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Faculty & Curriculum
The Georgia Archives Institute faculty is selected from some of the best archival practitioners and educators in the field. The faculty for the 2011 will be:

 Kathleen Roe

Kathleen Roe is Director of Archives and Records Management Operations at the New York State Archives. She manages the operation of the records management program providing services state agencies and local governments and also manages the archival programs operating State Archives archival facility as well as statewide programs to provide training and advisory services to historical records programs.

She holds advanced degrees in history from Michigan State University and in library science /archival administration from Wayne State University. She has served as president of the Council of State Archivists, and currently works with that group in advocating for federal funding for archives. She is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and has served on or chaired a number of SAA committees. She has been involved in curriculum development and instruction, as well as having written and spoken on the basics of archives, arrangement and description, documentation of under-represented communities/topics and archival advocacy.

Richard Pearce-Moses has been a professional archivist for more than thirty years and has been a member of the Academy of Certified Archivist since its inception. Pearce-Moses has a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin).

Currently, Richard is the Director of the Master of Archival Studies program at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. Previously, he served as Deputy Director for Technology and Information Resources at the Arizona State Library and Archives.

He has worked with a variety of subjects and formats. For the past decade, he has focused on digital archives and libraries, including finding ways to capture and preserve digital publications on the Web and new ways to automate processing electronic records. Library of Congress named him a Digital Preservation Pioneer in 2008, and the American Library Association presented him with the Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology in 2007. Richard has served as the President of the Society of American Archivists, and he is the principal author of A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology.

 Richard Pearce-Moses

 Christine Wiseman

Christine Wiseman has been Preservation Services Manager at the Georgia Archives since 2002. She is responsible for planning, developing and implementing a comprehensive program for the preservation of the Archives' collections. Formerly she was Education Officer in Preservation Services for the Southeastern Library Network and was responsible for coordinating outreach, education, and information services on the preservation of library and archival materials. She has taught on a wide range of topics including disaster preparedness, book repair, digital imaging, and preservation management. Prior preservation experience includes positions at the University of Texas at Austin and the New-York Historical Society. She has a MLIS and specialization in preservation administration from The University of Texas at Austin.

Tina Mason Seetoo is the Conservator of the Georgia Archives in Morrow and is responsible for the protection, care, and repair of the collection. Prior to coming to the Archives in 2007, she worked in the Preservation Services department of the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) and was responsible for the preservation education and outreach throughout the Southeast. She began as the Field Services Officer and was promoted to Manager of Preservation Services in October 2005. She received an MLIS and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation from the University of Texas at Austin which included a year-long internship in the Book Conservation Lab of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. She lectures on a wide range of preservation topics including collections care and repair, disaster preparedness and recovery, and preservation management. Since 2010 she has co-taught the Preservation of Archives course in the Masters of Archival Studies program at Clayton State University. She is active in the ALA Preservation and Reformatting Section, the American Institute for Conservation, Society of American Archivists, and the Society of Georgia Archivists.

 Tina Mason Seetoo

Week one of the Institute provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and practices of managing all formats of documentary materials in archival repositories. Topics will include starting an archives program, selection and appraisal, acquisitions and accessioning, arrangement, description, reference and access issues, electronic records, and legal and administrative issues.

Week two begins with a day-long class on preservation which includes such topics as general strategies of preservation management, nature of archival materials, causes of deterioration, storage environments, disaster preparedness, security, and simple preservation maintenance procedures. Included is an in-depth look at the Georgia Archives' spacious, state-of-the-art conservation lab, as well as a demonstration of some basic holdings maintenance techniques. This year, the Institute has added a one-day “Digital Records Boot Camp” to introduce students to the basics of digital records.

The remainder of the second week will be spent as an internship in one of various local archival repositories.

 

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