[Sighfis-l] Registration for ICHORA 6: International Conference on the History of Records and Archives 6

[ichora6 at ischool.utexas.edu]

ICHORA 6: International Conference on the History of Records and Archives 6

/Exploring Shared Heritage in the History of Archives with Libraries,  
Information
Science/Documentation, Preservation/Conservation, and Museums /

Further information:
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/


*REMINDER! Early Bird Registration Ends June 15.

Conference dates: August 2-4, 2012

*Location: Austin, Texas, USA
*
*THEME*
Twenty-first century archivists and librarians, information scientists and
documentalists, preservation administrators and conservators, and  
museum professionals
share a common rich enterprise of managing information. Yet the fields  
of each through
time have included work that others stake as their province.  
Consequently through the
centuries this shared heritage often has been honored in rivalry grounded

  * in the different purposes archivists and librarians, museum curators
    and administrators, information scientists and documentalists, and
    preservation administrators and conservators have claimed as their
    work,
  * in the different traditions of practice grown up to deliver the
    special contribution of each field to society, and
  * in the education appropriate to practicing in each tradition.

The papers gathered for this sixth ICHORA meeting address these questions and
contextualize them by including a strong set of archival history  
papers. We anticipate a
rich opportunity for scholarly discussion around the papers and the  
opportunities offered by our venues.

Abstracts of papers to be presented are now available:  
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/program.htm

*MEETING LOCATION AND LOCAL ARCHIVES*
Most of the paper sessions will be held in the Prothro Theater in the  
Harry Ransom
Center, home of a world-class archives of literature and publishing.  
Attendees will be
hosted at a reception with tours at the Briscoe Center for American  
History, known for
its broad holdings of historical manuscripts pertaining to the history  
of the United
States. Other significant archival institutions exist on campus (the  
Lyndon Baines
Johnson Presidential Library, the Benson Center for Latin American  
History, the Alexander
Architectural Archives) and all are prepared to welcome researchers  
who may have a few
additional days to spend in Austin. All of these institutions can be  
reached through
their websites, all of which are listed here:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/help/librarylist.html

This list does not exhaust the archival wealth of Austin, which is  
also the home of the
Texas State Library and Archives, the Austin History Center (the city  
archives), the
Catholic Archives of Texas, the Presbyterian Archives, the Texas  
General Land Office, and
the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, to name a few within easy reach  
of the campus.

*Registration rates are as follows:*

Full Registration (Early Bird until June 15): US $200
Full Registration: US $250
Student Registration: US $100
Day Registration: US $ 100
Dinner only (for banquet guests; must accompany a participant in the  
conference and
should be included in a participant's registration): US $55

Registration is by credit card and can be reached through this link:
http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=GLINFOST&cat_seq_chosen=01<http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=GLINFOST&cat_seq_chosen=01>
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Professor Patricia Galloway
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
1616 Guadalupe, Suite 5.202
Austin, Texas 78701-1213
Phone: 512-232-9220