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Archival Training - Western Archives Institute



Sixteenth Annual Western Archives Institute To Be Held

The 16th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at The University of
Redlands in Redlands, California, July 14-July 26, 2002. The intensive,
two-week program provides integrated instruction in basic archival practices
to individuals with a variety of goals, including those whose jobs require a
fundamental understanding of archival skills, but have little or no previous
archives education, those who have expanding responsibility for archival
materials, those who are practicing archivists but have not received formal
instruction, and those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career.

The Principal Faculty Member will be Tim Ericson, Assistant Library Director
for Archives and Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee. He is University Archivist and directs operation of the
Milwaukee-region Area Research Center, a statewide network of regional
archives and is working with community and regional records repositories. He
is leading a mentoring project pairing professional archivists with
historical societies, libraries, and museums in need of assistance caring
for historical records.  Ericson also teaches archives administration
courses in the university's graduate education program. Previously, he was
the Society of American Archivists Education Officer and has worked as an
archivist and map curator at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Joining him on the faculty will be distinguished working professionals noted
for selected fields of archives education.

The program will feature site visits to historical records repositories, and
a diverse curriculum, that includes history and development of the
profession, theory and terminology, records management, appraisal,
arrangement, description, manuscripts acquisition, archives and the law,
photographs, preservation administration, reference and access, automation,
outreach programs, and managing archival programs and institutions.

Tuition for the program is $550 and includes a selection of archival
publications. Housing and meal plans are available at additional cost.
Admission is by application only and enrollment is limited. The application
for the 16th Western Archives Institute is April 1, 2002. For additional
information and an application form, contact

Administrator, Western Archives Institute
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
T: 916/653-7715  FAX: 916/653-7134
E-mail: ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov <mailto:ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov>

The application package will soon be available online on the website for the
Society of California Archivists
at  http://www.calarchivsts.org <http://www.calarchivsts.org> .  Click on
"Western Archives Institute" to find the link to the package.


An additional Western Archives Institute will be held at the University of
Utah in Salt Lake City from August 4-16, 2002.  More publicity will be
forthcoming.

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