Malachy McCarthy, CARA President, was a speaker at MAC 2010 today, Thursday, April 22nd and did our group proud! The 3:30-5:00 pm well-attended session was called"Special Interest Groups: Surviving with the Three C's: Collaboration, Continuing Education and Cost Savings." Malachy discussed the beginnings of CARA, what we do to support each other, programs we have held and hopes for the future, including a special interest sub-group for Archon users.
Diane Pugh, CARA Vice-President, graciously chaired the session which included two other speakers from similar local specialty groups. Susan Rishworth, American College of Surgeons, represented and discussed the Chicago Area Medical Archivists (CAMA). David Malone, Wheaton College, represented and discussed the Archives Special Interest Group (SIG) of LIBRAS , a consortium of private liberal-arts colleges and universities in the Chicago area.
Great ideas were shared on what made these groups succesful - a number of which CARA might initiate! The session attendees can now take these ideas and establish similar groups in their locale!
Well done Diane and Malachy! CARA has a bright future thanks to your leadership!
Apologies for the lack of photos from the session - too engrossed in the discussion! :(
