Western Roundup 2010 Preliminary Program Descriptions

• Pre-conference workshop 1: When Disaster Strikes: Emergency Preparedness & Response

Time: Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: $50.00

Description:

In the first moments of an emergency, personal safety is your priority. When people and structures are determined to be secure, you may be faced with the overwhelming job of putting your archive/library back in order. The success you have will be the result of how well you have prepared and trained staff. The workshop will assist participants in understanding key steps in disaster preparedness and develop tools and techniques and provide opportunities to create a basic plan and to receive feedback. The workshop focuses on critical skills such as insurance, risk assessment / prevention, working with emergency recovery services, training staff, and testing disaster plans.   You will leave the training with a completed Pocket Response Plan and practical decision-making skills to apply to pre- and post-disaster action priorities for your collection.  

Who Should Attend? This workshop is for those with beginning and/or intermediate level of knowledge from large and small repositories (that may or may not be part of a larger organization); and for those with disaster plans that may need updating as well as those with no disaster plan.

Attendance is limited to 30

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c

Instructors:
Julie A. Page is Co-Coordinator for the Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS), NEH-funded, and the California Preservation Program, an initiative of the California State Library. She is a WESTPAS trainer for the “Protecting Library & Archive Collections: Disaster Preparedness, Response & Recovery.” Julie has published in the areas of preservation education and disaster preparedness and established the San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network. She is a trainer for the AIC NEH-funded Emergency Response for Cultural Institutions program and has presented workshops at numerous professional library and archives conferences, including SCA.

Gary Menges is Preservation Administrator at the University of Washington Libraries. Before assuming his current position he was Head of Special Collections at the UW Libraries for 15 years and served as Chair of the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. He teaches the "Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials" course at the UW Information School, is a consultant/trainer for the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS) and manages the PNW regional preservation listserv, "Preserve NW." Gary has been active in cooperative preservation activities in the Pacific Northwest and served as Chair of the Advisory Group for the state-wide Washington Preservation Initiative and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Washington Connecting to Collections state wide preservation planning project.

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• Pre-conference workshop 2: Grant Writing

Time: Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: $50.00

Description:

During these lean times, the role archivists play in developing and writing grant proposals has become a key job responsibility.  Given the demand for this skill, learning to write better grant proposals is a must! This practical workshop reviews various types of state, federal, and private foundation grants that have the potential to support the archival enterprise and provides information about researching and writing grant proposals. Topics include types of grants and grant funders, fundamentals of effective grant proposal writing, creating realistic budgets, the grant review process, and funding resources.

Who should attend? Archivists, librarians, and other staff members with a beginning or intermediate level of knowledge who have an interest in improving their grant writing skills.

Attendance is limited to 25

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c

Instructor:

Daniel Stokes is Director for State Programs at the NHPRC, overseeing the State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) grants program. He has worked at the NHPRC for the past 22 years, serving first as a Program Officer, then as an Archives Specialist from 1995 to 2009. Over the years, he has assisted in virtually every area of the Commission's work, specializing in local government records, Native American records, architectural records, and records of religious organizations. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Mr. Stokes studied architecture and history with a focus on urban history and historic preservation.

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• Pre-conference workshop 3: Implementing “More Product, Less Process”

Please note that this is an Society of American Archivists workshop so you must register for it on the SAA website.  Click here for more information.

Time: Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: SAA Members: $185 / $235

Nonmembers with WR discount $210 / $260

SAA Student Members:  $95.50 / $117.50

Nonmember Student: $117.50 / $142.50

Description:

Backlogs don’t have to weigh as heavily as they do!  Focus on implementing concrete strategies for increasing processing rates and reducing backlogs as outlined in the Greene-Meissner article, “More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing,” and learn as you share information and experiences with your fellow workshop participants. Topics include appraisal, arrangement, description, digitization, and preservation, as well as development of processing plans, policies, and benchmarks. This array of topics is addressed through lecture, case studies, and group discussion.

Upon completing this workshop, you’ll be able to: Understand the concepts and arguments outlined in "More Product, Less Process"; Implement strategies for increasing processing rates in a variety of institutions; Apply techniques for managing efficient processing programs, including developing processing plans, policies, and benchmarks; Understand how descriptive standards such as DACS can assist in the creation of descriptive records that adhere to "minimum" requirements and assist in the reuse of data in a variety of outputs; and Develop strategies for integrating processing with other archival functions, particularly accessioning.

Who should attend?  Archivists who process archival collections or manage archival processing programs and administrators interested in processing procedures within their repositories (introductory to intermediate levels).

Attendance is limited to 35

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c

Instructor:
Jennifer Meehan, Accessioning Archivist, at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

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All Day: Vendor Exhibits (8:00-5:00)

Plenary Address, Speaker: Peter Gottlieb, (President, Society of American Archivists) 9:00-10:00

Morning sessions

• Session 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Agencies

Julie Graham, chair; Daniel Stokes; Elizabeth Joffrion; Chrita Williford; Tim Hawkins; Nathan Bender

• Session 2: Web 2.0 and Archives

Polina Ilieva, Chair and presenter; Lori Lindberg, moderator; Tiah Edmunson-Morton; Sherri Berger; John Murphy; Francesco Spagnolo; Mattie Taormina

• Session 3: Connecting With Your Community

Nicolette Bromberg, Chair; Hannah Palin; Anne Frantilla

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All Attendee Luncheon, Speaker: Jack Hamann

Jack Hamann lives in Seattle, where he is an author and journalist. His career spans twenty-nine years, including a decade as a network correspondent and documentary producer for CNN and PBS. His work has earned dozens of journalism honors, including ten regional Emmy awards.

He is the author of On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII (Algonquin Books, 2005; University of Washington Press, 2007), a nonfiction investigative account of one of the largest and most controversial events in American civil rights history. Much of the research for the book was conducted at the National Archives and the records uncovered provided evidence to correct the injustice committed in 1944.  The book was directly responsible an October 26, 2007 decision by the US Army Board for Correction of Military Records to overturn the verdicts in the infamous 1944 Fort Lawton court-martial. Legislation signed by President George W. Bush on October 14, 2008 ensured that the surviving defendants, or their estates, receive back pay, plus compound interest.
On American Soil was selected as the outstanding investigative book of 2005 by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.

Jack is the winner of the 2007 Horace Mann award, an honor bestowed on those who have achieved "victories for humanity." In 2008, the Washington State Bar Association honored him for "Excellence in Legal Journalism," and the Urban League presented him with its 2008 "Spirit Award."

Jack is a graduate of UCLA (B.A. Economics, 1976) and the University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 1980).

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• Session 4: MPLP and Photographs: A Marriage Made in Heaven or a Pathway to Hell?

Linda Whitaker, Chair; Anne Foster; Wendi Goen; Rebekah Tabah

• Session 5: Native American Protocols in Action In Action: Users Perspectives

Terry Baxter, Cheryl Gunselman, Vivian Adams, Malissa Minthorn

• Session 6: Challenges of the Weird and Whacky: Managing Collector's Collections

Carla Rickerson, Trevor Bond, Michael Paulus

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Business Meetings: CIMA, NWA, SCA, 3:30-5:00

Committee Meetings: SCA, 5:00-6:00

Opening Reception, 6:00

Friday, April 30,2010

All Day: Vendor Exhibits (8:00-5:00)

Poster Session

Morning sessions

• Session 7: ILL for Archives and Special Collections: Enhancing Access to Materials

Elizabeth Nielsen, Chair and participant; Christian Dupont; Geoff Wexler

• Session 8: The Landscape of Memory: Constructing the Meaning of Archives

Susan Searcy, Chair; Scott Cline; Robin Chandler; Josh Zimmerman

• Session 9: Should I Copy That Photograph? Real-world Duplication Quandaries

Daniel Davis, Chair and presenter; Shaun Hayes; Erin Passehl; Chrystal Carpenter

All Attendee Luncheon (will include awards presentation for SCA), Speaker: Elliott West

Elliott West received his B.A. from the University of Texas (1967)   and his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado (1971).
 
 He joined the University of Arkansas faculty in 1979. He is a  distinguished scholar in the field of history and is a past  president of the Western History Association.  His books have won  national acclaim for their insight and their eloquence in  capturing crucial historical moments from many different
 perspectives. Two of his books, Growing Up With the Country:  Childhood on the Far-Western Frontier (1989) and The Way to the  West: Essays on the Central Plains (1995) received the Western  Heritage Award. The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and  the Rush to Colorado (1998) received five awards including the  Francis Parkman Prize and PEN Center Award. His most recent book  is The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (2009). 
 
 In 1995 West was awarded the University of Arkansas Teacher of the  Year and the Carnegie Foundation's Arkansas Professor of the Year.  In 2001 he received the Baum Faculty Teaching Award, and in 2009  he was one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Award  recognizing the outstanding teacher in the nation. 

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Early Afternoon sessions

• Session 10: Your Archives Is A Gold Mine! Developing Fundraising Events

Patricia Rettig, Chair and participant; Gregory Thompson

• Session 11: Change Is Gonna Come: How to Work with the Inevitability of Organizational Change

Liza Posas, Chair; Linda Garnets; Nancy Angelo; Carrie Marsh; Catherine Quinlan

• Session 12: The "Why Arizona?" Project: A Tale of Collaboration

Todd Welch, Chair and participant; Erika Castano; Michael Lotstein

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Late Afternoon sessions

• Session 13: Protecting Records At Risk: On the Green River Flood Plain

Jerry Handfield, Chair; Terry Badger; Michael Saunders; Laura Edgar

• Session 14: Shifting Gears to Improve Access: Applying MPLP to Digitization in California

Shan Sutton, Chair and participant; Mary W. Ellings; Cristela Garcia-Spitz

• Session 15: Western Round-Up Pecha Kucha

Donna McCrea, Chair; Glynn Edwards, Katrina Jackson, Caitlan Maxwell, Steve McCann, Karen Peterson, Gina Rappaport, Jamie Weeks, Kristi Young

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Saturday May 1, 2010

NWA Membership Meeting, 7:30-8:30

Early Morning sessions

• Session 16: Something Better Beginning: Documenting and Reclaiming the History of the Arts Advocacy Movement in Postwar Seattle

Helice Koffler, Chair; Brigit Hansen; Jeff Katz; Peter Schmid

• Session 17: Reaching your virtual audience: Using open source software for online exhibits

Waverly Lowell, Leader; Mia Jaeggli; Veronica Reyes-Escudero; Jason Miller

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Late Morning Sessions

• Session 18: LGBTQ Collections: Off the Shelves & Into the Saddle

Lisa Cohen, Chair and participant; Linda Long; Alan Virta; Danelle Moon; Lucinda Glenn

• Session 19: TBA

James Fox