2016 Spring Meeting wrap up

Posted on June 17, 2016 by tcartmn

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Thank you to everyone who attended TCART’s 2016 Spring Meeting at the Blake Upper School in Minneapolis. We had a decent turnout at 36 attendees. Thank you to Sally Lundeen-Hoff of the Blake School for hosting us and providing tours of the archives.

Thank you also goes out to our speaker Colleen McFarland Rademaker, Head Archivist of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in Kansas, who spoke on Strategic Planning for Small Archives. A most hearty thank you to MAC and their Speakers Bureau for making Colleen’s presentation financially possible. If anyone has follow up questions for Colleen or would like copies of her presentation slides, she may be contact at crademaker@scls.org.

If you were unable to attend, please feel free to peruse the Spring Meeting minutes as well as the Treasurer’s Report that was presented during the meeting.

A final congratulations to both Ted Hathaway and Lara Friedman-Shedlov who were both voted to their second two-year terms as President and Treasurer, respectively.

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TCART 2016 Spring Meeting

Posted on May 6, 2016 by tcartmn

This year’s spring meeting is extended to include a presenter we were able to secure thanks to the MAC Speakers Bureau. The morning will constitute our usual business meeting; those that are interested may stay for the afternoon dedicated to the presentation.

 

What: TCART Spring Meeting

When: 10am – 5pm on Tuesday, June 14th

Where: Blake Upper School in Minneapolis (map here) (parking available at no cost in school lot on west side of building– turn onto Northrop Lane from Kenwood Parkway to enter the lot)

 
Schedule for the day:
10:00 – 10:10 — Welcome and announcements
10:10 – 10:40 — First tour of archives (20 people max)
10:50 – 11:20 — Business meeting and elections
11:20 – 11:50 — Second tour of archives (20 people max)
11:55 – 1:00 — Lunch (we have secured a food truck from Cafe Racer to be located nearby)

1:00 – 5:00 — Presentation on Strategic Planning for Small Archives (cap attendance at 40 people)

 

Presentation by Colleen McFarland Rademaker (Head Archivist, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in Kansas) — Strategic planning is an essential management tool for all archival programs. The barriers to creating and implementing a strategic plan, however, can seem insurmountable to solo and small-shop archivists. This workshop will provide an overview of the strategic planning process from the perspective of small archival program management, emphasizing relationships and community-building both within and outside of the archival program’s parent organization. Participants will receive guidance on writing effective mission statements, setting strategic priorities, crafting attainable and meaningful goals, and seeing those goals to completion. The workshop’s hands-on exercises will give participants a jump-start in writing their own strategic planning documents, and sample strategic plans will be available for inspiration and critique.  Archivists serving larger repositories are welcome to attend.
Please RSVP if you plan on attending. Further questions can be addressed to tcartmn@gmail.com.
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Save the Date: Spring Meeting 2016

Posted on March 25, 2016 by tcartmn

Save the date for our Spring Meeting on Tuesday, June 14th. Time and schedule TBD. The location will be at the Blake School.

At this event we will have our usual business meeting, but this spring meeting we are also featuring a presentation by Colleen McFarland, head archivist of Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (KS): “Strategic Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Archival Programs.”

This meeting and program are free and open to everyone. Colleen McFarland’s presentation is being made possible by the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC).

More information to come!

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4th Annual Minnesota Archives Symposium wrap up

Posted on November 12, 2015 by tcartmn

Thank you to all who attended the 4th annual Minnesota Archives Symposium on November 2nd. We had our biggest turnout yet with 90 attendees! Thank you to the Minnesota Historical Society for being a gracious host, and thank you to all of our speakers for sharing their expertise.

If you are interested, all of the PowerPoint slides used by our speakers can be found here: 2015 Minnesota Archives Symposium slides.

Finally, thank you to our attendees that filled out the survey, providing us with feedback. We do read all of your comments as we look towards making next year’s event even better.

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