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International Council on Archives: Section on University and Research
Institution Archives (SUV)
Conference 201: Best Foot Forward: Inreach and Outreach for Archivists
12-16 July 2011, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS
The theme is Best Foot Forward: Inreach and Outreach for Archivists. In
addition to their external role of service to research communities,
institutional archives have always had at least two internal functions:
the familiar role of providing institutional accountability and
transparency, and the somewhat less familiar one of helping their
institutions with fund-raising and visibility to the public. Given the
current economic uncertainty, awareness and promotion of the critical role
that academic and scientific archives can play is of growing importance
for addressing both internal and external communities. Focusing on
University and Research Institution Archives, this conference will examine
current inreach and outreach activities and programmes, assessing their
strengths and areas for improvement and will suggest new directions for
the international archival community.
The 2011 Conference Programme Committee invites you to submit proposals
for the SUV annual conference being held in Edmonton, Canada from 12 to 16
July. Within the following themes we seek individual or panel proposals.
Our aim is to encourage discussion and debate throughout each session.
Proposals should be analytical, not descriptive, and should reflect the
changing nature of inreach and outreach activities which are being used in
archives to promote their institutions and their fund- raising activities.
Panels of up to three speakers, or individual presentations, on the themes
below will be considered. Synopses of 250 to 300 words for each
presentation, which should aim to last for a maximum of 20 minutes
(sessions of three speakers should last for no more than 1.5 hrs) should
be submitted to [log in to unmask] by 7 February 2011. If you are
submitting a proposal for a complete session, please provide a description
of 250-300 words for the session as a whole in addition to 250-300 word
synopses of each individual presentation.
The Programme Committee welcomes proposals relating to the overall theme
of 'Best Foot Forward: Inreach and Outreach For Archivists' with
particular but not exclusive reference to the following sub-themes:
1. Inreach and Outreach Activities and Programmes. For example, what
inreach activities and programmes have been implemented by archives and
archivists to enhance institutional internal profile and fund-raising;
what were the strategic objectives; what were its successes; what could
have been done differently to have enhanced the experience and its value;
how were the objectives met; who were the most important partners in
ensuring success; how were outcomes and impacts measured; what lessons
were learned? Please note: proposals which simply describe activities will
not be accepted.
2. New Directions in Inreach and Outreach. For example, what does current
research and the archival literature say on trends in these critical
activities; what skills or aptitudes are needed by archives and archivists
for success in this area and where and how are these skills best acquired;
how do archival education programmes deal with inreach and outreach
themes; have archival education programmes given inreach and outreach
adequate coverage in their teachings of theory and practice?
3. Traditional Roles of Archives. For example, how can our traditional
roles in institutional accountability, transparency and memory be used to
enhance institutional profile and fund-raising; how can the role of the
archivist in negotiating the challenges of freedom of information, privacy
concerns and intellectual property rights be used to enhance our value to
our parent institutions and consequently their profile and fund- raising?
4. Integration of Archives. For example, how can university and research
institution archives integrate themselves with the basic functions of
their parent institutions? How can university archives better integrate
themselves into the teaching, research and community service functions of
the university?. How does the archives become directly involved in
teaching, research and institutional administrative functions and the
recruitment of new students and faculty? How can university archives
support archival education programmes or courses in their institutions?
How can university archives influence the way digital records-keeping is
taught in computing and library science courses?
Further information about the conference, the process by which proposals
should be submitted see the "Proposal Submission Guidelines for ICA-SUV
Annual Conferences" available at:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/ProposalSubmitGuide.php
For a description of the process and the criteria which will be used to
adjudicate proposals, see "Annual Conference Review Committee Guidelines"
available at:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/ReviewCommGuidelines.php
For information on bursaries see the conference web site. [The link to
the Conference Website will be posted by January 12, and the link will
be announced via the SUV website at:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/conferences.php ]
In submitting proposals persons must pay particular attention to these
processes and criteria.
Should you have any questions please contact:
Programme Chair, Bryan Corbett at [log in to unmask] or
SUV Secretary, Patricia Whatley at [log in to unmask]
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Sharon Alexander-Gooding, University of the West Indies, Barbados.
Heather Briston, University of Oregon, United States.
Dierdre Bryden, Queens University, Canada.
Simon Chu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.
Bryan Corbett, University of Alberta, Canada (Chair).
Kathryn Dan, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Anna Domalanus, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.
Margaret Law, University of Alberta, Canada (Ex-Officio, Local
Arrangements).
Patricia Whatley, University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Ex-Officio, SUV
Secretary).
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