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Subject: [MCN-L] Registration for ICHORA 6: International Conference on
theHistory of Records and Archives 6
> Please excuse cross-postings***
>
> ICHORA 6: International Conference on the History of Records and Archives
> 6
>
> /Exploring Shared Heritage in the History of Archives with Libraries,
> Information
> Science/Documentation, Preservation/Conservation, and Museums /
>
> Further information:
> http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/
>
>
> *REMINDER! Early Bird Registration Ends June 15.
>
> Conference dates: August 2-4, 2012
>
> *Location: Austin, Texas, USA
> *
> *THEME*
> Twenty-first century archivists and librarians, information scientists and
> documentalists, preservation administrators and conservators, and museum
> professionals
> share a common rich enterprise of managing information. Yet the fields of
> each through
> time have included work that others stake as their province. Consequently
> through the
> centuries this shared heritage often has been honored in rivalry grounded
>
> * in the different purposes archivists and librarians, museum curators
> and administrators, information scientists and documentalists, and
> preservation administrators and conservators have claimed as their
> work,
> * in the different traditions of practice grown up to deliver the
> special contribution of each field to society, and
> * in the education appropriate to practicing in each tradition.
>
> The papers gathered for this sixth ICHORA meeting address these questions
> and
> contextualize them by including a strong set of archival history papers.
> We anticipate a
> rich opportunity for scholarly discussion around the papers and the
> opportunities offered by our venues.
>
> Abstracts of papers to be presented are now available:
> http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/program.htm
>
> *MEETING LOCATION AND LOCAL ARCHIVES*
> Most of the paper sessions will be held in the Prothro Theater in the
> Harry Ransom
> Center, home of a world-class archives of literature and publishing.
> Attendees will be
> hosted at a reception with tours at the Briscoe Center for American
> History, known for
> its broad holdings of historical manuscripts pertaining to the history of
> the United
> States. Other significant archival institutions exist on campus (the
> Lyndon Baines
> Johnson Presidential Library, the Benson Center for Latin American
> History, the Alexander
> Architectural Archives) and all are prepared to welcome researchers who
> may have a few
> additional days to spend in Austin. All of these institutions can be
> reached through
> their websites, all of which are listed here:
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/help/librarylist.html
>
> This list does not exhaust the archival wealth of Austin, which is also
> the home of the
> Texas State Library and Archives, the Austin History Center (the city
> archives), the
> Catholic Archives of Texas, the Presbyterian Archives, the Texas General
> Land Office, and
> the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, to name a few within easy reach of
> the campus.
>
> *Registration rates are as follows:*
>
> Full Registration (Early Bird until June 15): US $200
> Full Registration: US $250
> Student Registration: US $100
> Day Registration: US $ 100
> Dinner only (for banquet guests; must accompany a participant in the
> conference and
> should be included in a participant's registration): US $55
>
> Registration is by credit card and can be reached through this link:
> http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=GLINFOST&cat_seq_chosen=01<http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=GLINFOST&cat_seq_chosen=01>
> **
>
> Professor Patricia Galloway
> School of Information
> University of Texas at Austin
> 1616 Guadalupe, Suite 5.202
> Austin, Texas 78701-1213
> Phone: 512-232-9220
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