Agenda

Midwest States Micrographics Conference

September 16–18, 2008
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library


Tuesday, September 16, 2008
     
  8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration – Coffee & Pastries
 
  8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome – Sally Fritcher, Administrator
Micrographics Division
Illinois State Archives
 
  8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (Not currently scheduled)
 
  9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome – David A. Joens
Director of the Illinois State Archives
 
  9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Illinois Newspaper Digitization Project:
Don't Throw the Microfilm Out With the Bathwater

Alyce Scott, Coordinator of Digital Programs
Illinois State Library
 
  10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
 
  10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Microfilming Ergonomics
Issayas Tasfamariam
Stanford University
 
  10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Boyd Barber, Customer Services Manager
Washington State Archives
 
  11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
 
  1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Bob Breslawski
Kodak
 
  2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
 
  2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. So You Are Going To Scan Your Film?
Michael Oris
nextScan
 
  2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Keeping Important Papers Safe
Dottie Hopkins-Rehan, Senior Archival Conservator
Restoration Lab, Illinois State Archives

 
  3:30 p.m. Tour of the Old Illinois State Capitol
Meet in the Lobby
 
  5:30 p.m. Hospitality Room
The State House Inn
Hosted by Crowley Micrographics, Inc
 
 
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
     
  8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Coffee & Pastries
 
  9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. MayDay—Saving Our Archives
Elaine Shemoney Evans, Senior Archivist
Illinois State Archives
 
  9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. UPDATE –State of Wisconsin
John Friend
Micrographics Lab Supervisor
Wisconsin Historical Society
 
  9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. UPDATE – State of Wyoming
Tony Adams
State Records Manager
Wyoming State Archives
 
  9:40 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. UPDATE – State of Nebraska
Bill Ptacek
Deputy Secretary of State
Nebraska Records Management
 
  9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. UPDATE – State of South Dakota
Kelli Tjeerdsma
South Dakota State Archives
 
  10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
 
  10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. UPDATE – State of Utah
Brian Carpenter
Utah State Archives
 
  10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. UPDATE – State of Washington
Boyd Barber
Washington State Archives
 
  10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. UPDATE – State of Illinois
Sally Fritcher
Micrographics Division Administrator
Illinois State Archives
 
  10:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
(Questions and Problem Solving)

(Note: Please bring any items you would like to have some help with — such as, personnel issues, budget items, productivity enhancements, equipment, upgrades or any other concerns you may have about your Micrographics or imaging labs.)

Passing of the gavel for 2009

Closing
 
  12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
 
  1:30 p.m Tour of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Meet in the Lobby a few minutes prior to the tour

Visit of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Immediately following the Library Tour

 
  5:30 p.m. Hospitality Room
The State House Inn
Hosted by Crowley Micrographics, Inc.
 
 
Thursday, September 18, 2008
     
  9:00 a.m. Tour of Micrographics Services, Illinois State Archives
Meet at the North Entrance
Howlett Building
 

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