SIS Alumni & Friends Day: The Records Professions

The School of Information Sciences Alumni Board invites you to join former classmates, favorite faculty members, and graduate students for the SIS Alumni & Friends Day on March 7, from 1 – 4 p.m. at UT Hoskins Library Delivery Hall on the UT campus.

This year’s theme, “the Records Professions,” explores the convergences and divergences of archives and records management. This program will uncover where these disciplines have traditionally differed, and yet how the emergence of digital libraries is now bringing these two disciplines together. What is Archives 2.0? Records Management 2.0? We have a gathered a panel of experts to answer this question.

Also, come and join us in celebrating the life and work of Dr. Mike Pemberton who will be retiring at the end of spring term 2009. And finally, SIS students and faculty members will sponsor a poster session during the afternoon reception.

This event is free and open to the public and parking is free and at the door. 

WHAT: Alumni & Friends Day 2009
WHEN: March 7, 1 pm – 4 pm
WHERE: Location: UT Hoskins Library Delivery Hall
1401 Cumberland Avenue (Directions here)

RSVP to Linda Sherman at lsherman@utk.edu or (865) 974-7916.

PROGRAM

• Dr. Ed Cortez: Director and Professor at UT School of Information Sciences: Welcome, Introductions, and State of the School Address
• Dr. Mike Pemberton: “Records Management and Archives: The Big Picture”
• Kris Bronstad, Topic: “Archives and Identity.” Wisconsin Historical Society Library & Archives
• John Phillips, Records Manager and SIS Lecturer. Topic: “Electronic Records Preservation Challenges”
• Norma Myers, Director of the Archives of Appalachia. Topic: “Sustaining Archives: Balancing Vision, Imagination, and Practicality”
• Debra Keck, UT Records Manager. Topic: “Records Management at UT”
• Nick Wyman, UT Special Collections, Topic: Who Cares about Archives?
• Linda Clark, Certified Records Manager, Information Management Associates. Topic: “My Life as a Records Manager”
• Panel will discuss issues and answer questions (All Speakers and Tiffani Conner)
• Alumni Board Awards Program: Tiffani Conner, President, SIS Alumni Board
• Reception to honor the life and work of Dr. Mike Pemberton on the occasion of his retirement
• Faculty and student Poster session