CLA: IHRC Updates

The IHRC is pleased to announce Kitty Lam as the recipient of the 2009 Michael G. Karni Scholarship. Ms. Lam is a graduate student in the Department of History at Michigan State University. The IHRC will host an informal noon presentation by Ms. Lam on Thursday, February 5, 2009.

Ms. Lam's research Interests include Finnish-Russian social and cultural contacts in Late Imperial and early Soviet Russia, Finnish migration to Soviet Karelia, imperialism and colonialism, nationalism.

The Karni Scholarship, established as a memorial tribute to the pioneering historian and publisher of Finnish American research and literature, is intended to help defray expenses of visiting professors, lecturers, and graduate students from the U.S. or abroad consulting the archival collections of the IHRC, with particular emphasis on its Finnish American holdings. This is the fifth year of the award competition.

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The IHRC offers fellowships for University of Minnesota graduate students and grants to scholars outside the Twin Cities to promote research in the Center's collections. Deadlines in 2009 are February 1, May 1 and November 1.

As a reminder, department nominations for graduate student fellowships for 2009-2010 are due February 1. Fellowships are available for students enrolled in the University of Minnesota Graduate School conducting research furthered by consulting materials in the Arab American, Estonian American and Latvian American collections at the IHRC. February 1 is the annual deadline for fellowship applications, and available funding is listed each fall on the IHRC website.

The IHRC also offers travel support to researchers consulting IHRC collections through the grants-in-aid program. These opportunities are supported by the ethnic studies funds and the Michael G. Karni Scholarship of the IHRC. Scholars must spend a minimum of one week in residence at the IHRC (two weeks for the Karni Scholarship). Funding is available to graduate students, faculty and independent scholars living outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Ethnic Studies grants support travel to the IHRC at any time between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. The deadline for ethnic applications for 2009-2010 is May 1, 2009.

Scholars applying for the Michael G. Karni Scholarship must use the award for travel from January 1 to December 31, 2010. The deadline for Karni Scholarship applications in November 1, 2009.

For more information about IHRC funding opportunities and the research collections, please visit the IHRC website. Updates will be posted throughout the year. For additional information or to apply, contact Haven Hawley, IHRC acting director and program director.

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The Immigration History Research Center will host a Society of American Archivists workshop on May 15, 2009, to train ethnic, religious, and other community group members about how to create and maintain their own archives. Please keep reading for registration and scholarship information!

Are your association’s records relegated to some boxes in a back room – or simply tossed periodically without review? Do your staff and members continually reinvent the wheel because your “institutional memory� is lost?

You can avoid costly mistakes – and even see a return on investment from your association records! – by learning how to identify and maintain appropriate records. This workshop gives you the practical information and tools you need to identify records of enduring archival value and start an archives program that will benefit your association.

Upon completing this workshop, you’ll be able to:

* Establish the essential elements of an archives/records management program
* Set appropriate goals for your archives program
* Systematically review your associationÕs records
* Decide on the value of including various types of records in your archives
* Begin preserving and protecting your important records by storing them appropriately
* Keep track of your archival records for easy access
* Evaluate whether your records are best kept in house or at another institution

Who should attend? This workshop is for you if you’re an association CEO, communication staffer, records manager, or librarian who wants to ensure effective management of your association’s important records.

Previous attendees have said that some of the most important aspects of the workshop for their organization included learning about:

* “Steps to getting started.�— Jeff Flom, American Massage Therapy Association
* “Preservation issues.�— Diane A. Fagen, American Veterinary Medical Association
* “Learning about fragility of various media.�— Michael Walters, American Veterinary Medical Association
* “Storage containers and materials.�— Richard Collins, American Bar Association

"Association Archives: Preserving Your Institutional Memory" will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library on May 15, 2009. Registration is required.

The fee for early bird registration (for non-members of SAA) is $235, with a deadline of April 15, 2009. Registration after April 15 is $285. Those interested in attending the workshop can register directly with Society of American Archivists at SAA non-member rates.

A $25 discount is available to all organizational members of Friends of the IHRC. Please contact Kalju Kubits, president of Friends of the IHRC, to gain information about the discount prior to registering with SAA.

A limited number of scholarships are available through direct registration with IHRC/Friends of the IHRC. Underrepresented groups and organizational members of the Friends of the IHRC may request scholarships that waive all but $25 of the workshop fee. Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. Early requests for financial assistance are urged, and all scholarship awards will be announced on or before April 15, 2009.

To apply for a scholarship, contact Kalju Kubits, Friends of the IHRC, or Haven Hawley, acting director/program director of IHRC. A scholarship committee will determine recipients, and additional information about scholarship guidelines will be posted on the IHRC website by Feb. 1, 2009.

The course will be taught by Anne M. Ostendarp, and enrollment is limited to 30 students.

Archival Recertification Credits-ARCs: 5; General CEU Credits: 0.75

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Videos with closed captions from the Global Race, Ethnicity and Migration seminars presented by leading scholars in fall 2007 at the University of Minnesota are now available.

Presenters in the 2007 series included Hakim Aberrezak (French and Italian); Donna Gabaccia (Immigration History Research Center and History); Bernard Maegi (History); Vera Fennell, Kathy Fennelly and Crystal Myslajek (Humphrey Institute); and Margaret Werry (Theatre Arts and Dance), as well as Franca Iacovetta from the University of Toronto (History).

Global Race, Ethnicity and Migration (Global REM) seminars are sponsored by the Immigration History Research Center and the Institute for Global Studies, both units of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Richard Stachow, video photographer for the College of Liberal Arts, arranged videography; Mari Magler, associate director for Disability Services, coordinated captioning for accessibility.

The videos, teaching modules, and scholarly resources are available through the Global REM website at http://www.globalrem.umn.edu/. For more information about Global Race, Ethnicity and Migration programs, please e-mail globerem@umn.edu.

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