Attachment B: Conference Call/Meeting Minutes - The History Makers

• Pitti: Good. Once you get over the initial introduction, people seem to get thehang of it.o Bishop: We should also make sure that there is some element of community outreachduring this training.o Jorgenson: What will be hardest are the specifics. The specific readings will really help.Preservation does need a place in the curriculum, as does increasing accessibilitythrough digitization.o Bishop: We should also remember that the fellows might have a wide mix ofbackgrounds. We might have to think about how their experience or lack of experiencewill need to shape our curriculum.o Pendleton: A survey of the fellows before the institute will help gauge where they are intheir training and experience.o Square: It looks like we’re progressing very quickly to EAD and EAC training – maybe weshould have an introduction to preservation and archival practices first.o Mayo: Well, what do they know about the potential fellows?• Martorano, Briestansky: We have started doing outreach to archival programsand to different communities looking for candidates. We have gotten somepositive responses already.o Linke: There was also a question about the MLIS vs. the MA. The MA in History with anarchives component can also provide some very qualified candidates.o Banks: Has heard the same concerns. The History and Archives combination has thepotential for a very strong pool of candidates.o Bishop: We might have to check with IMLS about this.o Pitti: Archival profession is full of people without library school backgrounds but who stillhave professional training. Attracting a large pool of people in the initial stages seemsmore important than limiting the possible candidates. Then we can pick the very bestpeople.o Banks: For jobs, people are looking less for an MLS these days.o Pitti: We should also be doing some mass marketing on this. We need to be casting aswide a net as possible.• Conclusionso Richardson: Emily will be following up with you individually regarding your suggestionsabout the curriculum and to get more specific suggestions for readings. We want thecurriculum fleshed out a little more before we meet so we can have as productive ameeting as possible. We need to think critically about what we want our finished productsto look like. Any final thoughts?o Pendleton: Maybe switching the recruitment discussion to the morning so we can thinkabout who our fellows might be before we start talking about what we want to teach them.(Many people agree)o Squires: Will be sending over more ideas for readings, but Ira Berlin’s “many ThousandsGone” comes to mind.o Martorano: Please email if you want to make any corrections to either the host institutionprofiles or your name and title on the advisory board list. I will be following up soon aboutthe curriculum suggestions, and we’ll see you next weekend.