2000 Annual Meeting Program

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Wednesday, November 8, 2000

8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-4:00 Pre-Conference Workshop: Oral History: From Planning to Finished Product
TBA Provenance Board Meeting in the Russell Auditorium
4:30-6:30 Executive Board Meeting in the Russell Auditorium

Thursday, November 9, 2000

8:30-9:00 Registration
8:30-3:00 Vendor Fair
9:00-9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:30 Keynote Speaker
Michael Thurmond, Georgia Commissioner of Labor and author of A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History
10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45-12:00 Concurrent Sessions
A. Difficult Dances: Collecting and Providing Access to Controversial Materials
B. Making it Legal: A Practical Guide to Deeds of Gift
12:15-1:30 Lunch and SGA Business Meeting
1:45-3:00 Concurrent Sessions
C. Mold, Mildew, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night: Cautions in Collecting Archives
D. Looking Forward, Looking Back: Administering Digital Projects--Three Perspectives
3:00-6:00 Local History Tours (separate registration required)
6:00-7:30 Reception
Join us for a reception in the upstairs room at the historic Tasty World Restaurant located on the edge of the University of Georgia campus.  Directions to the reception will be available at the registration table.  Sponsored by a generous donation from the Walter H. Hopkins Company.
8:00 Georgia History Films
Ruta Abolins, director of the Peabody Award Collection and Media Archives, will present some short non-commercial films on turn-of-the-century Georgia, followed by a screening of Athens, Georgia, Inside Out, a documentary on the early eighties music scene in Athens.

Friday, November 10, 2000

8:30-9:00 Registration
8:30-12:00 Vendor Fair
9:15-10:30 Concurrent Sessions
E. Records Programs in Georgia: Getting the Horse Up and Running
F. Bytes, Lard & Videotape: Making Non-Traditional Materials Accessible to Researchers
10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45-12:00 Concurrent Sessions
G. Web Sites at a Small Repository: Opportunities and Challenges
H. I Got You Babe: Archivists, Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, and the Digital World