Digital Project Planning and Collection Management Forum

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Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (MA SHRAB) sponsors 3rd Annual Forum

Gardner (MA), June 19, 2014: The MA SHRAB will host its third annual Forum. This year’s Forum will focus on ways to let people know about your collections through description and digitization projects. The event will be held at the Mt. Wachusetts Community College in Gardner, MA.

Schedule:
• 8:30-9:00 Registration
• 9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction to the SHRAB
• 9:15-10:15 Maximum vs. Minimum Processing with Rob Cox
• 10:15-11:15 Introduction to ArchivesSpace collection management system with Rachel Onuf
• 11:15-11:30 Break
• 11:30-12:30 Digitizing Cultural Heritage with Digital Commonwealth and the BPL \
with Tom Blake
• 12:30-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-2:30 Digitization Projects Panel Discussion
• 2:30-2:45 Announcements and Networking
• 2:45-3:45 SHRAB Roving Archivist program results and opportunities with Rachel
Onuf and representatives of Instititions that have received Roving Archivist services

Registration is now open although it is limited to 150 attendees. Priority is given to Massachusetts residents and those representing Massachusetts cultural and historical institutions.
A small donation of $10 at the door is requested to help defray the cost of refreshments and lunch.

Additional funding for this event is generously provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Registration Link: https://ma-shrab-forum-2014.eventbrite.com

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Veronica Martzahl at veronica.martzahl@sec.state.ma.us or visit our Friends page on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/1jhwP5J

The mission of the MA SHRAB is to provide leadership, advocacy and guidance to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the state’s historical resources (public and private). The MA SHRAB encourages and supports communication and coordination among the historical records communities and the public. It is the state-level review body for grants submitted to the NHPRC.

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A small donation of $10 at the door is requested to help defray the cost of refreshments and lunch.

Registration Link: https://ma-shrab-forum-2014.eventbrite.com

Location

Mt. Wachusett Community College
444 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440

Directions/Transportation/Parking

From Fitchburg and points east:

Route 2 West to Route 140 North (Exit 24B) in Westminster, just past Tyco plant on right (50 miles from Boston). Exit sign reads “140 North to Winchendon and Ashburnham.” Proceed three miles on this route. You will pass through two traffic lights. Proceed one-half mile past the second light and take a left turn onto Matthews Street. The college entrance is one mile on the right.

From Western and Central Massachusetts:

Route 2 East to Route 140 North (Exit 24) in Westminster. Turn left at the end of the exit ramp. Proceed three miles on this route. You will pass though two traffic lights. Proceed one-half mile past the second light and take a left turn onto Matthews Street. The college entrance is one mile on the right.

From Worcester and Providence:

I-190 North from Worcester. From I-190, take Route 2 West to Route 140 North (Exit 24B) in Westminster, just past Tyco plant on right. Exit sign reads “140 North to Winchendon and Ashburnham.” Proceed one-half mile past the second light and take a left turn onto Matthews Street. The college entrance is one mile on the right.

From points north:

Route 12 South to Route 140 South. Bear right onto Green Street. The college is one-half mile on the left.

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