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Re: Midwest Archives Meeting with MARAC in October - does anyone know anything?



Mike,

        Your reference to the two largest archival associations leaves me
guessing.  SAA is obviously one but who is number two?

                                                Dennis



>As co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the MAC/MARAC meeting
>in Cleveland, October 17-21, I'm pleased to answer all the inquiries about
>the conference posted to the list.  With the resources of the two largest
>archival associations available to it, the Program Committee has prepared
>an intriguing array of addresses and sessions ranging across all the topics
>that concern us today.  An international perspective will come from Ian
>Wilson, the National Archivist of Canada, in his plenary address "Total
>Archives: Reflections on the Canadian Experience".  Then, a plenary panel
>and breakout sessions will review the topic of whether manuscript curators
>and institutional archivists still pursue the same profession, or whether
>changes in the nature of records and technology are leading the two groups
>on divergent paths.  Another 17 sessions cover the myriad of topics that
>engage our curiousity, demand our attention, or bedevil our days.  A full
>schedule of educational opportunities are also available, 9 workshops in
>all.
>
>The LAC has prepared a range of tours that will unveil the secrets of the
>Comeback City, Cleveland.  As John Grabowski will note at the meeting
>luncheon, "It's Been A Long time Since the River Burned", and Cleveland
>archivists (and their MARAC compatriots) are eager to show you the Top Ten
>Reasons That David Letterman Is Wrong About Cleveland.
>
>But rather than re-writing the meeting program in this email, let me invite
>you to the LAC Website, http://www.csuohio.edu/CUT/ClevMM/.  Later today
>the meeting program, including all the session, workshop, and tour
>information but especially the registration form and the hotel
>price/reservation form, will be posted for download.  The paper program
>will be arriving in the mail, certainly, but here's the scoop for those who
>need it!
>
>So, make your plans to boogie on down to the Heart of Rock'n'Roll October
>17-21.  Great sessions, great entertainment, and great companions await,
>all at a bargain price!  Cleveland Rocks!  Be there or be square!
>
>Michael McCormick
>Western Reserve Historical Society
>MAC/MARAC LAC Co-Chair
>
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Dennis Harrison, Ph.D.
University Archivist
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7229
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