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By LISSA West, October 7, 2009 2:15 pm

NEA (New England Archivists) wants to hear from you!

Are you involved in an innovative project that you think your colleagues
would be interested in learning about? �Have you conducted research recently
and want to share your findings?

The Program Committee for Spring 2010 invites you to submit a proposal for a
poster session at the NEA meeting on March 20, 2010 at UMass Amherst.  Any
NEA member is eligible to participate, and current students and new
professionals are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline for submitting a poster session proposal is December 15, 2009;
accepted poster sessions will be a notified January 15, 2010. Poster session
presenters should be prepared to create and display a poster describing
their project or research and should be available to answer questions from
colleagues during a brief scheduled period on Saturday, March 20, 2010.

Submit your proposal to Spring 2010 Program Committee co-chairs Mary Caldera
(mary.caldera@yale.edu) or Michael Rush (michael.rush@yale.edu).

(Learn more about the New England Archivists’ Conference, November 6-7,  at UMass.)

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By LISSA West Co-President Alex Lent, September 18, 2009 8:32 am

New England Archivists Fall 2009 Meeting:
Appraisal: New Ideas, New Media, and Old Successes

UMass Boston
Healey Library/Campus Center
November 6-7, 2009

NEA’s Fall 2009 meeting will look at appraisal in archival work from many different angles, including appraisal of physical objects, electronic records, monetary appraisal, when to appraise, appraisal outreach, re-appraisal and deaccessioning, and more. Keynote speaker Richard Cox from the University of Pittsburgh will speak on “Arguing about Appraisal: From Hilary to Helen and Beyond.”

Workshops on Friday will include a half-day workshop on “Living to Fight Another Day: Basic Stabilization Techniques for Digital Accessions,” and a full-day workshop on “Arrangement and Description.” In addition, SAA will offer a full-day workshop on “Advanced Appraisal.”

Friday’s workshops and the NEA executive board meeting will take place at the Healey Library on the UMass Boston campus on Columbia Point. The Friday evening reception will be held at the beautiful John F. Kennedy Library, also on Columbia Point.

Saturday’s sessions will take place in the UMass Boston Campus Center, featuring spectacular views of the Boston skyline and Boston Harbor. UMass Boston is easily accessible by car from the Southeast Expressway or by MBTA via the Red Line (shuttle buses run almost continuously from the UMass/JFK subway stop).

NEA has blocked rooms at the Doubletree Club Hotel Boston Bayside, minutes away from UMass, at the rate of $119 per night, single or double occupancy. You can reserve a room here or by calling the hotel at 1-800-222-TREE (8733). Be sure to ask for the NEA rate. Rooms at this rate will be available until October 2, 2009.

Fall Meeting Program (PDF)
Fall Meeting Registration Form (PDF)

Spring 2010 Meeting Call for Proposals:The New England Archivists invites proposals for presentations for its Spring 2010 meeting, “The Open Archive,” to be held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on March 19th and 20th. The Program Committee seeks proposals related to the theme, including but not limited to topics such as access, diversity, appraisal, metadata sharing and portability, and archival transparency. Proposals from students and allied professionals are welcome. Proposed sessions may include individual presentations, traditional panels, as well as other formats.

Proposals should include the session title, an abstract, and the name, contact information, and brief biography of the presenter/s.

Please submit proposals to Mike Rush (michael.rush [AT] yale.edu) or Mary Caldera (mary.caldera [AT] yale.edu) by June 15, 2009.