Twin Cities Archives Round Table

Twin Cities Archives Round Table Spring Meeting – Save the Date!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
9:00AM-Noon
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) (2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404)
Driving directions and parking information: http://mcad.edu/about-us/getting-to-campus

Please join us in Minneapolis for the spring TCART meeting. In addition to the business meeting and officer elections, we will tour the archives of both the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. We will also have a presentation on exhibits and curation by Tony Jahn, Target Corporation.

If you have an idea or issue you would like to add to the agenda, please contact Jennifer Johnson at jennifer_i_johnson@cargill.com.

The TCART spring meeting is open to all who are interested in attending. Membership information will be available at the meeting for those who wish to join. See https://tcartmn.org/membership/ for more membership information or to join today!

Join the Twin Cities Archives Round Table on Friday, November 9, 2012 for the first annual Minnesota Archives Symposium. This year’s theme is Reaching Your Audience: Marketing and Outreach Efforts. Attend the Symposium to meet with your peers and learn what methods archivists, librarians, curators, and other information management professionals are using to reach our diverse audiences.

Registration for this event is FREE.

Schedule of Events (for detailed session descriptions and full schedule see below)

o 10:30 – 11:30 AM Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) Business Meeting

o 12:30 – 1:00 PM Symposium Doors Open

o 1:00 – 2:00 PM Session One: History Day and Serving Young Researchers in an Archival Setting

o 2:30 – 3:30 PM Session Two: Archives on Campus: Outreach in Academic Settings

o 3:45 – 4:45 PM Session Three: Connecting the Past to the Present: Using Archives & Social Media Tools to Reach the Public

o 5:00 PM – ? TCART Happy Hour Location TBD

Registration Information:
o The Minnesota Archives Symposium will be held in the Robert H. Rohlf Room (1st floor) at Ridgedale Public Library in Minnetonka, MN from 1:00 – 5:00 PM on Friday, November 9.

o Registration is FREE, but we ask that participants register their intent to attend by emailing TCART at tcartmn@gmail.com by Friday, October 26th for planning purposes.

Questions?
Please contact TCART at tcartmn@gmail.com or Jamie Martin at Jamie.martin@target.com and Jeff Jenson at jjenson@gustavus.edu for questions and information.

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Minnesota Archives Symposium Session Description and Full Schedule of Events

10:30 – 11:30 AM
Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) Business Meeting. All Symposium attendees are welcome to attend; membership forms will be available at the Meeting.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Break for lunch on your own

12:30 – 1:00 PM
Symposium Doors Open

1:00 – 2:00 PM Session One: History Day and Serving Young Researchers in an Archival Setting
Learn about the successful efforts of local archivists and librarians to reach young researchers through the Minnesota History Day program. Topics will include specific outreach & marketing efforts, tools used to facilitate meaningful research experiences, and immersion sessions.

o Laura Zeccardi, Program Associate, Minnesota Historical Society
o Jenny McElroy, Reference Associate, Minnesota Historical Society
o Ian Stade, Librarian, Minneapolis Central Library
o Kyle Parsons, Program Associate, Minnesota Historical Society

2:00 – 2:30 PM
TCART Sponsored Coffee & Mingle Break

2:30 – 3:30 PM Session Two: Archives on Campus: Outreach in Academic Settings
Three academic archivists will discuss the use of special collections to enhance campus events and methods used to increase faculty, student and alumni awareness and research use.

o Daardi Sizemore, Department Chair Library Services, Minnesota State University, Mankato, History Day Outreach in an Academic Archive: The Minnesota State University, Mankato Experience
o Heather J. Stecklein, Archivist, UW-Stout Archives and Area Research Center, Joining the Campus Conversation: Connecting your Archives to Community Events
o Peggy Roske, Archivist, College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University, Archives Outreach at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University: Visibility in a Benedictine Community

3:45 – 4:45 PM Session Three: Connecting the Past to the Present: Using Archives & Social Media Tools to Reach the Public
Learn how social media tools and platforms such as History Pin and Wikipedia can be effective outreach mechanisms for increasing the use and visibility of local special collections programs.

o Ann M. Kenne, Head of Special Collections Department, University of St. Thomas, History Pin at St Thomas
o Ted Hathaway, Manager Special Collections, Hennepin County Library, Wikipedia Edit A Thon via Hennepin County Library Special Collections

5:00 PM – ? TCART Happy Hour Location TBD
Continue the conversation by joining us at our self-funded happy hour—a great opportunity to meet and network with your peers.

Join the Twin Cities Archives Round Table on Friday, November 9, 2012 for the first Minnesota Archives Symposium, a local educational opportunity for archivists, librarians, records managers, curators, and other information management professionals.  We seek to broaden the opportunities for Minnesota information professionals to share knowledge and insights amongst peers at a local level.

For our inaugural year the topic will be: Reaching Your Audience: Marketing and Outreach Efforts.

Call for Presentations:  We invite the submission of presentations on any topic related to outreach, inreach or marketing of archives, libraries, museums, records management programs, digital repositories, and related areas.  First time presenters and students are encouraged to apply.

Presentation topics could include, but are not limited to:  developing exhibits, working with Minnesota History Day, internal and external collaborations, communicating with stakeholders, or using web sites and social media to reach audiences.

Details for Submission:

• Sessions should be 60 minutes in length, include time for Q&A and can include multiple presenters.
• Include full contact information with submissions, including name of presenters, a short biographical statement, preferred method of contact, and institution or school if applicable.
• Please include a 500 word or less abstract and working title for your presentation.
• If you have a great idea for a topic but need presenters, let us know—we may be able to pair like-minded presenters together.
• Deadline for submission is Monday, September 24^th.
• Submissions should be sent to the Twin Cities Archives Round Table at: tcartmn@gmail.com

Registration:

• The Minnesota Archives Symposium will be held at Ridgedale Public Library in Minnetonka from 1 – 5 PM on Friday, November 9.
• Registration is FREE, but we ask that participants register their intent to attend by emailing TCART at tcartmn@gmail.com  by Friday, October 19th for planning purposes.
• An informal, self-funded Happy Hour will follow the Symposium with details to follow.  All attendees are welcome to attend.

Questions?

Please contact TCART at tcartmn@gmail.com or Jamie Martin at Jamie.martin@target.com and Jeff Jenson at jjenson@gustavus.edu for questions and information.