***For Immediate Release***
Society of American Archivists
Will Offer Member Rate to
Memoria, Voz y Patrimonio
Conference Attendees

S.A.A. Conference to be held the week following
Latino Archives conference

Discount encourages confererence participants to enjoy up to ten entire days of workshops and sessions on a wide array of archival topics.

Eleven hundred archivists from throughout the world will convene, August 18 — 24, 2003, at the Century Plaza Hotel and Spa in Los Angeles to discuss issues related to diversity in the archival enterprise. Archivists representing a variety of institutions such as corporations, colleges and universities, government, museums, historical societies, and religious institutions will be present. The full conference schedule and related information can be found at www.archivists.org/conference/index.asp .

Featured topics at the 67^th annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists include minority involvement in film and television, preservation of film and audio collections, digital preservation, and California culture including black musicians and the heyday of Los Angeles’s Central Avenue club scene, Southern California’s surf and car culture, and women architects in Hollywood and Santa Barbara. Other sessions will address more traditional topics related to archival work including acquisitions, appraisal, reference, copyright, and security.

Seven sessions on introductory topics fundamental to archival work will be offered on moving image archives, security, oral history, records management, outreach, privacy and confidentiality and fund raising. Additionally, more in-depth examination of subjects can be explored through such pre-conference workshop offerings as EAD style sheets, grant writing, preservation of audiovisual collections, copyright, and oral history.

Featured keynote speakers at the SAA 2003 annual meeting include Paul Duguid, co-author, of The Social Life of Information, and David Rumsey, of Cartography Associates. On Thursday, August 21, Duguid will discuss his thinking about the nature of digital information which has been informed by his experience working in archives. More information about Duguid and The Social Life of Information can be found at www.slofi.com. On Saturday, August 23, Rumsey will demonstrate new technologies in making records come alive during the closing general session of the conference. His collection, which can be viewed on line at www.davidrumsey.com includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript.

Other conference activities include an opening reception at the Getty Institute, an evening event, "Spotlight on Archives: The Profession as Depicted on the Silver Screen", and a closing event at the Santa Monica Pier. Several tours and other special events will be offered throughout the conference week.