Eighteenth Annual Western Archives Institute To Be Held


The 18th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at University of
California, Davis, June 20-July 2, 2004. 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 Rand Jimerson, Professor of History and
Director, Graduate Program in Archives and Records Management at Western
Washington University. He teaches archives administration and records
management courses in the university's graduate education program. He has
also worked as Supervisory Archivist developing an archival program for
Mount Rainier National Park Archives. Previously, he was the University
Archivist and Director of Historical Manuscripts and Archives for the
University of Connecticut. He has been a consultant for businesses, colleges
and universities, museums, and nonprofit organizations concerning starting
an archives, archival strategic planning, archival education, records
management, and organization of manuscripts and archives.  Joining Dr.
Jimerson 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, outreach
programs, and managing archival programs and institutions.

Tuition for the program is $650 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
deadline for the 18th Western Archives Institute is March 15, 2004. For
additional information and an application form, contact:

Administrator, Western Archives Institute
1020 O Street
 Sacramento, CA  95814
T: 916/653-7715  FAX: 916/651-6604
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

The application package is currently available  on the California State
Archives' website at http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/level3_wai.html and will
soon be available on the Society of California Archivists' website at
www.calarchivists.org/wai.html.

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