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February 13, 2007
Penn State Offers Archival Training
University Park, PA — Registrations are being accepted for a series of workshops developed by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) that will provide archival training opportunities for smaller repositories. Workshops will focus on advanced-level archival concepts and practices and the needs of institutions primarily staffed by non-professionals and volunteers. A number of scholarships funded through a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission are available for participants from Centre and contiguous counties, plus those in Pennsylvania outside the targeted counties on a space available basis. Scholarship assisted per-person fees are $20 a day.
Registration is open to all Pennsylvanians at this time for the fifteen places that are still available. These slots are to be divided among the three workshops, the details of which follow.
- Monday, March 26 (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.): Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).
- Thursday, May 10 – Friday, May 11 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.): Copyright: The Archivist and the Law.
- Monday, June 18 – Tuesday, June 19 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.): MARC according to DACS: Archival Cataloging to the New Descriptive Standard.
All workshops will be held in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, at Penn State’s University Park campus.
Non-scholarship workshop fees are $365 per person for a two-day workshop and $235 for a one-day workshop for non-members of SAA. For more details on the workshop, housing information, and registration forms, please go to: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/saaworkshops/. Early bird registration closes one month before the date of the workshop.
Space is limited, so please register early. For further information, contact project director Susan Hamburger, sxh36@psulias.psu.edu or 814-865-1755.
Editor's Contact:
Lana Munip, 814-863-4265