Religious Archives Institute, 2009
Dates: June 1 - June 6, 2009
Location: Catholic University of America campus, Washington, D.C.
RAI 2009 Brochure 
Description
The Religious Archives Institute is an intensive course held at the
Catholic University in Washington D.C. designed to prepare students for
work with religious records, manuscripts, and objects. The course
material is presented by historians, archivists, librarians, and museum
curators, and participants will participate in at least one related site
visit in the Washington DC area towards gaining knowledge of varieties
of archival management and operations. Please contact Maria Mazzenga,
or Jane Stoeffler,
or call
202-319-5065 for more information.
Institute Schedule
| Monday, June 1 |
| 9:00 – 4:30 |
Basic Archival Practice |
Dr. Mary Edsall-Choquette |
| Tuesday, June 2 |
| 9:00 – 12:30 |
Visit to the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. for a tour of the Shrine and
presentation |
Shrine Archvist Dr. Geraldine Rohling |
| 1:30 – 4:30 |
Basic Archival Practice |
Dr. Mary Edsall-Choquette |
| 6:00 – 7:30 |
Education and Outreach in Catholic Archives |
Dr. Maria Mazzenga |
| Wednesday, June 3 |
| 9:00 – 12:30 |
Basic Archival Practice |
Dr. Mary Edsall-Choquette |
| 1:30 – 4:30 |
Photographs Management and Preservation |
Brett Carnell |
| 4:30 – 6:00 |
Evening Social |
| Thursday, June 4 |
| 9:00 – 12:30 |
Tour of Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs and Manuscripts |
| 1:30 – 4:30 |
Grant and Proposal Writing |
Daniel Stokes |
| Friday, June 5 |
| 9:00 – 12:00 |
Basic Digitization and Archives |
Dr. Young Choi |
| 1:00 – 3:00 |
Digitization Exercise |
Dr. Young Choi |
| 3:30 – 5:30 |
Tour CUA Archives, meet with staff |
| Saturday, June 6 |
|
Final session |
Dr. Mary Edsall-Choquette |
Institute Staff
| Brett Carnell |
| Department of Prints and Photographs, The Library of
Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Youngok Choi, Ph.D. |
| Assistant Professor in the School of Library and
Information Science at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. |
| Mary Edsall Choquette, Ph.D. |
| Assistant Professor in the School of
Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC. |
| Leslie Knoblauch, MLS |
| Records Management Archivist, American Catholic
History Research Center and University Archives, The Catholic University
of America, Washington, DC. |
| Maria Mazzenga, Ph.D. |
| Education Archivist, American Catholic History
Research Center and University Archives, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC. |
| Timothy Meagher, Ph.D. |
| Curator of the American Catholic History
Research Center, University Archivist, and Associate Professor of
History, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
|
| Geraldine Rohling, Ph.D. |
| Archivist, The National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC.
|
| Jane Stoeffler |
| Administrative Assistant, The American Catholic History
Research Center and University Archives, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC.
|
| Daniel Stokes |
| Program Officer, National Historic Publication and
Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC.
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