Items of Interest March 9, 2015

Mundelein Seminary by Gail Kahover

Mundelein Seminary Presentation at Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville, IL

Mundelein Seminary is the largest priesthood training program in the nation today, preparing priests for 31 dioceses around the world. Author Gail Kahover presents highlights from her book Mundelein Seminary, including a pictorial history of the school's visionary and founder, photos of construction from concept to completion, and stories of the institution's growth and the seminarians who have attended it.

Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m.
Cook Park Library, Libertyville
REGISTER: 847-362-2330,
webres.cooklib.org, or at the library.

There is currently a waiting list for the program, but those who are interested in purchasing Ms. Kahover's book can find details here.

Thank you to Joan Sweeney for bringing this program to our attention.

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Society of American Archivists Committee for Ethics and Professional Conduct is proud that four case studies have been written and published in the last year and are available online here.

These case studies are written by real people and cover real situations encountered by archivists working in the field. They are guides on how to approach similar situations for other archivists and those studying archives.

The CEPC committee is still looking for archivists to provide case studies covering other areas in the Code of Ethics.

The CEPC committee is reaching out to YOU to help provide real instances where the Code of Ethics for Archivists apply. You may submit a case study here.

Plans for CARA Spring Meeting 2015

CARA Spring Meeting

The results of the In Good Faith survey reported that 52% of the small religious and theological libraries and archives surveyed did not have a written disaster plan. With that in mind, we are hoping to devote the Spring 2015 CARA Meeting to the topic of Disaster Planning and Recovery. We welcome your input and ideas on this important issue. Do you have experience with planning? Have you worked with professionals or vendors who might speak to us about their expertise?

Annual Business Meeting

The CARA By Laws call for a Business Meeting in Spring, and for the election of 5 Steering Committee members in odd-numbered years. Those are upon us now. The currently serving Steering Committee members are:

Audra Adomenas

Jerice Barrios 

Patricia Carroll

Won’t you consider nominating yourself or someone you know for a 2-year term of shaping the activities of our small but vibrant group? Here’s how:

1. Send an email with your nomination (for yourself or someone else) to Patricia Carroll at parocarroll@sbcglobal.net

2. Include in your email: complete name, affiliation and contact information as well as a brief statement of how this person will benefit CARA

3. Please refer to the By Laws (see link above) for Steering Committee qualifications and responsibilities

4. The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2015

We will hold electronic elections March 31, 2015 and announce the results at our Spring Meeting in April or May. We are experimenting with an electronic ballot, as we believe it is the easiest and most convenient option. However, if you would like a paper ballot, we will be happy to provide one.

Hoping to hear from you and looking forward to seeing you at the Spring meeting,

Jerice Barrios and Patricia Carroll for the CARA Steering Committee

Call for Session Proposals for 2015 ACWR Conference

Archivists for Congregations of Women Religious (ACWR) have put out a call for proposals for papers for the upcoming Triennial Conference,“ACWR at 25: Bridging Tradition with Technology,” to be held in Pittsburgh August 27-30, 2015. They are soliciting proposals from members, independent researchers, historians, archivists, and others related to the field of expertise. Traditional sessions and panel discussions are welcome, but multimedia presentations, workshop sessions and roundtables are highly encouraged.

Based on the results of a recent membership survey, the following topics are particularly relevant:

• Technology, including digitization and born-digital materials
• Storage and handling of object collections
• Exhibits and heritage rooms
• Oral history programs
• Project management
• Capturing community history and fostering charism
• Role of archives within the administrations of religious communities
• Archives 101, including disaster plans, finding aids, and collections policies
• Planning for the future, including mergers, closures, and transfer to lay staff
• Access, including issues of privacy and confidentiality

A program committee will evaluate proposals on the strength of a 300-word abstract, the speaker’s experience, and relevance to the above topic list. Please include a title for the proposed presentation, a brief bio for each presenter, and any technology requirements. The program committee will select the strongest proposals and place them in the session that best reflects the topic. Complete session proposals are welcome but the committee reserves the right to make suggestions about their content in order to best meet membership interest as indicated by the survey results. When considering the number of speakers for a complete session, please remember that a session runs for a total of 75 minutes, including time for questions.

Applicants may submit multiple proposals but speakers will only be invited to present at one session.

Please send your proposals to archivistsacwr@gmail.com by March 31, 2015. The ACWR look forward to hearing from you!