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Evolving Advocacy: The Society Of Georgia Archivists And The Georgia Archives Budget Crisis, Courtney Chartier, Sarah Quigley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

This paper describes the evolution of outreach and advocacy efforts conducted by the Society of Georgia Archivists before and in response to the 2012 budget crisis at the Georgia Archives.

Back Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Provenance Xxxi, Issue 1, Special Issue On Advocacy, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Georgia Archives Saga, Dianne Cannestra

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Lessons Learned While Saving The Georgia Archives, Kaye Lanning Minchew

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Photos: Rally To Save The Georgia Archives, Lanora Yates

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Joint Letter From Cosa, Saa, And Nagara, Jim Corridan, Daphne Deleon, Jackie M. Dooley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Let's Get Digital! Possibilities And Problems Of Oral History In The Digital Age, Clifford Kuhn

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

News - Uga Libraries, Jean Cleveland

Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia Collections Sought for Nationwide Digital Library

by J. Cleveland

Digital Library of Georgia accepting original unpublished historic materials to be digitized and included in Digital Public Library of America.

Front Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Managing Processing Staff: Hiring, Training And Retaining, Pam Hackbart-Dean

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Chuck Tanner, left fielder and manager in Major League Baseball, noted “There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.” Effectively managing processing staff in an archives or special collections permits supervisors to marshal the strengths of staff to accomplish processing goals. Successful processing programs facilitate the hiring, development, and retention of top-notch staff. Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University, states simply, “Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet."

Case Files: A Congressional Archivist's Dilemma, Cary G. Osborne

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

One of the more difficult decisions for congressional archivists is deciding what to do with case files. It might help to first understand what importance casework held in the congressperson’s career, particularly as it influenced chances of re-election. A review of the literature shows that there is little agreement among experts in this regard. In congressional archives there is also little agreement on whether the files should be retained. This paper looks at the advantages and disadvantages in using various methodologies in processing these files in an effort to clarify criteria for making that decision.

Reviews, Debra Branson March, Christine De Catanzaro, Heather Oswald, Joshua Kitchens, Angela Flenner, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Virginia Ellison, Jennifer Dixon, Kate Pope, Heather Gilbert

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Provenance Xxx, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Faster Digital Output: Using Student Workers To Create Metadata For A Grant Funded Project, Emily Gainer, Michelle Mascaro

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archives and special collections experience pressure to digitize and make more of their holdings available online. Creating online digital collections is time consuming. Not only do the individual analog items need to be scanned, but descriptive metadata must be created for web searches and for historical context. According to the 2004 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) survey, archives cite lack of staff time as one of the top two hindrances for undertaking digitization projects.1 Often, archives and special collections cannot hire additional professional staff to carry out digital projects. Keeping up with traditional processing and handling reference requests …

Back Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Digital Forensics Meets The Archivist (And They Seem To Like Each Other), Christopher A. Lee

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Materials with archival value are now predominantly "born digital." Archivists have unprecedented opportunities to acquire and preserve traces of human and associated machine activity. Seizing these opportunities will require archivists to extract digital materials from their storage or transfer media in ways that reflect the metadata and ensure the integrity of the materials. They must also support and mediate appropriate access: allowing users to make sense of materials and their context, while also preventing inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data.

Making Digital Preservation Practical: A Personal Odyssey, Christopher J. Prom

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Thank you for the kind introduction. And thank you all for having me here to speak with you and to learn from you. I am so pleased to be doing so, since the theme of your conference — real world solutions — is near and dear to me. As noted, the theme of my remarks is “Making Digital Preservation Practical.” I will highlight some ways that archives can begin a systematic program to acquire, preserve, and provide access to born-digital materials, by reflecting on my own experiences over the past few years.

Preservation Of The Video Game, Allison M. Hudgins

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archivists have witnessed the preservation pitfalls of aging paper, videotape, and film and may wonder what the future holds for the video games of this era. Will children fifty years from now be able to play Super Mario World? More importantly, will historians lose objects that have made a significant cultural impact on the society of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first? If a variety of institutions do not take up significant preservation efforts then the games of today could slip away more quickly than one might think.

Front Matter, Brian Wilson

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Reappraising Leonard Rapport's "No Grandfather Clause" At Thirty, Ashby Crowder

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Identifying enduring value in records is elemental to the concept of archives. Consequently, the question of reevaluating past determinations of endurance goes to the core of archival theory. Despite the substantial professional literature on the appraisal of records, relatively few archival scholars or practitioners have analyzed how and whether archivists should revisit original appraisal decisions.1 Professional organizations are only beginning to deal with the issue formally. While archivists could benefit from more professional guidance in reappraisal, the small amount of literature that does exist suggests a consensus that reappraisal, when done properly, can be a component of sound collections management.

Reviews, Wesley J. Chenault, Sarah M. Dorpinghaus, Joshua Kitchens, Jana Meyer, Renna Tuten, Carol Waggoner-Angleton

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Functional Analysis And The Reappraisal Of Faculty Papers: A Practical Application, Gregory Schmidt, Michael Law

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In 2009, Provenance published an article examining the reappraisal and functional analysis of faculty papers in university archives. The present article examines a case study of the practical application of the model that emerged.

Back Matter, Brian Wilson

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Provenance Xxix, Brian Wilson

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Exposing Ourselves: A Case Study In Collection Management Software Implementation, Suellyn Lathrop, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel, Nancy Richey

The Southeastern Librarian

In the 21st century, libraries are well aware of the problem of hidden collections and so must seek by computer technology to make these “virtually” hidden collections available to our clients in a single, easy-to-use database. The Kentucky Library & Museum (KYLM), which opened in 1939, houses the special collections department of Western Kentucky University Libraries, and holds materials collected from 1919 to the present. Special collection libraries and archives such as the KYLM are known for their diversity of materials including manuscripts, ephemera, institutional records, maps, images, objects, audio and video recordings. These collections are of great research value …

Postmodernism, Processing, And The Profession: Towards A Theoretical Reading Of Minimal Standards, Melanie Griffin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

As Frank Burke noted in 1981, evidence-based practice rather than theory tends to dominate professional literature about archives. The papers presented at archival conferences and published in journals often concern themselves with the quotidian functions of archives: processing, description, access, preservation, reference, education, and (in the decades since Burke wrote) digitization. This situation is hardly surprisingly given the fundamentally practical – indeed pragmatic – thrust of archival work. The field is often referred to as a science, not a theory, and abstract concepts neither offer concrete solutions to the immediate questions of daily practice nor provide new techniques for managing …

Provenance Xxviii, Jody Thompson

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

Easing The Learning Curve: The Creation Of Digital Learning Objects For Use In Special Collections Student Training, Judith A. Wiener

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Low-staffed and often under-funded, academic libraries have traditionally relied upon student labor to maintain library services and to complete a seemingly unending workload. The use of students within the archival or special collections setting is no different. Special Collections departments often use students to complete tasks that could be reserved to the realm of professional staff. These include processing collections, preservation and conservation work, digitizing, and providing reference assistance.