The July 2008 MAC Newsletter will be shipping soon and should arrive in your mailbox beginning the first week of July. This issue contains information on the upcoming 2008 Digital Preservation Symposium in Lawrence, KS (Nov. 7-8), a wrap up of the 2008 Annual Meeting in Louisville, KY along with the Council minutes, an article on 'mining' the web for information on mines and miners by Noah Lenstra, tips on involving your community in your digital collections by Kiffany Francis, a re-introduction to the benefits of microfilm by Marta O'Neill, the first part in a two-part series on home movies by Paul Eisloeffel, a look back on a graduate student conference by Lisa Hooper, News from the Midwest, and lyrics to the song "You're So Digital" by Nancy Sandleback (to the tune of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain").

 

Presentations from the 2008 MAC Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky are now available. View additional post-mortem sites for past meetings under the Conferences menu above.

 

MAC has a new mailing address for membership-related business, donations, and back issues of MAC publications. Please use the address below.

Midwest Archives Conference
4440 PGA Boulevard, Suite 600
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
www.midwestarchives.org

MAC's mailing address for billing, taxes, and investment information continues to be:

Craig Wright, treasurer
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
PO Box 488
210 Parkside Drive
West Branch, IA 52358
craig.wright@nara.gov

 

The election results are in:

Vice President:
Douglas Bicknese

Treasurer:
Craig Wright

Council:
Kimberly Butler
Sally Childs-Helton

Nominating Committee:
Janet Carleton
Rachel Vagts

Thanks to all who stood for election and all who voted!