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        EDUCATION GUIDELINES BEING REVISED

                The future of archival education will be shaped by a planned
revision of SAA's graduate education guidelines. This is an important
opportunity for all SAA members and others interested in the archival
profession to express their views about the content of these guidelines.
(Several key questions are listed in a separate message.)
        The Committee on Professional Education and Development (CEPD) is
conducting an intensive review of the Guidelines for the Development of a
Curriculum for a Master of Archival Studies Degree, which SAA Council
approved in June 1994, as the first step in developing revised guidelines
for archival education. New education guidelines will be presented to SAA
members for additional comment by Summer 2001 and then to Council for
consideration.
        Graduate education guidelines are an important means of defining
what qualifications are needed to become a professional archivist. They
constitute one of many ways in which we define ourselves as a profession.
The review of these guidelines will affect all members of the profession in
coming years, both those preparing for careers in the field and those who
will be hiring - or working with -- graduates of archival education
programs. It is thus important for our professional education standards to
be reviewed thoroughly so that they will reflect as nearly as possible a
consensus among members of the profession as to the standards for
professional education.

        For more information:

                The SAA web site contains the text of the current education
guidelines, Guidelines for the Development of a Curriculum for a Master of
Archival Studies Degree. Go to
www.archivists.org/prof-education/masguide.html
<http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/masguide.html> .
                The web site also links to information about the Open Forum,
including background information about previous SAA education guidelines,
and full text of the papers by John Fleckner, Timothy Ericson, and Elizabeth
Yakel. Go to www.archivists.org/prof-education/masreview/
<http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/masreview/> .
                As the CEPD guidelines revision process continues, there
will be periodic updates and opportunities for comments.

        Timetable:

*       December 11, 2000: public comment on current MAS guidelines
*       March 2001: Education Guidelines Committee meets to draft revised
guidelines
*       April 2001: CEPD reviews committee recommendations
*       June 2001: progress report to SAA Council from CEPD
*       July 2001: publication of revised guidelines in Archival Outlook,
for public review and comment
*       August 2001: discussion of revised guidelines at SAA annual meeting
in Washington, DC
*       October 2001: Guidelines submitted to Standards Board for review
*       January 2001: Guidelines submitted to Council for approval

        Public comments:

        CEPD encourages all members of the profession, whether or not
members of SAA, to review these issues and provide comments and suggestions.
Please respond by December 11, 2000 to Rand Jimerson, Western Washington
University,  at rand.jimerson@wwu.edu <mailto:rand.jimerson@wwu.edu> .
        There will also be later opportunities for public comment and
suggestions on the proposed draft of the revised education guidelines.

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