 As part of the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate
program in archives and records management, a lecture
series is starting in November 2003 to draw attention
to the continuing importance of the record in an age
valuing short-term information and instant gratification.
The lectures and discussions will focus on research
projects, observations about recent scholarship, issues
of public policy and recordkeeping, and speculations
about the nature of records and recordkeeping’s
place in modern society.
The lectures, some formal and some informal group discussions,
will be offered by professors, graduate students, and
friends of the graduate program in archives and records
management.
After the lectures, there will be an informal gathering
at a local pub to continue the conversation.
The lecturers are uncompensated and unsupported, and
they are making these presentations as a gesture of commitment
to the inquiry about humanity’s impulse to create,
maintain, and use documents. Attendees at the lectures
are invited to make contributions to the Archives Fund
which will be used in the future to underwrite an expansion
of the lecture and discussion series.
The lecture series is co-sponsored by the Society of
American Archivists Student Chapter.
- November 21, 2003
Richard J. Cox, Professor, Archival Studies, University
of Pittsburgh
“Searching for Archival Knowledge: The Revolution
in North American Archival Publishing in the 20th Century”
Room 501, School of Information Sciences more info
- December
12, 2003
Bernadette Callery, Museum Librarian ,
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
"Endangered Data: Managing Sensitive Information
in Virtual Museums" more
info
- March 19, 2004
Jean Ann Croft, Preservation Librarian, University of
Pittsburgh and Karen Gracy, Assistant Professor, School
of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
“Preservation Education Needs for the Next Generation
of Information Professionals” more info
- April 16, 2004
Jean Ann Croft, Preservation Librarian, University
of Pittsburgh
"Licensed Databases and the First Sale
Doctrine" more info
- December 3 , 2004
Joseph Newcomer, FlounderCraft, Limited
"A Case Study in Digital Document Forensics: The "Bush Guard" Memos" more
info
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