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| About LIS / Archives /
Probing Archival Appraisal Practice for a New Millennium |
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| Objectives |
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| Archival appraisal, identifying and selecting records
with continuing value for research and other purposes,
has become more complicated as we turn into a new century.
An increasingly contentious society (as reflected in culture
wars and political debates or litigation about records)
has made archival appraisal more difficult. Escalating
changes in electronic communications and recordkeeping
systems have challenged traditional appraisal approaches.
And searches for new appraisal methods have often lost
sight of the larger archival mission.
This one-day workshop will re-orient working archivists
to the utility of traditional appraisal approaches and
the relevance of new models and techniques. Participants
will learn how to evaluate traditional appraisal methods,
the nature of these challenges and how to cope with them,
and the latest in new thinking about recent appraisal
concepts. Participants will be given a practical orientation
to resolving their appraisal problems, including information
on readings related to archival appraisal and related
records management techniques. Participants will be encouraged
to describe the problems they face in appraisal and acquisition
and will be given attention to developing the means to
solve these problems.
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| Workshop Schedule |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Introduction |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am |
Proposed solutions |
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Basics: Reviewing traditional appraisal approaches |
| 12:15 - 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:45 pm |
Challenges to traditional approaches |
| 3:00 - 4:30 pm |
Recent appraisal concepts |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Final discussion: where to go for more help |
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| About the Instructor |
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| Richard J.
Cox is an associate professor in the University
of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences where he teaches
archives and records management. He is the author of four
books and numerous articles, technical reports and manuals
in the field, with one of his specialized areas being archival
appraisal. He is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. |
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| Registration |
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Early Bird Registration --- $89.00
Before October 15 (includes lunch)
Registration --- $109.00
After October 16 (includes lunch)
To register, please contact...
Joyce Mitchell
joyce@sis.pitt.edu
Phone: (412) 624-9460
Fax: (412) 624-5231
...with your contact information and please have your
payment by check (made out to the University of Pittsburgh),
Visa, Mastercard, or Agency Billing information ready. |
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Last updated September 24, 1999
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For more information
about the Library and Information Science Program,
please call 412.624.9420 or e-mail Debbie Day
School of Information
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh,
135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: 412.624.3988 | Fax: 412.624.5231
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