Maryland State Archives
Department Activities from December 10, 2010 to June 14, 2011
(in addition to activities listed on the Agenda for the Hall of Records Commission Meeting)

• Government Information Services
• Management of the Maryland Manual
• Archives representation during the 2011 Legislative Session
• HB 345 - State Government - State Designations - Review, Evaluation, and Recommendation by the State Archivist
• SB 97 - Identity Fraud - Restitution
• SJ 3 - Commission to Rename Mountains in the State
• HB 520 - Transportation - Procurement for MARC Service
  
• Digital Acquisition, Processing, and Publication
• Participation in Land Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee meetings
• Digitization / Scanning Projects
• On-Demand Scanning
• Maryland State Archives microfilm collection
• State Law Library
• State Highway Administration, Highway Information Systems Division
• Cooperative scanning project between Maryland State Archives, Maryland Geologic Survey, and Johns Hopkins University
  
• Constituent and Interagency Services
• Court Requests for files
• MdLandRec Help Desk operations
• Telephone Customer Service operations
  
• Information Systems Management
• Meetings
• Information Technology Advisory Council metings
• Maryland Digital Summit Advisory Board meetings
• Training
• Dell Storage Management Orientation
• Information Technology Management Training
• Archive-It Training
• ServiceWise Training
  
• Appraisal and Description
• Outreach to state and local government agencies concerning records management
• Maryland Department of Agriculture
• Law Library Association of Maryland
• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Howard County Department of Education
• Garrett Park
• Agency Personnel Management Group
• Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
• Cheltenham Youth Facility
• Maryland Municipal Clerks
  
• Management of scanning projects
• State Highway Administration
• Maryland Geological Survey
• Montgomery County Department of Transportation
• Anne Arundel County Circuit Court
  
• Appraisal of state and local government records for transfer to the Maryland State Archives
• Workshops / Conferences
• 24th Annual Geographic Information Sciences Conference (TUgis 2011)
• Ignite Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy Event
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Grant Writing Workshop
  
• Records Transfer and Space Management
• Coordination with state and local government agencies concerning transfer of records
• Identification and assignment of space for records storage
• Artistic Property Commission
• Meetings and events
• Progress meetings for the restoration of the Old House of Delegates Chamber
• PreserveMaryland Advisory and Steering Committee meeting
• Local host committee meeting for the 2011 Preservation and Revitalization Conference
• Maryland Commission on Public Art meetings
• Speaker's Society Dinner
• 2011 Maryland Preservation Awards Reception
• Preparation for Viewing of Governor William Donald Schaefer
• Officers Meetings for the Guild of Book Workers
• Lecture of Jake Benson on Satisfying an Appetite for Books:  Innovation, Production, and Modernization in Later Islamic Bookbinding
• Library of Congress presentation on Library Conservation and Scholarly Communication
• Maryland History and Cultural Collaborative meeting
• Library of Congress Symposium on Assessing Options for Large Collections
• Opening Reception for the Maryland Historical Society exhibit Divided Voices - Maryland in the Civil War
• 39th Annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Memorial Service for Elisabeth L. Ridout
  
• Old House of Delegates Chambers
• Progress meetings on a bi-weekly basis
• Behind-the-scenes tours
• Demonstration of lighting and fire suppression
• Chair rail stencil design
• Lighting training
• Demonstration of audio visual system and other visitor services equipment
• Punch list walk-throughs
• Modification of paint finish
• Faux finishes
  
• State House Visitor Center
• Open House for potential volunteers
• Maryland Day tours and activities
• Conservation and Preservation
• Monitoring of conservation and preservation work done on pieces of the State Art Collection
• Installation and deinstallation of pieces of the State Art Collection
• Coordination for installation of the USS Maryland Silver Service
  
• Fiscal and Personnel Administration
• Courses of instruction and Agency meetings attended
• State Procurement Advisory Group Meetings
• Agency Personnel Management Group Meetings
• Open Enrollment Coordinators Training
• Classification and Salary Training
• Retirement Coordinator Educational Series
• ADA Coordinators Meeting
• Personnel Management Group Meetings
• Personnel Advisors Council and Collective Bargaining Update Meeting
• Procurement and Performance Training
• Minority Business Enterprise Meetings
  
• Reference Services
• Search Room operations
• Providing archival assistance to more than 3,500 patrons, one third of whom received
  
• Processing written requests for documents and research
• Mail Program and Searchroom Copy Requests - more than 4,000 requests completed
• Criminal History Research Program Requests - more than 1,000 requests completed
  
• Assistance provided to the Carroll County Historical Society
  
• Research and Student Outreach
• Grant Work
• US Department of Education
• exhibits
• projects
• partnerships
  
• HistoryMakers IMLS Fellowship
• Allegany County Public School System Distance Learning
• Outreach
• French Monument Committee
• Maryland Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Working Group