Twin Cities Archives Round Table

• The 2025 Minnesota Archives Symposium, held at the Landmark Center in Saint Paul, was a grand success! You can view the symposium program, slides, and business meeting agenda on the MAS page.
• The Midwest Art Conservation Center has announced two new online workshops that are FREE for Minnesota Residents! In February, a 3-part online course will cover the fundamentals of Emergency Preparedness and teach you how to write or update your Emergency Plan.  In March, they will offer a 3-session course on writing a Long-Range Preservation Plan to help you meet your conservation goals and to help you submit competitive grant proposals. Information on both courses and links to register are available on the MACC Workshops website: https://preserveart.org/education/workshops/
• The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2026 RBMS Conference, Advocacy: Finding Your Voice, to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and online, from June 23–26, 2026. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is December 12, 2025, and applicants will be notified in early March 2026.  Please see the RBMS Conference Website for more details and to apply: https://web.cvent.com/event/0F01042B-21DC-4900-BEEA-AAE7A23CB643/websitePage:9ebb0cff-9fe3-4ba9-99b3-3ec4a2277bbb

Registration for the MN Archives Symposium is closing fast!

• When: Monday November 3, 2025, 9am — 4pm
• Where: Landmark Center (75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102)
• Cost: free!
• Program and event logistics
• You can register online HERE (https://forms.gle/dMknho3kVAQMMTH7A).  Registration is required by October 27 to receive a provided lunch; registrations may be permitted after October 27 if space remains available, but lunch will not be provided.

It’s time once again for TCART membership renewal

All memberships, regardless of when you first joined, come due in the fall. Please renew your membership using our Membership Form, individual memberships are once again $10 for the year.  If you would like to join, but dues are a hardship, please reach out to me or any other current TCART officer.  Further instructions for membership renewal can be found at https://tcartmn.org/membership/or by emailing us at tcartmn@gmail.com.

Recollection Wisconsin is seeking information school graduate students for their Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative.

There are opportunities in west central and northwest Wisconsin to complete scanning and metadata work for a Wisconsin local history organization, public library or museum. Completed projects will be publicly accessible in Recollection Wisconsin. It’s a hands-on opportunity to put theory into practice! Applications close on October 31.

The American Craft Council has selected the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC, as the new home for their Library and Archives

For more information on the change, see the ACC’s press release, the ACC/Center for Craft joint press release, and the FAQ on the American Craft Council website.

The Minnesota Archives Symposium Work Group and your TCART Officers are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 Minnesota Archives Symposium

When: Monday November 3, 2025, 9am — 4pm

Where: Landmark Center (75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102)

Cost: free!

Tentative program and event logistics

You can register online HERE (https://forms.gle/dMknho3kVAQMMTH7A).  Registration is required by October 27 to receive a provided lunch; registrations may be permitted after October 29 if space remains available, but lunch will not be provided.

MAS is a local educational and networking opportunity for archivists, librarians, records managers, curators, and other information professionals. We seek to broaden opportunities to share knowledge and insights among peers at a local level.

• Autumn is here and that means it is time once again for TCART membership renewal.  All memberships, regardless of when you first joined, come due in the fall. Please renew your membership using our Membership Form, individual memberships are once again $10 for the year.  If you would like to join, but dues are a hardship, please reach out to me or any other current TCART officer.  Further instructions for membership renewal can be found at https://tcartmn.org/membership/or by emailing us at tcartmn@gmail.com.

• The Minnesota Archives Symposium call for participation is live! Sign up for a long-form presentation (15+ minutes), a “brag box” lightning talk (5-7 minutes), or as a “birds of a feather” discussion facilitator at https://forms.gle/PEo3WnmEsxERz9at5. For more information, see the full call for participation.

• For those of you who work in or adjacent to records management programs at your institutions, the Twin Cities chapter of ARMA continuously offers events, webinars, and conferences on a wide range of records management topics.  Their Fall Conference is coming up on November 4 in Edina, and their full event calendar is available on their events page.

• The Midwest Archives Conference and the Society of Ohio Archivist will hold a joint 2026 Annual Meeting on May 14-16, 2026, at the Ohio Union, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Save the date and submit your idea on the MAC/SOA 2026 Call for Proposals website. The deadline for submitting session proposals for the 2026 MAC / SOA Annual Meeting is October 17, 2025, at 5 pm CST.