Hall of Records Commission
Agenda
for a Meeting
at the Maryland State Archives
Electronic Classroom
12 Noon
March 19, 1998
Call to Order by the Chairman
Attendees
& Introduction of Special Guests
Reports and Minutes of Previous Meetings
Records Retention and Disposal Schedules
Proposed motion: approval of retention and disposal schedules
Old Business
Archivist's Report & Staff Activities
Recent Acquisitions
Finding Aids, Reference Services, and Publications
Education & Outreach
Administrative & Fiscal Matters
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need for a resolution clarifying the meaning of the Archives of Maryland
Series
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proposed resolution: It is hereby resolved that all copies of
documents in whatever form that are produced, as well as all finding aids
in what ever form they are produced, as well as any interpretive booklets,
pamphlets, and other materials in what ever form produced, by the
State Archives or for the State Archives, are considered to be publications
in the Archives of Maryland series, and that any income received from those
copies, finding aids, interpretive booklets, pamphlets, and other materials
should be deposited to the Archives of Maryland fund account.
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status
of tobacco litigation copy requests
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recordation
and preservation system for over-sized court materials: the proposed
Washington County Court pilot project
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Biennial Audit- status report
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Securing non-general fund support to access & preserve the historical
record
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status of the Ameritech/Library of Congress grant proposal
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proposed
cooperative program in the filming and/or scanning of Maryland newspapers
from the Library of Congress
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status
of the proposal for private support of the cost of filming and scanning
proposed resolution: The Commission refers the proposal to
a subcommittee of the Commission consisting of three members from the Commission
who will review the proposal and recommend a course of action for the Archivist
to follow with regard to the proposal for private support for the cost
of conservation microfilming and scanning. The Commission encourages continuing
with the conservation microfilming of Maryland newspapers and the filming
for compensation of non-Maryland newspapers as long as all available Maryland
newspapers are given priority for filming.
Budget Issues- Present & Future
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FY 1999 Budget submittal
Status
Report on Committee Recommendations
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The Archival Challenge: ensuring quality, reliability and permanence
for all forms of the historical record
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The Archival Challenge: space for existing collections and future
acquisitions- beyond the year 2000
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The Archival Challenge: providing a spatial context for interpretation
and education
Forthcoming special meetings of the Commission & events of interest
Special Presentations
Next meeting
Adjournment
Dr.
Edward C. Papenfuse
State Archivist
Maryland State Archives
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
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