The 19th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California, in July 10-July 22, 2005. 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 David B. Gracy II, the Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise, School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. He teaches on the practice and history of archival enterprise, including a seminar on detection of forged historical documents, and has taught and lectured at San Jose State University, the University of Arizona, and universities in six foreign countries. Previously, after establishing the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University, he served as Texas State Archivist. In addition to serving as President of the Society of American Archivists, the Academy of Certified Archivists, the Society of Georgia Archivists, and the Austin Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Gracy wrote the first SAA manual on arrangement and description.
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 19th Western Archives Institute is March 15, 2005. 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: [log in to unmask]
The application package is available in January 2005 on the California State Archives' website at <http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/level3_wai.html> and soon will be on the Society of California Archivists' website at <http://www.calarchivists.org/wai.html>.
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