CIA meeting August 2, 2018

Consortium of Iowa Archivists

Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Schedule

8:30am – 9:00am Arrival and refreshments, Vogel Library, 3rd Floor Rotunda

• 9:00am Welcome from Fred Ribich, Interim Library Director

9:00am – 12:00pm Meeting, Vogel Library, 3rd Floor Rotunda
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch On own, see list of Dining options on page 2
1:30pm – 2:00pm Tour, Archives (LIB 328)
2:00pm – 2:45pm Presentations:

• Iowa State University (LIB 230):
  Lessons learned from an NHPRC-funded finding aid migration project
  Laura Sullivan, Caitlin Moriarty
• Archives of Iowa Broadcasting (LIB 233):
  Challenges facing AIB/audiovisual archives
  Amy Moorman, David McCartney

Click here for more information on parking, dining, and other travel info: CIA2018

 

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Save the Date: August 2, 2018

Please save the date: Thursday, August 2, will be our annual meeting, this year at Wartburg College’s Vogel Library in Waverly. College archivist Amy Moorman will be our host this year. Thank you, Amy!

In addition to our usual activity reports in the morning and one confirmed afternoon session, we have a slot open for another session. If you have an idea for a 30-minute presentation that you would like to share with the group that afternoon, please let Amy know: amy.moorman@wartburg.edu

We will have more details about the schedule as the date gets closer but, for now, please save August 2 on your calendar.

Info for CIA meeting August 10 at Parks Library

Schedule:

9:00 Arrive: meet in Parks Library 198

9:30: Welcome by Beth McNeil, Dean of Iowa State University Library  (Parks 198)

9:30-Noon: CIA meeting (Parks 198)

Noon-2:00: Lunch on your own

2:00-4:00: Tours and Presentations:

• Update on NHPRC funded project “Modern Tools for Modern Research:
  Migrating Old Finding Aids to a New Archives Management System” (Parks 32)
• Special Collections & University Archives Show & Tell (Parks 405)
• Conservation lab tours (Parks 441)
• Digital Scholarship and Initiatives Presentation (Parks 198)

CIA meeting agenda

1. Introductions – including welcome to new members
2. Reports around the table of our current activities (depending on turnout, we may need to limit to 5-10 minutes per person)
3. CIA representation at the regional organizations’ section at SAA (Laura)
4. Program planning for CIA – discussion (Laura)
5. Possibly formalize CIA organization – discussion (Tony)
6. Old business
7. New business

More Information

Directions and parking, maps, and food options can be found in the guide linked here: CIAinfo10Aug2017

Hold the Date: 2017 Annual Meeting

The 2017 CIA annual meeting will be Thursday, August 10th.  This year’s meeting will be held in Ames, Iowa and hosted by Iowa State University’s Special Collections and University Archives, located in Parks Library.

Stay tuned for additional details.

2016 Annual Meeting Program

CIA-sters,

We look forward to seeing you in Perry next Thursday, July 21, for our annual meeting. Please, if you could, RSVP to me (david-mccartney@uiowa.edu) with your menu preference by next Tuesday afternoon so that we can have a head count for our lunch reservation.

Where: Hometown Heritage in Perry, 1124 Willis Avenue, second floor (accessible by elevator)

9:00-9:30 social time and coffee

9:30-12:00 meeting: welcome new members, around the table – discuss activity or projects at our shops, any current issues of concern

12:00-1:30 lunch at the Arrow Room in David’s Milwaukee Diner at Hotel Pattee; menu:
Four Cheese Mac $7.95- American, cheddar, fontina, and Parmesan
Fresh Ground Hamburger $8.95- burger served with fries
Classic Club $8.95- club served with potato salad

1:30-3:30 tour Hometown Heritage, historic Perry

Links of interest:

Hotel Pattee: http://www.hotelpattee.com/

Hometown Heritage: http://www.hometownheritage.org/

Map of Perry: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Perry,+IA+50220/@41.8431252,-94.1140901,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87ec4acbf2c9bfa7:0xda5a697c71841b8!8m2!3d41.8385964!4d-94.1071797?hl=en

Many thanks to Bill Clark and the Hometown Heritage staff and volunteers for hosting us this year! We look forward to seeing you soon.

Best,

David

David McCartney, C.A.
University Archivist
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
The University of Iowa Libraries
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420

2016 Annual Meeting in Perry, Iowa

Get out your calendars and save the date for our 2016 annual meeting, coming up in July! We will be meeting at:

Hometown Heritage, Town/Craft location
Perry, IA
Date: Thursday, July 21

People who need overnight accommodations may want to check into the Hotel Pattee, a beautifully-restored historic landmark in downtown Perry.

Details with an agenda will be forthcoming but for now, please save the date and we hope to see you then.

2015 CIA Annual Meeting in Mason City, Iowa

Please plan to attend the annual meeting of the Consortium of Iowa Archivists to be held in Mason City in just a couple of weeks.

When: Thursday, July 30; 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: Mason City Public Library, 225 Second St. SE

http://www.mcpl.org

Agenda:

9:00-9:30 – coffee

9:30-11:30 – meeting

1. CIA web site and blog administrative update (Laura Sullivan)
2. HICRN project update (David McCartney)
3. What we’re up to (around the table)
4. Old / new business

11:30-1:00 – lunch

State Street Deli or alternate location – a short walk from MCPL

1:00-3:30 – continue meeting if desired; local tour

MCPL’s art collection; Rock Crest/Rock Glen tour, either self-guided or with Terry; Stockman House nearby. Local visitor information/city maps will be provided.

Please let us know by Tuesday, July 28, if you can come so that we can get a head count for lunch reservations. Contact: Terry Harrison – archive@mcpl.org  or David McCartney – david-mccartney@uiowa.edu

Many thanks to Terry for hosting our meeting this year!