51st Georgia Archives Institute
June 11-22, 2018
Atlanta, Georgia
Designed for beginning archivists, manuscript curators, and librarians or those whose positions have expanded to include the management and care of their organization's archives or manuscript/history collection, the Georgia Archives Institute provides general instruction in core concepts and practices of archival administration and the management of traditional and modern documentary materials. Recipient of the 2016 Society of American Archivist's Distinguished Service Award, the Institute is a two-week program held at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, Georgia which includes six days of classroom instruction and a three-day internship.
Instructional topics include appraisal, accessioning, arrangement and description, reference and outreach, security, copyright, born-digital records; as well as a whole day on the preservation and care of archival materials. To link archival theory with real-world application, students will also participate in individualized, three-day internships at local archival repositories. The internship provides an opportunity for students to observe the operations of an archival facility combined with hands-on experience processing archival collections.
Kathleen D. Roe, past Director of Archives and Records Management Operations at the New York State Archives, will be the principal instructor. She is a Society of American Archivists (SAA) Fellow and has served as President of SAA and the Council of State Archivists. She has published and taught extensively in the areas of archival descriptive practices, advocating for archival programs, and documenting disasters and tragedies.
Tuition is $500 and enrollment is limited to 20 students. Deadline is midnight on April 1, 2018 for receipt of application and $75 application fee (which is refunded if not admitted to Institute). Tuition scholarships are available from The Society of Georgia Archivists (http://www.soga.org/scholarships/hart) and The Friends of Georgia Archives and History (http://fogah.org/programs/dunaway-scholarship/). Successful applicants, who are not members of the Society of Georgia Archivists, will receive a free SGA membership for one year.
For an application to the Institute and additional information, please visit our website at www.georgiaarchivesinstitute.org<http://www.georgiaarchivesinstitute.org/> or contact us at georgiaarchivesinstitute@yahoo.com<mailto:georgiaarchivesinstitute@yahoo.com>.