<div dir="ltr">Dear SISPA,<div>Please indulge me for airing some very nebulous thoughts with regard to the ACA conference. I have been thinking recently about theoretical challenges to the concept of personal archives and how these play out with regard to artists' documentation. Basically blowing up the fonds concept a bit, and looking at the intersection between people and institutions, and possibly getting into public programming. What I lack (utterly) is experience with innovative technological approaches in this area so I'm struggling a bit with the conference theme -- maybe our program chair can chime in here with some supportive words -- anyway, if anyone out there is thinking along similar or wonderfully contrasting lines, please be in touch and perhaps we can develop a panel session together.</div><div>many thanks,</div><div>Amy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rodney Carter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgscarter@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgscarter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello all,<br><br></div>I hope everyone is having an enjoyable summer so far. The ACA in Regina went quite well, even though there wasn't a great deal of content relating to Personal Archives - except for the SISPA meeting, naturally. <br><br></div>The minutes of the meeting have now been posted courtesy of the new SISPA secretary Heather Beattie. They can be found at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__members.archivists.ca_content_sispa-2Dmeeting-2Dminutes&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=y1AtwloueTkdAlKlKf-TSOZ3lr3EMwVhQB7KnSWRP3g&s=vBos4ypRW2ybnqz7AwKX3cS0o0OahUThhMron6UOpfk&e=" target="_blank">http://members.archivists.ca/content/sispa-meeting-minutes</a> . It was a small but lively meeting and we had a very nice discussion.<br><br></div>My thanks to outgoing secretary Heather Dean for her work over the years, which included setting up this listserv.<br><br></div>Heather D is no longer at Yale, the kind host of this list. While she has let me know that we can continue to use it for the short-term, the SISPA list should find itself a new home.<br><br></div>Does anyone have the ability to set up a new listserv at their institution? If not, I have looked into a few free listserv options and it looks like Google Groups might be the best candidate; it certainly seems to becoming increasingly popular among archivists (AABC just moved their list over to GoogleGroup, the Catholic Archivist Group just set one up as well). <br><br></div>Please let me know if you can set up a list on SISPA's behalf or if you have an alternative to Google by the end of July. Hearing nothing, I will set up a Google Group and sent out instructions to join in early August.<br><br></div>Lastly, I'd like to remind people that they should be thinking about submitting Personal Archives-related paper or sessions for ACA2016 in Montreal. The theme is Archives & Innovation & the CfP can be found here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.archivists.ca_sites_default_files_Attachments_professional-5Fdevelopment_Conference-5Fdocs_2016-5FMontreal_aca2016-2Dcall-5Ffor-5Fsubmissions-5F15may2015.pdf&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=y1AtwloueTkdAlKlKf-TSOZ3lr3EMwVhQB7KnSWRP3g&s=ouXXpw_VSaBwqEuwLCz0OVefj6ku2OcJ-1ij3SQe2mI&e=" target="_blank">http://www.archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/professional_development/Conference_docs/2016_Montreal/aca2016-call_for_submissions_15may2015.pdf</a> <br></div>I don't think there was a single paper at this year's conference dealing with personal archives and that is certainly a situation I don't want to see repeated.<br><br></div>If you have idea for a paper or panel and would like to coordinate a session with others in the group, please feel free to use this list to make it happen! <br><br>The session could be titled something as simple as "Innovative Approaches to Personal Archives", which would allow several of you to discuss how you have been handling personal papers in all their wonderful forms. Let me know if you have any questions about the Call or if I can assist in any way in bringing people together.<br><br></div>All the best,<br><br></div>Rodney<br></div>SISPA Chair<br></div>
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