Events 2004-2005

Spring 2005

Graduation Celebration
Friday, May 20th | 7:00 - 10:00
Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union (Room # 2208)

The members of SAM, SLA, and SML would like to extend an invitation to all past, current, and future CLIS graduates, faculty, and staff to come and celebrate this year's record breaking graduating class of 2005. With 81 students graduating, there is indeed reason to celebrate! Join us as we celebrate the friendships we've made, the lessons we've learned, and the experiences and knowledge we have gained.

When: Friday May 20, 2005, 7pm-10pm
Where: Jimenez Room, 2nd Floor, Adele Stamp Student Union
Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP by Friday May 6, 2005 to: Darryl Byrd (dlbyrd63@yahoo.com)
Alumni Pizza Party
Wednesday, April 27th | 6:00 - 8:00 | CLIS Lounge

Join us for pizza and meet CLIS/SAM alumni!
SAM Meeting
Thursday, April 14 | 4:45 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, April 13 | 7:30

Election Timeline

Nominations will be accepted until March 28th.
Candidate Statements
Voting will take place April 4 - 8

Library Staff Appreciation Reception
Wednesday, March 16 | 5 - 7 PM
Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union (Room # 2208)

You are cordially invited to
A RECEPTION
honoring the dedication and support of numerous University of Maryland Archives and Library staff and mentors who contribute to nurturing the archival experience of CLIS students.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 2005 5:00 to 7:00 PM
@ the Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union, 2nd Floor, Room 2208

Please join the Student Archivists at Maryland, CLIS faculty and alumni, UM Archives & Library personnel, archivists, and students to celebrate.
Food and drinks will be provided.

R.S.V.P. to lindsh@gmail.com or kfries@umd.edu by March 11, 2005
*RSVPs are for planning purposes only*

See the invite for additional information.

Directions to the Jimenez Room:
http://www.union.umd.edu/building/maps.html
Enter the Stamp Student Union building at the front or lower front entrances.
Take the stairs across from the women's bathroom (it's hidden) between the Grand Ballroom and the Info Desk to the second floor.
The Jimenez Room is the first on the left. SAM will have signs to direct guests.

Book and Bake Sale
Wednesday, March 16 | all day | outside Wasserman Library

Contact Julie Schweitzer (jschwei1@wam.umd.edu) for more information or to volunteer time, baked goods, or books.

SAM Meeting
Thursday, March 10 | 4:45 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, March 9 | 7:30

Tour of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Friday, March 4, 2005 | 2:00

Come listen to archivist Jeff Place (CLIS Alum and MC at SAM's benefit concert last Fall) explain what makes this archive so unique in terms of the extent of publication of its materials. In addition, National Public Broadcasting Archives Curator Tom Connors will join us on this expedition.

From their website:

www.folklife.si.edu/center/archives.html

"The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is home to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. The Rinzler Archives house two major collections. One collection is the Moses and Frances Asch collection, which consists of original recordings, business records, correspondence and photographic material which came to the Smithsonian with the purchase of Folkways Records in 1987. The recordings on the Paredon, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, and Monitor labels have since been acquired by the Center. An online database of our commercially available recordings is available on the Smithsonian Folkways website. Listening copies of most of the catalog are kept in the archives, available to researchers. The archives also have a strong collection of world ethnic music traditions, early country music and bluegrass, blues, and the Folk Revival on other labels available for in-house listening and research.

The other major archival collection in the Rinzler Archives consists of the written, audio, and visual records of projects and exhibits sponsored by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, most notably the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, formerly known as the Festival of American Folklife.

The subject material of the various collections is global in perspective, and covers such topics as world ethnic performance traditions, historical and spoken word recordings, sounds of science and nature, occupational folklore, and family folklore. The collections are also strong in American, and more specifically Euro-American, African-American, Caribbean, and Native American musical and performance traditions.

These are living archives, from which recordings and videotapes are being issued or reissued for enjoyment and scholarly research."

After the tour, we will gather at a nearby Chinatown establishment for Happy Hour and / or dinner. This is optional, and the location is To Be Determined.

Please contact Scott Prouty if you would like to attend and for more information

SAM Meeting
Thursday, February 10 | 4:45 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, February 9 | 7:30

Officers Meeting
Monday, January 31 | 7:30

Fall 2004

Secretary elections
Monday - Wednesday, November 29 - December 1

SAM Meeting
Thursday, November 18 | 4:30 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, November 17 | 7:00

National Museum of American History Archives Center Tour
Wednesday, November 17 | 5-6:30 | NMAH Archives Center
MARAC DC Caucus colleagues and friends are invited for a tour of the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, on Wednesday, November 17, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. (Please be sure to arrive before 5:15 when the Museum begins to close to the public; Metro stops are Federal Triangle and Smithsonian.)

In November, 2003, the Archives Center moved to the first floor (west wing) in the American History building. Please join us for a tour of our new facility, light snacks, and a discussion of the relocation project, our archival program, and any other topics of interest. The Archives Center has a staff of ten and holds more than 12,000 feet of manuscripts/special collections with special strengths in the history of music, technology, and advertising. RSVP to: John Fleckner.

A number of CLIS students and SAM members are planning to go, please contact Rob Jenson for more information. The event should be fun and a great way to meet regional archivists.

Speak with Greg Hunter
"The Entrepreneurial Archivist: The Pros and Cons of Being a Hired Gun"
Tuesday, November 16 | 7:00 | Hornbake Building 0108
Have you thought that you might like to free-lance as an archivist? Do you hate the thought of being tied down to one job or one institution? On the other hand, have you gotten accustomed to receiving a steady income and paying your bills on time? This presentation will focus on the pros and cons of being an archivist for hire, both in long-term and short-term situations. Come prepared with your questions to see if this career choice is right for you.

Dr. Gregory Hunter is a Professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. For the past 15 years he also has been president of his own consulting firm after giving up the certainty of a Fortune-500 job with ITT Corporation. During 2004-2005, Dr. Hunter will be the Principal Archivist on a team headed by Lockheed Martin to build an Electronic Records Archives (ERA) for the National Archives and Records Administration.

Join us to talk with Greg. Refreshments will be served.

Secretary nominations accepted
Monday - Friday, November 15 - 19

Women’s History & Research Center, General Federation of Women’s Clubs Tour
Friday, November 12 | 10:00
SAM is sponsoring an archives tour of the Women’s History and Research Center (WHRC), General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC). The WHRC is a good example of a small archives for a volunteer service organization.

The archives of WHRC contain hundreds of linear feet of records dating from 1890 to present. These archival materials include minutes, presidents' papers, program records, GFWC publications, convention proceedings, resolutions and legislation, membership directories and statistics, financial records, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, audio-visual materials, and artifacts and memorabilia. State federation and local club histories supplement our archival holdings, as do international club materials. GFWC also has an oral history collection.

The tour begins at 10:00 AM on Friday, November 12. Please contact Jennifer Johnson at jjohns20@umd.edu, if you would like more information or are interested in attending. Space is limited to 13-15 people.

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, November 3 | 7:00

SAM Meeting
Thursday, October 21 | 4:30 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Archives Conferences Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, October 20 | 12:30 - 1:30 | HBK 2112 CLIS Learning Lab
The brown bag lunch will feature a discussion about archives conferences, focusing on the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC). Join fellow CLIS students Jennifer Johnson and Kevin Fries, and Susan Koutsky from the University of Maryland Libraries Preservation Department as they talk about their conference experiences this year.

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, October 20 | 7:00

Speak with Richard Pearce-Moses
Monday, October 18 | 7:00 | CLIS Lounge
Richard Pearce-Moses, current SAA Vice-President and Director of Digital Government Information at the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, History and Archives Division, has offered to talk to students about the work he has done on the new SAA Glossary, SAA in general, and will answer other questions as well. Join us to talk with Richard. Refreshements will be served.

Americana Fundraising Event
Friday, October 15 | 5:00-7:00 | National Archives at College Park
Join SAM for its first fundraiser of the school year at the Americana event, a musical concert that celebrates the rich musical heritage of the United States. There will be refreshments served from 5:00-5:30.

Tickets are $8 and must be purchased prior to the event. Please visit the above web site for directions, and information on purchasing tickets. You may direct questions to Michael Maggioncalda.

Public transportation to the event is possible on the Metrobus R3 and C8 lines. Please see Transportation to NARA for more information.

MARAC's D.C. Caucus 7th Annual D.C. Metropolitan Area Archives Fair
Wednesday, October 13 | 10:00-5:00 | City Museum of Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan regional archives will be showcased. Nancy Struna, Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, speaks at 1:30 pm on her research in documenting early American women in sports. The City Museum of Washington, D.C. is located at 801 K Street, NW.

HILS student Julie Schweitzer is planning to go in the afternoon, and can escort a group at 2:30. Do we have any volunteers who plan to attend in the morning?

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, October 6 | 7:00

Veterans History Project Tour
Tuesday, October 5 | 9:30
The Veteran's History Project, which is part of the Library of Congress, is an oral history project designed to collect and preserve the extraordinary wartime stories of ordinary people, be they soldiers, USO workers, medical volunteers or a variety of other positions. We have been invited to participate in a guided tour of the archive, which will include a tour of the exhibit.

Please contact Evviva Weinraub at viva@umd.edu, if you would like more information or are interested in attending. Space is limited to 10-12 people.

MARAC Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh
Thursday - Saturday, September 30 - October 2
Come to MARAC's fall meeting to meet fellow students, archivists, and CLIS/SAM alumni. CLIS students Jennifer Johnson and Paula Larich will be leading a graduate students roundtable on Saturday, October 2.

HILS Brown Bag Lunch
Tuesday, September 28 | 12:30 - 2:00 | Stamp Student Union Food Court
This brown bag lunch is an annual event for HILS students. Enjoy this opportunity to meet other HiLS students and share advice on how to juggle the dual degree program.

ICA Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday, September 22 | 12:30 - 1:30 | CLIS Lounge
The brown bag lunch will feature Tom Connors, of the National Public Broadcasting Archives, and fellow CLIS student Beth Schuster, as they talk about their experiences at the International Council on Archives (ICA) conference in Austria.

SAM Meeting
Thursday, September 16 | 4:30 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, September 15 | 7:00

SLAM Event
Thursday, September 9 | 4:30 - 5:30 | CLIS Lounge
Attend an ice cream social where you can learn about and join the CLIS student organizations: Student Archivists at Maryland (SAM), the Special Libraries Association (SLA), School Library Media Specialist Student Association, and the American Society for Information Science & Technology.

Officers Meeting
Wednesday, September 1 | 7:00

Summer 2004

Annual Summer BBQ/Picnic
Saturday, August 21 | 11:30 - 2:30 | Greenbelt Park, Sweetgum Picnic Area
Bring family and friends to the SAM picnic. The picnic is potluck, so bring food to share. SAM will provide some plates, cups, and beverages.

SAM Meeting
Tuesday, August 10 | 5:30 PM | CLIS Lounge

Join us to learn about the projects SAM completed during the Summer, and to help us plan for the new year!

SAA Annual Meeting, Boston
Monday-Sunday, August 2-8 | Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Come to SAA's annual meeting to meet fellow students, archivists, and CLIS/SAM alumni. Preconference workshops are Aug. 2-4. A student reception will be Weds., Aug. 3, 3:00-4:00, and a UMD reception will be later that same evening.

Please contact Michael Maggioncalda if you want to carpool or need to share accommodations. There is also the possiblity of some space being available with Simmons College students.

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