Register for the Midwest Archives Conference 2011 Meeting!

Registration is now open for the Midwest Archives Conference 2011 annual meeting. The meeting will be held in Saint Paul, MN at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Hotel – Riverfront, April 28 – 30, 2011. A wide variety of interesting and exciting sessions, workshop and tours are on tap which will appeal to all in the archives and records management fields.

Advance registration is an exceptional value at $85 ($70 for MAC members, $45 for students) for this three day conference. To take advantage of this special rate, your registration must be entered online or postmarked by March 28, 2011.

For more information on the program and the online registration form see: http://www.midwestarchives.org/index.php?

For information on hotel accommodations, please see : http://www.midwestarchives.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119&Itemid=154


Founded in 1982, the Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) includes members from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, as well as greater Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Members include archivists, manuscript curators, librarians, records managers, and information specialists representing government agencies, county and state historical societies, colleges and universities, religious organizations, non-profits, and corporations.

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TCART Newsletter – December 2010

Check out our most recent TCART newsletter for exciting local archive updates, helpful notes from our successful Fall meeting, MAC conference updates and inspirational notes from our most recent Professional Development Awardees!

December 2010, Vol. 26 No. 2

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Twin Cities Archives Round Table Fall Meeting

Please join us in St. Joseph at the College of St. Benedict for the fall TCART meeting. In addition to the regular meeting we will have an electronic records presentation and discussion groups on related topics. A future announcement will have more details.

Please RSVP to assist with meeting planning.

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 meeting will include tours of both the College of St. Benedict Archives with our host, Peggy Roske, and the St. Benedict’s Monastery Archives with Sister Renee Rau. Please plan to join us!

We will meet in the Teresa Reception Center (TRC), which is located in the building marked “A” on the campus map, http://www.csbsju.edu/About/At-a-Glance/CSB-Campus-Map.htm. The Monastery Archives are in “B,” and the College Archives are in “H”. Parking will be in Lot 1 or Lot 15.

The TCART fall 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!


Founded in 1982, the Twin Cities Archives Round Table (TCART) includes members from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, as well as greater Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Members include archivists, manuscript curators, librarians, records managers, and information specialists representing government agencies, county and state historical societies, colleges and universities, religious organizations, non-profits, and corporations.

Visit us at http://www.tcartmn.org/ or on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138474196170689&v=wall&ref=ts.

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TCART Student Event

Join us in meeting students interested in the archival profession, and in supporting your fellow members at a student event on Monday, October 18.

What: TCART and St. Catherine University’s Library and Information Science program, are hosting a panel for archives students interested in learning more about the archives profession, the MN archival community, and TCART.

Event: A panel of Minnesota Archivists will discuss their archives, their institutions, and their career paths. There will be a question and answer period.

Panel participants:

  • Sally Anderson, EDMS Programmer/Records Management Analyst, Dakota County
  • Jenel Farrell, Digital Archivist, Minnesota Public Radio
  • Heather Lawton, Special Collections Librarian, Hennepin County Library
  • Jamie Martin, Corporate Archivist, Target Corporation
  • Erik Moore, Archivist, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota

Who: All students in the Minnesota region, enrolled in a Library Science program with an interest in Archives, are welcome to attend. This includes students enrolled in distance/online programs around the country. TCART members are also welcome to attend.

When: Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM

Where: St. Paul Campus of St. Catherine’s University, Room 355, Coeur de Catherine Building

Campus map: http://www.stkate.edu/pages/aboutstkates/pdf/collegeofstacatherinemap.pdf

Directions and parking information: http://www.stkate.edu/pages/aboutstkates/locations.php

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