Preservation Section 2012 Business Meeting Agenda

SAA Preservation Section Business Meeting Agenda

Thursday, August 9, 2012

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Room Location: Sapphire MN 

3:30 – 3:55      Welcome from Chair

Committee Reports

Election Results  

Jennifer Waxman, Preservation Section Chair

3:55 – 4:00      Announcements

                        Announcements from Members

            Positions Available

4:00 – 5:30      Preservation in the 21st Century Discussion Panel

Archivists and preservation specialists will share perspectives on the future of the profession including preservation education and research, evolving professional responsibilities, mapping digital preservation to traditional activities, and building partnerships with allied professionals (conservators, technologists, manufacturers). 

Speakers: 

Michele Cloonan, Dean, GSLIS, Simmons College

“The Pedagogy of Preservation”

Ann Marie Willer, Preservation Librarian, MIT

“Other Duties as Assigned: The Evolving Responsibilities of Preservation Administrators”

Ian Bogus, MacDonald Curator of Preservation, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

            "Digital Preservation: It's More Familiar Than You Think!"

Karen Gracy, Professor, SLIS, Kent State University

“Preservation Education: A Research Agenda for the Next Decade and Beyond”

Question and Answers -- Facilitated discussion        

5:30                 Business meeting adjourns