd. east from campus (toward I-495 & I-295), past Baltimore Ave. (Rt 1).
Turn left onto 58th Street after crossing Rhode Island Avenue. There is an oddly placed sign for Lake Artemesia on the right at this intersection. [If you get to Greenbelt Plaza, you've gone too far.] 58th will curve around to the left and pass back under University Blvd (193), heading due South. 58th changes its name to Branchville Road, Ballew Ave. and 55th Ave, but continues on straight South to the lake.
After about a mile, there will be a marked parking area on the left. This is as close as you can legally park your car. [If you arrive at a gate blocking the road, you've gone too far - the parking is about 300 feet back.]
Take the paved walking path to the right once you reach the lake. We will be meeting in the first gazebo, which is about 200 feet from the gate.

What to Bring? It's potluck!
SAM will provide drinks, chips and plates/cups/utensils for everyone. RSVP to Jill, jfreilly@wam.umd.edu, (or call 301.477.2462) to let us know what you're bringing.

Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL

August
Some SAM members will be presenting at this year's conference! Alida Friedrich, Joanne Archer, and Elisabeth Proffen will be presenting a poster related to the MALACH/SHOAH Holocaust Testimony research project. Christina Hoestetter will be presenting a paper based upon her survey of current online finding aid access. As always, SAM's new poster will be making an appearance as well during the student poster session.

Spring 2002

Conference: Who Wants Yesterday's Papers?
1 March 2002 | All Day | McKeldin Library
This conference is hosted by the UM Libraries and CLIS, and two SAM members, Danielle DuMerer and Kara McClurken, were key organizers. Panels and lectures will address preservation concerns facing today's libraries and archives. Participants will hail from UM, Library of Congress, Harvard Libraries, and more.

Annual Alumni Pizza Night and Elections
Mon 8 April 2002 | 5:30pm | Staff Training Rm (7th floor) McKeldin Library
Come hear from Smithsonian archivists/CLIS alumni! We'll provide pizza and dessert. We'll also be having elections for SAM officers for the next academic year.

Organization of American Historians Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Thurs 11 April to Sun 14 April 2002 | Renaissance Hotel (Metro "Gallery Place/Chinatown")
The OAH is having four days of paper sessions and lectures in D.C. This is also sponsored by the National Council of Public Historians, so many lectures will focus on public history themes.

MARAC Conference, Towson, MD
Fri 19 April to 21 April 2002
This year the MARAC conference is close by, so we are organizing carpools. Contact Leslie Beard (lbeard@wam.umd.edu) for more information.

CLIS Orientation
Fri 17 May 2002 | CLIS Lounge (Hornbake)
CLIS will be hosting its May orientation for incoming students. We will be stopping by to promote SAM and recruit new members.

Fall 2002

Welcome Meeting

SAM Potluck and Movie Night: The Rare Book Scanning Episode of "Buffy"

The Society of American Archivists Conference in Washington, DC

Roundtable Discussion with Anne Turkos about Objects in the Archives

Annual Booksale/Bakesale

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