Western Archives Institute

25th annual Western Archives Institute
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona
July 8-20, 2012

The 25th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, July 8-20, 2012.
The Western Archives Institute is an intensive, two-week program
that provides integrated instruction in basic archival practices to
individuals with a variety of backgrounds, including those whose
jobs require a fundamental understanding of archival skills, but who
have little or no previous archives education; those who have
expanding responsibility for archival materials; those who are
practicing archivists but have not received formal instruction; and
those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career.

The Institute also features site visits to historical records
repositories and a diverse curriculum that includes history and
development of the profession, theory and terminology, records
management, appraisal, arrangement, description, manuscripts
acquisition, archives and the law, photographs, preservation
administration, reference and access, outreach programs, and
managing archival programs and institutions.

Thomas Wilsted has graciously agreed to serve as Principle Faculty
Member for the 2012 Institute. Wilsted has been an archivist for
more than forty years.  During his career, he has worked at the
Illinois State Historical Library, the National Library of New
Zealand, The Salvation Army Archives and Research Center, and the
American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming before
retiring from the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University
of Connecticut in 2008.  He is currently the principal at Wilsted
Consulting, and is the author of Managing Archival and Manuscript
Repositories (SAA, 1991) and Planning New and Remodeled Archival
Facilities (SAA, 2007), and co-editor of Archival and Special
Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians,
Architects, and Engineers (SAA, 2010).   He taught archives
administration at the University of Wyoming and the University of
Connecticut as well as numerous workshops for the Society of
American Archivists.  Mr. Wilsted is a member of the Academy of
Certified Archivists and a Fellow of the Society of American
Archivists.

Tuition for the Institute is $700 and includes a selection of
archival publications. Other non-negotiable fees including program
transportation, facility fees, opening dinner, and luncheon at the
closing program will be available in early February, 2012.  Housing
and meal plans are available at additional cost.

The application deadline for the 2012 Western Archives Institute is
March 30, 2012. For additional program information, see

    <URL:http://www.calarchivists.org/WAI>

For additional information, contact:

    Administrator
    Western Archives Institute
    1020 O Street
    Sacramento, CA 95814
    916-653-7715
    Fax: 916-653-7134
    ArchivesWeb<-at->sos<.>ca<.>gov

The Western Archives Institute is co-sponsored by the Society of
California Archivists and the California State Archives.

The application package is available on the California State
Archives web site at

    <URL:http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/wai/>

and on the Society of California Archivists web site at

    <URL:http://www.calarchivists.org/WAI>

Ellen Jarosz
Associate Administrator
Western Archives Institute
Special Collections and Archives Librarian
Oviatt Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8229
818-677-2597
Fax: 818-677-7863


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