2024 Annual Meeting Request for Proposals

Society of Indiana Archivists
Preserving Indiana History

2024 Society of Indiana Archivists Annual Meeting

April 19, 2024 | Gary, IN

Request for Proposals | Additional Information

Request for Proposals

The Society of Indiana Archivists (SIA)–in partnership with the IU Northwest Archives and Special Collections (Calumet Regional Archives) and the John W. Anderson Library at Indiana University Northwest–invites proposals for its 2024 Annual Meeting to be held in Gary, Indiana, on Friday, April 19.

Do you have an innovative or exciting project happening at your institution? What about a creative solution to a reoccurring problem in the archival profession or key takeaways from a project? Share your knowledge and experiences with SIA members and Annual Meeting attendees! Some possible topics of interest include:

Access
Advocacy
Collaboratively documenting historically-excluded communities
Collecting initiatives and donor relations
Management of departments, volunteer and student workers and projects, or special initiatives

Lone-arranger methods
Outreach and public engagement
Project- or grant-based work
Teaching with primary sources
Technology (born-digital materials, digital preservation, etc.)

Proposals can be for individual speakers, co-presenters, or panels. Sessions that involve multiple speakers, group panels, and discussion are encouraged. Poster presentations will also be accepted. Speakers and presenters do not need to be SIA members. Students and new professionals are encouraged to submit proposals.

Proposals can be submitted via the Google Forms link. Questions about the Annual Meeting can be sent to SIA Vice President Evan N. Miller at millere@wabash.edu.

Submission deadline: Friday, December 22, 2023.

Additional Information

The Indiana University Northwest Archives and Special Collections includes a rich and meaningful history worthy of historical preservation, interpretation, and access. Founded in 1973 by two IU Northwest faculty members, James B. Lane, Emeritus Professor of History and Ronald D. Cohen, Emeritus Professor of History (and led by IUN’s first archivist Stephen G. McShane, Emeritus Librarian), the Archives have established a tradition of community archiving and regional record keeping utilized by researchers from around the world. In 2023, the Archives celebrated its 50^th anniversary and have grown to include over 500 accessioned collections housed on the 3^rd floor of the John W. Anderson Library.

One of seven campuses of Indiana University, IU Northwest is located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Park. The campus has a diverse student population of approximately 3,500 degree-seeking students and 1,800 dual-credit students and has been recognized by the Department of Education as a minority and Hispanic serving institution. The campus offers Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, the School of the Arts, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, the region’s only four-year medical doctorate program. As a student-centered campus, IU Northwest is committed to academic excellence characterized by a love of ideas and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity, research, and community engagement.

IU Northwest is the result of growth and change that began in 1921 when the University offered its first formal classes in Lake County as part of a program sponsored by the Gary Public School System. The institution changed names over the years and was once referred to as the Gary Center. In 1963, the name changed to IU Northwest serving the needs of higher education in the Region ever since.