October is Texas Archives Month and the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are offering up professional development opportunities, preservation assessments, and the annual poster and webpage is now live!
Visit https://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/thrab/archivesmonthposter to download your own poster and promote the preservation of newspapers in archival repositories.
While registrants for the Society of American Archivists (SAA) online workshop, Finance Basics for Archives Managers have been selected, applications are still open for an in-person workshop to be held in Austin in November. TSLAC will host the closed SAA workshop, Grant Proposal Writing on November 8 at the Lorenzo de Zavala building from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. Learn more and apply by October 7 here: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/workshops
For those in the El Paso and Far West Texas region of the state, THRAB is offering free preservation assessments for archival repositories. Applications are open through October 14. Visit the Archival Resources section of THRAB’s site to apply: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/thrab/resources
Lastly, stay tuned for THRAB’s announcement of the 2024 Archival Award recipients!
Please let us know if your archive has activities to promote for Texas Archives Month and we will add the event to the Texas Archives Month page calendar.
Happy Archives Month!
The National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) supports THRAB initiatives.