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Acquisition and Appraisal Section Meeting
From SAAWiki-2008
Acquisitions and Appraisal Section Meeting
Friday, August 29, 2008
Noon-2 p.m.
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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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For information about the Acquisitions and Appraisal Section, see: http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/acq-app/index.asp


