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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hope your summer is going well.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'd like to finalize the schedule of guest spots on the SISPA discussion list for the next two discussions. As you may remember, we will be inviting a guest to join the listserv once in mid-October and once in mid-April. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My aim for these next two sessions is to approach topics which involve personal archives from all types of creators. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Based on previous suggestions, I've drafted a tentative schedule:</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">October: <B> Family Photographs</B>: </FONT></LI>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Guests:<I> Martha Langford</I> (scholar at McGill focussing on family albums) and<I> Allison Nordstrom</I> (curator of photography at George Eastman House)--suggestions from Kathryn Harvey. I'm hoping we might read Rodney's article "Photography and Personal Mythology" from<I> Queen's Quarterly</I> for this one.<I></I></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Question: Would you prefer to see a discussion specific to photography or one on non-textual archives more generally? </FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">April: </FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Digital Personal Archives: </FONT></B> </LI>
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<P><B> </B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Guests: PARADIGM project main contributor</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Susan Thomas</FONT></I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(from the Bodleian)--a suggestion coming from myself and Heather Dean and Michael Forstrom at Yale. I'd also suggest that involving</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Catherine Marshall</FONT></I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of Microsoft with this one might spark great discussion? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I don't think we need to limit ourselves to one guest at one time and it might be a good pairing to have an archivist and a professional pracitioner/scholar together with us at once. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please consider the above suggestions and send your thoughts on the discussion topics to the list before next Friday (Aug. 22nd). And too, if you think you would prefer to see a different topic hit the list before these two, let us know. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Of course you're free to bring any thoughts or topics of discussion to the personal archives list at any time without the presence of an "expert guest". </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Looking forward to hearing your ideas,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Catherine</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(SISPA Chair)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PS. I submitted several citations to the electronic records section of the wiki bilbiography a few weeks ago. Ironically the wiki did not advise you of these updates. So, there are some new sources there for anyone who's interested. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Just a reminder to all of you to add to the bibliography when you have citations which might interest all of us.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you have a similar problem with the wiki, please advise Heather Dean and we'll try to fix it. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Catherine Hobbs,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Archivist, Literary Archives (English-language)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Library and Archives Canada</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">WS 598, 550 Blvd de la Cité</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Gatineau, QC, K1A 0N4 </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel: (819) 934-8331 Fax: (819) 934-8333 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e-mail: catherine.hobbs@lac-bac.gc.ca</FONT>
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