Acquisition and Appraisal Section Meeting

Acquisitions and Appraisal Section Meeting Friday, August 29, 2008 Noon-2 p.m.

Agenda
Welcome from the Chair

Steering Committee introductions Teresa Mora, 2009 Program Committee, to announce procedures for submitting session proposals Announcements: Online election Two section-proposed sessions, “Digital Donors: Agreements, Rights, and Donor Relations in the Electronic Environment” (Saturday, Aug 30, 2008, 1:30-3:00) and “Ethnic Archives: Collecting in Cultural Contexts” (Friday, Aug 29, 2008, 2:30-4:00) Two section-sponsored sessions, "We're Ignoring That: Collection Development and What Not To Collect" (Thursday, 8:30-10:00) and “Trash or Treasure? Experiences with Deaccessioning and the Implications of Digitization” (Saturday, 9:30-11:00) Submission of comments on Protocols for Native American Archival Materials Draft of letter to congress re: Sen. Leahy’s bill: Artist-Museum Partnership Act Comments to SAA's Education Committee re: procedural changes for seminar/workshop development Review of Draft of Special Collections in ARL Libraries for the ARL Special Collections Working Group Presentation:

Jim Jacobs, Data Services Librarian Emeritus, University of California San Diego will speak on the challenges for preservation of government information in the digital age Questions and discussion Election results Adjourn

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