1. An Enduring Profession - Reconstructing for the Next Forty Years (Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Fall, 2012, Richmond, Virginia).
2. October 25 and 26, 2012.
4. marac-blog.blogspot.com
5. a. In the day-long workshop "Beyond the First Year: Practical Advice for New Lone Arrangers," we were given an outline that summed up the most important things for lone arrangers (also applicable for librarians) to focus on. These included: vision, mission, objectives, strategies, and action plans, publishing, volunteers, budgeting, understanding limitations/abilities, strengths/weaknesses, and being persistent.
b. Not as practical, but thought provoking, was the concurrent session "Continual Reconstruction: Tracing Changes in the Archives Profession." I learned about changes in a major archival journal, a leading professional organization and in archival education.
c. The concurrent session "Put Your Archives on the Map! Using ArchiveGrid to Promote Archival Collections" was most informative. ArchiveGrid was developed and is supported by OCLC Research, and is a tool that facilitates the discovery of primary source materials. In the past patrons had to pay a subscription fee to use it, but now it's going to be free. Right now there is a beta version that is usable while they change over.
6. Because this was an archives conference, what I learned is most applicable to archives, i.e., Western Maryland Room. Our history library/archives can be improved by the information (free ArchiveGrid!) and pieces of advice mentioned above. I hope to help implement them.
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