News & EVENTS

Join the New England Archivists at the 2016 Massachusetts History Conference:

Putting History on the Map Together: In Town, County, and Across the Commonwealth
June 13, 2016
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Join us for a public conversation about advocacy for local and public history organizations in Massachusetts, along with a program filled with opportunities to meet, network, and collaborate. Participate in workshops; learn about grants; participate in skills development for professionals or volunteers in public history.

Keynote speaker: Steve Bromage, Executive Director of the Maine Historical Society and the Maine Memory Network.

See the full program and register at http://masshumanities.org/programs/mass-history/history-conference-2016/

Make sure to check out the NEA-sponsored and archives-related talks:

1:30-2:45
Digital Tools for Sharing Your Collections
Participants learn about and try out popular and readily-available archival digital tools, many of which are used by large archives, including Omeka, Flickr, Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, WordPress, digital humanities mapping, networks, and text analysis tools. What tools have you used to share and develop information with collaborators at a distance? Session includes tips, instruction, discussion, and hands-on learning.
     Presenters:
     Marta Crilly, Boston City Archives
     Jenny Gotwals, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
     Nicholas Houlahan, Simmons College
     James McGrath, Brown University
     Michelle Montalbano, Simmons College
     Anna Newman, Simmons College
     Greta Suiter, Institute Archives and Special Collections at MIT Libraries
     Mark Vassar, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
     Jessica Venlet, Institute Archives and Special Collections at MIT Libraries

3:15-4:30
Setting Up an Archives
Participants learn how to set up an archives for a small historical organization, with practical tips from the trenches.
     Presenters:
     Jeannette A. Bastian, Simmons College
     Michelle Chiles, Rhode Island Historical Society
     Rachel Onuf, Roving Archivist

3:15-4:30
Invitation to Collaborate
Working together for public history: learn about engaging collaboration opportunities currently available to historical organizations throughout Massachusetts, including cataloguing and or digitizing your materials, or participating in gathering up local memories and historical materials along with others.
     Presenters:
     Tom Blake, Boston Public Library / Digital Commonwealth
     Rob Cox, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst
     Carolyn Goldstein, Mass Memories Road Show / University of Massachusetts Boston
     Desiree Hamelin, Freedom’s Way Trail Initiative
     Elizabeth Thomsen, Digital Commonwealth

This conference is sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History, Mass Humanities, Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (MA SHRAB), New England Archivists, University of Massachusetts Amherst Program in Public History, University of Massachusetts Boston Public History and Archives Tracks and the Joseph P. Healey Library

Dear NEA community,

The deadline to apply to volunteer as Mentoring Administrator has been extended to May 22nd. This administrator, whose sole responsibility will be to the Mentoring Program, will be a member of the Membership Committee and will serve for two years.

The Mentoring Administrator will be responsible for supporting the mentoring liaisons, mentors, and mentees. S/he will study the Mentoring Task Force report and, according to its recommendations, relaunch a formalized Mentoring Program. S/he will recruit and organize the liaisons and work with the Communications Committee to promote the activities of the program. The administrator will report on all program activity to the Membership Co-Chairs and, when requested, to the NEA Executive Board.

If you are interested in this great opportunity to get involved with NEA and help develop one of our newer innovative programs, please prepare a short statement of purpose and email it by May 22, 2016, to the Co-Chairs of the Membership Committee:
     Pamela Hopkins (psmhopkins@gmail.com)
     Heather Mumford (Heather_Mumford@hms.harvard.edu)

If you have further questions, please contact the Membership Co-Chairs.

Thank you.
NEA Membership Committee 

Early-bird registration for the New England Archivists' June workshop on records management programs ends May 15th. Register now to take advantage of the early-bird rates.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
As archivists, we're very familiar with one part of the "records lifecycle" -- how can we leverage our knowledge to make records management happen? This workshop will help you to use your expertise and skills to fill in gaps. You will leave knowing how to analyze active records and records-keeping systems to help ensure that what should come to the archives actually arrives, and what doesn't need to be kept is disposed of appropriately by the right people, at the right time.
     Can you carry out risk mitigation that keeps senior management informed and supportive?
     Do you have a disaster plan not just for vital records, but for vital systems?
     Are you protecting privacy and intellectual property rights while making information available and useful? You will after this workshop!

DETAILS:
Records Management in the Round: Re-purposing your Archival Expertise to Start a Program
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA
Instructors:
     -- Sarah Demb, Senior Records Manager/Archivist at the Harvard University Archives
     -- Sarah Polirer, Manager of Corporate Research at the Cigna Corporation, CT.

To register and for more information, visit the NEA website.

As we finally wind down from the New England Archivists Spring 2016 Meeting earlier this month, we'd like to give a big thank you to all who made this one of NEA's best meetings yet. Take a moment to browse some photographs of the three-day event, or put all the pieces together by scrolling through tweets and photos on Storify.

And mark your calendars for NEA's Fall 2016 Meeting, Bridging the Gaps, on Friday, October 14th, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Look for more information soon.

Dear NEA community,

The New England Archivists Membership Committee is reaching out to the membership regarding the new NEA Mentoring Program.

In 2013, with the support of several experienced NEA members, the Roundtable for Early Professionals and Students (REPS) leadership piloted a mentoring circle program for its members. Over the course of a year, three mentoring circles were established, following an application call and matching process. Each circle was led by a team of two mentors—members of the NEA community with differing levels of experience—with four or five mentees from the REPS membership participating. The circles were supported by liaisons from the REPS leadership who were responsible for communicating with participants and scheduling meetings.

As we move to formalize the program, the NEA Membership Committee seeks an individual to act as an administrator for the Mentoring Program. This administrator, whose sole responsibility will be to the Mentoring Program, will be a member of the Membership Committee and will serve for two years.

The Mentoring Administrator will be responsible for supporting the mentoring liaisons, mentors, and mentees. S/he will study the Mentoring Task Force report and, according to its recommendations, relaunch a formalized Mentoring Program. S/he will recruit and organize the liaisons and work with the Communications Committee to promote the activities of the program. The administrator will report on all program activity to the Membership Co-Chairs and, when requested, to the NEA Executive Board.

The Membership Committee hopes you will consider nominating yourself for this rewarding opportunity.

If you are interested, please prepare a short statement of purpose and email it by May 15, 2016, to the Co-Chairs of the Membership Committee:
     Pamela Hopkins - psmhopkins@gmail.com
     Heather Mumford - Heather_Mumford@hms.harvard.edu

After May 15, the Membership Committee will review all statements from applicants and select the administrator. If you have further questions, please contact the Membership Co-Chairs.

Thank you.
NEA Membership Committee 

Join the New England Archivists at the 2016 Massachusetts History Conference:

Putting History on the Map Together: In Town, County, and Across the Commonwealth
June 13, 2016
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Join us for a public conversation about advocacy for local and public history organizations in Massachusetts, along with a program filled with opportunities to meet, network, and collaborate. Participate in workshops; learn about grants; participate in skills development for professionals or volunteers in public history.

Keynote speaker: Steve Bromage, Executive Director of the Maine Historical Society and the Maine Memory Network.

See the full program and register at masshumanities.org

Sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History, Mass Humanities, Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board (MA SHRAB), New England Archivists, University of Massachusetts Amherst Program in Public History, University of Massachusetts Boston Public History and Archives Tracks and the Joseph P. Healey Library

Every year we rely so much on the time and energy New England Archivists members volunteer to the organization. We'd liked to recognize those volunteers who rotated off of committees over the past year.

Parting NEA Volunteers - 2015

Executive Board

Immediate Past President - Jill Snyder

Representative-at-Large - Erica Boudreau

Secretary - Adrienne Pruitt

Archival Advocacy Award Committee 

Distinguished Service Award Committee

Danielle Kovacs

Nora Murphy

Audio/Visual Professional Development Award Committee

Jessica Bitely

Alison Clemens

Sara Goldberg

Communications Committee

Elise Dunham

Stephanie Warner

Constituency Task Force

Co-Chair: Erik Bauer

Co-Chair: Tom Doyle

Elise Dunham (Connecticut)

Jamie Kingman Rice (Maine)

Dan McCormack (Massachusetts)

Rodney Obien (New Hampshire)

Chelsea Gunn (Rhode Island)

Prudence Doherty (Vermont)

Education Committee

Lily Troia

Caleigh Ross

Education Coordinator

James DaMico

Haas Award Committee

Irene Gates

Marilyn Morgan

Elizabeth Russell

Hale Award Committee

Sara Goldberg

Pamela Hopkins

Kimberly Kennedy

Meeting and Travel Scholarship Committee

Kelly Francis

Maggie McNeely

Marilyn Morgan

Membership Committee

Co-Chair: Marilyn Morgan

Co-Chair: Casey Davis

Mentoring Task Force

Co-Chair: Caitlin Birch

Co-Chair: Camille Torres Hoven

Michelle Chiles

Mary Richardson

Matt Spry

Darla White

Nominating Committee

Chris Burns

Marta Crilly

Joan Gearin

Nova Seals

Newsletter Editors

Co-Chair: Pamela Hopkins

Co-Chair: Heather Mumford

Program Committee - Fall 2015

Chair: Lisa Long Feldmann

Dan Bullman

Paul Caserta

Keith Chevalier

Jim DaMico

Kristin Eshelman

Molly Frazier Macke

Shana McKenna

Kate Wells

Program Committee - Spring 2016

Chair: Megan Schwenke

Meghan Bailey

John Campopiano

Marta Crilly

Sarah Funke-Donovan

Danielle Kovacs

Olivia Mandica-Hart

Martha Meacham

Nora Murphy

Matt Spry

Melanie Wisner

Records Schedule Implementation Task Force

Co-Chair: Liz Francis

Co-Chair: Jill Snyder

Elizabeth Cousins

Abby Cramer

Adrienne Pruitt

Laura Smith

Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Task Force

Co-Chair: Caitlin Birch

Co-Chair: Jill Snyder

Erica Boudreau

Stephanie Call

Elizabeth Caron

Johanna Carll

Anna Clutterbuck-Cook

Hanna Clutterbuck-Cook

Kathryn Donahue

Maureen Jennings

Juliana Kuipers

Michael Lotstein

Colin Lukens

Taylor McNeilly

Silvia Mejia

Rose Oliveira

Caleigh Ross

Nova Seals

Jessica Sedgwick

Elizabeth Slomba

Jessica Tanny

Susan J. Von Salis Student Meeting and Travel Scholarship Committee

Michelle Chiles

Marilyn Morgan

Deborah Richards

Workshop Instructors

Caring for Historical Records: An Introduction

Anne Ostendarp

Arrangement and Description

Barbara Austen

Becoming a Better Manager

Maria Bernier

Career Development Strategies for Early Career Professionals

Annalisa Moretti & Silvia Mejia

AV 101

Casey E. Davis, Rebecca Fraimow & Elizabeth Walters

Exploring the Eye of History - Activity 3

Martha Mahard & Kathleen Deep

During the New England Archivists Spring 2016 Meeting in Portland, Maine, we had the opportunity to honor our colleagues for all the great work they do for the profession and for NEA... Here is the 2016 list of NEA award winners:

Archival Advocacy (presented by Immediate Past President Jill Snyder)
​     ​ProjectARCC presented to founder Casey Davis

A/V Professional Development (presented by Rep-at-Large Jessica Sedgwick)
​     ​Adam Schutzman to attend the 2016 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference

Distinguished Service (presented by Immediate Past President Jill Snyder)
​     ​Kathryn Hammond Baker (awarded posthumously) accepted by her daughter Olivia Baker

Hale Professional Development (presented by Rep-at-Large Jessica Sedgwick)
​     ​Nicole Topich to attend the ​2016 ​International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Inclusion and Diversity Session and Travel Award (presented by Inclusion and Diversity Coordinator Anna Clutterbuck-Cook)
​     ​Boston Public Schools Desegregation: From Digital Library to Classroom​ | presenters:​
Giordana Mecagni, Patricia Reeve, Marilyn Morgan, Josue Sakata, Andrew Elder, and Julia Collins Howington

NEA Member Meeting and Travel Scholarship (presented by Rep-at-Large Abby Cramer)
​     ​Rebecca Fullerton*, Allyson Glazier, and Kate Wells

Susan von Salis Student Meeting and Travel Scholarship (presented by Kim Brookes)
​     ​Desiree Alaniz and Hayley Lamberson

*Rebecca Fullerton also won first prize for the Friday night StorySLAM, Moths in the Archives: Stories from the Stacks, for her story "Donor Serendipity"

Registration is now open for the New England Archivists' June workshop "Records Management in the Round: Re-purposing your Archival Expertise to Start a Program" with Sarah Demb, Senior Records Manager/Archivist at the Harvard University Archives and Sarah Polirer, Manager of Corporate Research at the Cigna Corporation, CT.

About the workshop:
As archivists, we're very familiar with one part of the "records lifecycle" -- how can we leverage our knowledge to make records management happen? This workshop will help you to use your expertise and skills to fill in gaps. You will leave knowing how to analyze active records and records-keeping systems to help ensure that what should come to the archives actually arrives, and what doesn't need to be kept is disposed of appropriately by the right people, at the right time. Can you carry out risk mitigation that keeps senior management informed and supportive? Do you have a disaster plan not just for vital records, but for vital systems? Are you protecting privacy and intellectual property rights while making information available and useful? You will after this workshop!

DETAILS:
Records Management in the Round: Re-purposing your Archival Expertise to Start a Program
Instructors: Sarah Demb, Senior Records Manager/Archivist at the Harvard University Archives and Sarah Polirer, Manager of Corporate Research at the Cigna Corporation, CT.
When: Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA

To register and for more information, visit the NEA website.

It's not too late to make plans to attend the New England Archivists Spring 2016 Meeting in Portland, Maine. Just stop by the registration desk on April 1st or 2nd to attend. We hope to see you there.

NEA SPRING 2016 MEETING 
Uncharted Waters 
Thursday, March 31 -- Saturday, April 2 
Inn by the Bay Hotel in Portland, Maine 

Walk-in registrations welcome beginning on Friday, April 1. Check out the NEA website for links to the three-day program,directions, and things to do in Portland. Make sure to follow us for quick updates on Twitter (#NEAsp16) and Facebook. 

See you in Portland!