News/Forthcoming events

Barbados is site of SUV Annual Conference, 26-29 June 2013
The West Indies Federal Archives Centre of The University of the West Indies (UWI) at Cave Hill Campus on Barbados will host the 2013 meeting of the International Council on Archives - Section on University and Research Institution Archives (SUV). The Conference will be held from June 26th to 29th 2013. The theme for the Conference is: The New Age Archivist: Managing Records and Archives in a Digital World. This Conference will provide a forum for archivists and other information professionals to investigate and discuss new trends in digitisation, electronic records and the Web.
The Call for Papers for the ICA/SUV 2013 Meeting is now closed. Please watch this site for announcement of the programme sessions in late March.
For more information on the conference programme, site, and arrangements go to the website to learn more.
Prior News and Events Announcements
Draft Guidelines on Appraisal and Disposition of Student Records
NOW AVAILABLE-Click here for PDF of Draft Guidelines:
The International Council on Archives Section on University and Research Institutions Archives
invites members of the Section, International Council on Archives and other interested parties
to give feedback and comments for the Draft Guidelines on Appraisal and Disposition of Student
Records.
Deadline: 12th October, 2012.
Address for sending the comments: gatis.karlsons@arhivi.gov.lv
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SUV-Related sessions and events at the 2012 ICA Congress
Brisbane, Australia
Updated 6 August 2012
The list below includes the SUV Business (AGM) meeting, sessions presented by the recipients of
the SUV Bursaries for the meeting, and other sessions that appear to be related to university or
research institution archives, based on the list of titles on the Congress’ website:
Congratulations to the recipients of the SUV bursaries: Liauw Toong Tjiek (Aditya Nugraha)
(Indonesia); Charlotte Maday (France); Patti Harper (Canada);
Shelley Sweeney (Canada);
Caroline Brown (United Kingdom).
Tuesday 21 August, at 13:00 to 13:30 Poster Session (located outside Industry Exhibition Entrance)
Charlotte Maday and Loren Béchard:
"Archiver le patrimoine scientifique électronique" ("Archiving Science's Electronic Heritage")
Tuesday 21 August, at 14:00 to 14:30, in Room P 1
Dr Seiichi Koine:
“University Archives in Japan: an Experience of the Hiroshima University Archives”
Tuesday 21 August, at 16:30 to 17:15, in Room P 1
William Maher, Liauw Toong Tjiek, and Maggie Shapley:
“New Roads to Creation and Relevance of Archives in a Changing World”
Wednesday 22 August, at 11:30 to 12:00, in Room Great Hall 1 & 2
Judith Ellis and Sylvie Dessolin-Baumann:
“International Standards Framework for Managing Records”
Wednesday 22 August, at 12:00 to 12:30, in Room P 2
Patti Harper:
“Speak up and Stand Out: the Archival Narrative and Change via Social Media”
Wednesday 22 August, at 12:00 to 12:30, in Room P 4
Gatis Karlsons and others:
“Appraisal and Management of Student Records (PCOM funded SUV Project Report)”
Wednesday 22 August, at 15:30 to 16:15, in Room M 2
Cheryl Avery, Kirsten Thorpe, and Shelley Sweeney:
“Finding Yourself in the Archives: Reflecting, Reinforcing, Subverting or Ignoring Unique
Communities?”
Thursday 23 August, at 12:30 to 3:15, in Room M 7 & 8
SUV Annual General Meeting
Thursday 23 August, at 14:15 to 15:00, in Room M 2
Alan Bell, Patricia Whatley, and Caroline Brown:
“Communities, Engagement and Risk: Developing Sustainable Record Keeping Services in a
Changing World”
Day, Date, Time, and Room, To-Be-Announced,
SUV Section Bureau Meeting: Current and New Section Bureau Members
(Note: the day, date, time, and room will be announced by an e-mail from William Maher
as soon as the specifics are available, probably not until late Monday 20 August)