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• What Are You Doing for Statehood Day?

Join history advocates and professionals from across Ohio on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 for Statehood Day, an advocacy event to help promote the importance of Ohio history. Statehood Day is a great way to connect Ohio’s history and preservation community to the state’s history and to state legislators. Help make sure your state legislators understand that History Works for Ohio and in your local community by having your voice heard at the Ohio Statehouse!

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• Save the Date. The Spring 2010 Conference will be held in Columbus on April 8th and 9th. Stay tuned for further information.

• Newsletter Guidelines. A draft of the newsletter guidelines is available for discussion. It can be found here. Your input is appreciated.

• Ohio Archivist. The Fall 2009 edition of the Ohio Archivist is now online. To view the newsletter click here, or visit the newsletters page.

• Archives Month. This year’s Archives Month theme is “Taking A Stand: Abolition in Ohio“. Visit the Archives Month page for more information.

Call for Proposals

The Society of Ohio Archivists invites you to submit session proposals for its spring 2010 Annual Meeting to be held on April 8 and 9, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio.

The theme for this meeting is Stewardship. We are looking for proposals which include the following ideas as they relate to records, archives, and special collections: custody, maintenance, control, management, governance, storage, supervision, upkeep, economics, conservation, preservation, and guardianship.

The deadline for proposal submission is January 15, 2010.

Please submit the following information with your proposal:

Session Title:
Session contact person name:<be> Session contact person phone number:
Session contact person email address:

Session participants (name and organization):

A brief, 100 – 200 word description of the session you are proposing and how it relates to the topics above.

Submissions will be accepted via email. Please send your proposals to Judy Cobb, cobbj@oclc.org .

Mission

Founded in 1968, the Society of Ohio Archivists' mission is to exchange information, coordinate activities, and improve professional competence in Ohio's archives and manuscript repositories. Membership in the society is open to the public, and we invite anyone with an interest in archives and manuscripts to join.