Chapter and Division Archivists Forum

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Chapter and Division Archivists Forum

• Sunday, June 9, 2002

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SLA Guidelines for Chapter/Division Archives

• Chapters http//www.sla.org/content/SLA/Policie
  s/42-79.cfm
• Divisions http//www.sla.org/content/SLA/Policies
  /43-79.cfm
• Accessed from Virtual SLA Home page Leadership
  Resources Chapter/Division Archives Guidelines

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Records Retention Schedule

• Know what you have
• Review regularly
• Weed boldly
• Remember anniversaries
• Membership records
• Projects
• Add CE presentations to website
• Publications
• Check with KEx

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Filing vs Archiving

• Current documents
• Non-current records
• Archiving records
• HQ archives
• Membership from 1969-70
• Leadership from 1918
• Chapter/Division histories

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Electronic Records and Websites

• SLA hosted websites
• Archived to CD-ROM annually by HQ
• Non-SLA hosted websites
• Print and archive where applicable
• Electronic formats
• Diskettes No
• CD-ROM Recopy 5 to 10 years
• Fiche Recommended
• Digitization

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Leadership Checklist

• Leaders knowledge and commitment
• Archivists committee
• Training programs
• Archivists Update

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Housing of Current Records and Archives

• Sample agreement in guidelines
• Signed archives agreements
• Chapter 25
• Divisions 14
• Homes
• Chapters 9
• Divisions 24
• Current records

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Any Other Issues

• Feedback
• Experiences
• Any other business
• Evaluations

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John Latham Los Angeles June 2002