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<p>The Midwest Archives Conference will hold its 2019 Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2019 at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Call for session proposals is due Sept 10.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Long known as a city of innovative industry and activism, today Detroit is referred to as "America's Comeback City" as a result of its imaginative revitalization of architecture and green spaces, community-building initiatives, and a reinvigorated sense
of place. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Program Committee invites session proposals touching on the 2019 theme "Innovation, Transformation, Resurgence" from all areas of archival practice and research and from allied fields.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Possibilities include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">outreach initiatives designed to reach and/or document underserved populations such as immigrants, refugees, and minorities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"non-traditional" archives which are filling gaps in documentation and services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">innovative collaboration with allied professions such as records managers, museum curators, artists, educators, social justice advocates, community organizers, librarians, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">programming and outreach initiatives that seek to create and foster a sense of community<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">the acquisition/accession of new collections which represent a group(s) story that is missing from the archival record<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">innovative methods to restore/maintain collections on a budget<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">new modes of outreach to attract potential donors and users of an archive<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">bringing an archive out of a disaster (big or small) and making a community aware of an archive's resurgence and availability<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">creative use of space for collection storage, public services, and programming<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p>For more information about possible session types, proposal evaluation, and submission visit the
<a href="https://clicks.memberclicks-mail.net/wf/click?upn=8Cevf6VcjoH-2FQiPZS5m18TZ694lZP9sfnbKqmEfa4N7A2W5RoNEalBd64-2Bnnj0BKQMq-2FaCnJUesQ-2FddIXxvaO1H1oldzgz028xttYi5qrMflCZ6p5Km5sWM0Ktj0dluALQDRXel43w7ZmPTfOsawQkGX-2FDZQNcRjyEYyewXv0xNH7j3ASZ-2BRGMzO3iFiXjgYN0qovCuHJaYJrJkUmAzaTQGkL26WUzNGisc2OOi8V76BomVqiikmk053yni3dB4qYCcf-2B4YEblulVYCDSBvf8np0cq-2BEhvX6lAyPmShVrMYP58CeCf2eGN3wHBmynkmt-2By8mxuLyYhf4fwx4T2ChytltU1M5Jab-2F60BX0Kd9h24-2FF1DeRP6dHT0fPWzcMga4gCnXujA-2FitC3wVbvbIMOxyjcbAs619SzhABqGseopYo-3D_e5q1PAvqJ7AWucNgcMN2TEPVBb5KmedRvQcerpZ8YByM1-2BdMY6umc-2BLKrKCynDBhK40j5xAa9MJJKUinkVesjhV1SYHznqswGb-2FOIQ1T3ouAjBZwW7QX0CFVtpevswoP8byk89Cz9k0GSj6V4A07eHV2clRn61z-2FUayWAvOFOm-2BO-2FatKgjea8nrgW-2BW4XCkilsMHf0bVb7jsD2YgctvXB-2BhiW0qqkdzyK5ofOdWxxCdBK2I06KW0wjrIbzPiQlLkdCff023VFAIA3eOtMjuKMt01Yv7!%20Gb0higzDZ2USPi9MTuv0C-2B0R-2FoNp7Ynq5WqA51n79cRSi2hfY4VuNGLgOJg-3D-3D">
MAC 2019 Call for Session Proposals website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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