Lisa Labovitch greatly enjoyed her first experience as a Chicago Metro History Fair judge and urges other CAA members to participate in 2013. Labovitch felt that the website judging was a very simple and interesting assignment that most CAA members could do in their spare time. For those who have evenings or weekends free, the [...]
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Member News, April 2012
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Why I’m a History Fair Judge
Posted in Member News, News, Outreach on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With History Fair season upon us, the CAA Outreach Subcommittee asked Lisa Calahan, a veteran History Fair volunteer, to share her experience with us. I first learned of the Chicago Metro History Fair as a grad student when a request for judges hit the CAA listserv. As a grad student, I was unsure of my [...]
Member News, March 2012
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Michael Arbagi recently published “The Catholic Church and the Preservation of Mesoamerican Archives: An Assessment” in Archival Issues (Volume 33, Number 2). The article examines the role of the Catholic Church in the destruction and eventual recreation of manuscripts, oral histories, and other records of the indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica. Valerie Harris, Associate Special Collections [...]
Member News
Posted in Member News on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Fu, Digital Assets Specialist at Sears and Graduate Student at UW-Milwaukee has recently published “The Government Response to 9/11: Communications Technology and the Media” in Library and Archival Security (Volume 24, Issue 2; page 103-118). You can check out her article online; the site may require a password: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01960075.2011.592034 Congrats to Laura!
Member News
Posted in Member News on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Merle Branner is now the Coordinator of Instructional Technology at Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest, IL. Additionally, Merle is the Webmaster and will provide her expertise to the Alumni Director who manages the School’s Archives housing 153 years of history.
