Georgia Archives Institute

29TH Annual Georgia Archives Institute
An Introduction to Archival Administration
June 12-23, 1995
Atlanta, Georgia

sponsored by:

    Clark Atlanta University School of Library & Information Studies
    Georgia Department of Archives & History
    Jimmy Carter Library
    The University Center in Georgia

Designed for beginning archivists, manuscript curators, and librarians,
the 29th annual Georgia Archives Institute will offer general
instruction in basic concepts and practices of archival administration
and management of traditional and modern documentary materials.  David
B. Gracy II, Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise at
the University of Texas at Austin will be the instructor during the
first week.  Topics will include acquisition, appraisal, arrangement,
description, reference, and legal and administrative issues.  Kathleen
Roe of the New York State Archives will speak on the MARC format, and
Hilary A. Kaplan of the Georgia Department of Archives and History will
speak on preservation.  The remainder of the Institute is devoted to a
practicum experience, during which students disperse to several local
archival institutions.

Tuition is $450.  Enrollment is limited and the deadline for receipt of
application and resume is April 1, 1995.  Tuition does not cover
transportation, housing or meals.  Housing information is available.

A $75 application fee, made payable to the Georgia Archives Institute,
must accompany each application.  Applicants not accepted will have this
fee returned.  Accepted applicants who attend will have the fee applied
toward tuition.  Accepted applicants who do not attend will forfeit the
application fee.

For application, write:

    Dr. Donald E. Oehlerts
    School of Library and Information Studies
    Clark Atlanta University
    Atlanta, GA 30314
    404-238-1322 or 404-880-8702

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