Please join us for one of three pre-conference workshop at the Western Round up in Seattle! Sign up today. Remember that the early bird deadline for conference registration ends on March 31st!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

When Disaster Strikes: Emergency Preparedness & Response

The workshop will assist participants in understanding key steps in disaster preparedness and develop tools and techniques and provide opportunities to create a basic plan and to receive feedback. The workshop focuses on critical skills such as insurance, risk assessment / prevention, working with emergency recovery services, training staff, and testing disaster plans.

Presented by: Julie A. Page, Co-Coordinator for the Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS) and Gary Menges, Preservation Administrator at the University of Washington Libraries

Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: $50.00

Register: http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/Registration

Attendance is limited to 30

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c

Grant Writing

This practical workshop reviews various types of state, federal, and private foundation grants that have the potential to support the archival enterprise and provides information about researching and writing grant proposals. Topics include types of grants and grant funders, fundamentals of effective grant proposal writing, creating realistic budgets, the grant review process, and funding resources.

Presented by: Daniel Stokes, Director for State Programs at the NHPRC, overseeing the State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) grants program.

Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: $50.00

Attendance is limited to 25

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c

Register: http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/Registration

Implementing “More Product, Less Process”

Backlogs don’t have to weigh as heavily as they do! Focus on implementing concrete strategies for increasing processing rates and reducing backlogs as outlined in the Greene-Meissner article, “More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing,” and learn as you share information and experiences with your fellow workshop participants. Topics include appraisal, arrangement, description, digitization, and preservation, as well as development of processing plans, policies, and benchmarks.

Presented by: Jennifer Meehan, Accessioning Archivist, at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

Time: Full day, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Lunch on your own)

Cost: SAA Members: $185 / $235

Nonmembers with WR discount $210 / $260

SAA Student Members: $95.50 / $117.50

Nonmember Student: $117.50 / $142.50

Please note that this is an Society of American Archivists workshop so you must register for it on the SAA website. Click here for more information.

Attendance is limited to 35

Archival Recertification Credits: 5, section B.3.c