Hello all,
I hope your Spring Semester is off to a good start! Just a short update today, we have a change in the UAlbany SCSAA email address, and a reminder of the first meeting for this semester. The new email address for the SCSAA account is albanyscsaa@gmail.com.
Also, a reminder that our first meeting for this semester will be on Tuesday, February 7th, at 3:30 PM in the Draper Lounge.
More updates to come!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
New Trends in Computing and Informatics Research Conference 2012
Hello all,
I hope your winter break is starting off well. Mike recently mentioned the New Trends in Computing and Informatics Research (NCTIR) Conference coming up in 2012, and thought it might be worth a mention on the blog. This conference will be taking place on April 27th, 2012, at the College of Computing and Information Assembly Hall at the Campus Center. The conference is largely an opportunity for Masters and PhD students to present the progress and products of their research, with a focus on research in Informatics and Computer Science. The deadline for signing up for presentations, papers, and talks is February 15th, 2012 - more information can be found on their website, here.
I hope your winter break is starting off well. Mike recently mentioned the New Trends in Computing and Informatics Research (NCTIR) Conference coming up in 2012, and thought it might be worth a mention on the blog. This conference will be taking place on April 27th, 2012, at the College of Computing and Information Assembly Hall at the Campus Center. The conference is largely an opportunity for Masters and PhD students to present the progress and products of their research, with a focus on research in Informatics and Computer Science. The deadline for signing up for presentations, papers, and talks is February 15th, 2012 - more information can be found on their website, here.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Rockefeller Archives Trip
On Friday the 29th of October, somewhere around 11 of us drove down for our planned Rockefeller Archives / other stuff in Sleepy Hollow trip. The drive took around 2-2.5 hours, and our first stop on the trip was the Headless Horsemen diner (no archivists heads were lost, thankfully)!
After we all ate, we took what should have been an extremely short and straightforward drive to the Rockefeller Archives center. However, some navigational mistakes might have been made in the course of the next 15 minutes. Adventures were had, and we made it to the facility. At the facility, we first took a tour of the museum portion of the facility and then we were taken to the underground archival vaults. We were able to see a workspace where non-traditional archival materials were maintained (films, random art projects, etc.), a large amount of unprocessed materials, and then more traditional stuff (boxes, boxes everywhere!).
After the archives center, we elected to take a trip to the Old Dutch Church cemetery (the massive Sleepy Hollow cemetery), which was a short drive from the Rockefeller facility. Though we didn't have too much time to linger at the cemetery, we had a lot of fun poking around at various graves (famous people and otherwise). Washington Irving was one of the many in residence. From the cemetery, we took a short (actually quite long due to traffic) drive over to Washington Irving's house.
At Sunnyside, we were taken on a special guided tour by the director herself! As we were taken through the house, we were educated on the history of Irving, the development of Sunnyside, and the stories of those who often lived there with him. Unfortunately, we could not take pictures of the inside of the house, but there were many of the outside of the house.
Finally, we headed to a quick dinner and then took our various vehicles back towards Albany.
For those interested in looking at some pictures, I've posted a link to my flickr for the photos taken here.
If anyone has any other pictures they would like to contribute, let me know and I can add a link.
After we all ate, we took what should have been an extremely short and straightforward drive to the Rockefeller Archives center. However, some navigational mistakes might have been made in the course of the next 15 minutes. Adventures were had, and we made it to the facility. At the facility, we first took a tour of the museum portion of the facility and then we were taken to the underground archival vaults. We were able to see a workspace where non-traditional archival materials were maintained (films, random art projects, etc.), a large amount of unprocessed materials, and then more traditional stuff (boxes, boxes everywhere!).After the archives center, we elected to take a trip to the Old Dutch Church cemetery (the massive Sleepy Hollow cemetery), which was a short drive from the Rockefeller facility. Though we didn't have too much time to linger at the cemetery, we had a lot of fun poking around at various graves (famous people and otherwise). Washington Irving was one of the many in residence. From the cemetery, we took a short (actually quite long due to traffic) drive over to Washington Irving's house.
At Sunnyside, we were taken on a special guided tour by the director herself! As we were taken through the house, we were educated on the history of Irving, the development of Sunnyside, and the stories of those who often lived there with him. Unfortunately, we could not take pictures of the inside of the house, but there were many of the outside of the house.Finally, we headed to a quick dinner and then took our various vehicles back towards Albany.
For those interested in looking at some pictures, I've posted a link to my flickr for the photos taken here.
If anyone has any other pictures they would like to contribute, let me know and I can add a link.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hello!
My name is Kevin Robbitts, and I've recently been added as the assistant webmaster for this student chapter of the SAA - and this is my brief introduction post. This is my first semester at UAlbany, and I am in the LIS track of the M.S. Information Studies program, though I am also completing the archives track coursework. I received my undergraduate degree at the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Environmental Conservation Studies, a minor in Forestry, and I also studied the Japanese language for three years. While there, I worked at the UNH Main library and storage branch for four years, which eventually led me to seek this degree.
I don't have too much else exciting to say, other than that I would like to develop my skills of web design (thus my seeking of this position). Hopefully I can become an asset to this blogging project. Like Mike did before me, I intend to find a general posting schedule (current plan is to post weekly, though I have not yet decided on a day) and to hopefully post some enlightening and hopefully pertinent material. I look forward to working with and/or entertaining you.
I don't have too much else exciting to say, other than that I would like to develop my skills of web design (thus my seeking of this position). Hopefully I can become an asset to this blogging project. Like Mike did before me, I intend to find a general posting schedule (current plan is to post weekly, though I have not yet decided on a day) and to hopefully post some enlightening and hopefully pertinent material. I look forward to working with and/or entertaining you.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Slater trip recap
For those of you who were not able to make the Slater trip, here is a recap. About 10 people attended. We started off with a tour of the ship. After that we were treated to a tour of the Slater's museum. Their collection includes military uniforms, photographs, and various other artifacts. This is not something that the public is normally allowed to see so it was a real treat. The curator of their collections was on hand to answer questions as well. Even if you were able to attend the Slater is always undergoing restoration so it is worthwhile making a return visit.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Two More Announcements
I have two announcements to make. The first is that the trip to the USS Slater has been booked. As of right now it will take place on Sunday, September 25th at 1 PM. The Slater has a sizable parking lot (with overflow space if that is needed) so carpooling is not strictly necessary, but could be arranged if desired. There is no fee to park. Unfortunately I will not be able to make the next few meetings so if anyone has any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at mpaulmeno@albany.edu.
The second announcement is that our poster from this year's SAA Conference is now online. You can view it by going to our website. For those of you who do not know, SCSAA got the opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour of the Yale University Manuscripts and Archives as well as the Cushing Center, which is a combination museum/archive/rare book collection that displays a number of artifacts including the brains of some of Dr. Harvey Cushing's patients. We decided to make a poster out of it and it was well received.
The second announcement is that our poster from this year's SAA Conference is now online. You can view it by going to our website. For those of you who do not know, SCSAA got the opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour of the Yale University Manuscripts and Archives as well as the Cushing Center, which is a combination museum/archive/rare book collection that displays a number of artifacts including the brains of some of Dr. Harvey Cushing's patients. We decided to make a poster out of it and it was well received.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Announcement
On behalf of all the SCSAA Officers it is my pleasure to announce that we have a new assistant web master, Kevin Robbits. In the future he will be posting in this blog and eventually taking over as webmaster after I graduate next year.
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