Webinars & Workshops
The following formats, Occasional Lecture Series and Workshops, are regularly organized and offered by the MARAC Education Committee. Workshops and other educational programming are offered online via Zoom, in person, and the day before in-person conferences. Other educational proposals are welcome and will be considered – they do not need to fit into the proposed structure. Proposals for new educational offerings are always welcome!
The Education Committee follows the MARAC Privacy and Confidentiality Policy for all communications with instructors and participants.
Upcoming Events
Title: Personal Military Records and the Virtual Footlocker Project Curriculum Workshop
Date: Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
Time: 1:00-4:30 PM EST
Venue: Virtual (MARAC Zoom)
Cost: $50
Description: This workshop is designed to help cultural heritage workers train active service members and veterans of the U.S. armed forces to collect, organize, store, and preserve their personal records by utilizing the Virtual Footlocker Project curriculum (VFP). The workshop will also discuss adapting the VFP curriculum to other audiences in the final module.
The VFP assists contemporary veterans and active-duty military with the preservation of their personal military records. As part of the IMLS-funded project, the VFP created a training curriculum for veterans that is available as an online or in-person workshop. Additionally, the VFP created a separate curriculum for cultural heritage workers to train them on the issues surrounding personal military records, best practices for working with military members, how to utilize the VFP veteran’s curriculum, and how to design and implement participatory recordkeeping projects with veterans. The workshop will use the latter curriculum with an emphasis on the digitized and born-digital records created by veterans.
The workshop is divided into four modules, with a planned break between modules 2 & 3.
- Module 1: Introduction to Personal Military Records
- Module 2: Working with active-duty military and veterans
- Module 3. VFP Curriculum for Active-Duty Military and Veterans
- Module 4. Creating and implementing outreach projects for veterans & adapting VFP curriculum for other groups.
Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the key issues and challenges of keeping personal military records.
- Implement best practices for working with veterans.
- Deliver the VFP curriculum for active-duty military and veterans.
- Design and implement participatory recordkeeping projects with veterans.
Instructor: Edward Benoit III, Ph.D., Associate Director & Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Louisiana State University
This workshop will be recorded.
Register online at https://marac.memberclicks.net/military_records by Monday, August 5. Attendance is limited to 30 people.
Questions? Contact Amy McDonald at [email protected].
Webinars
45-90 minutes, lecture-based instruction with 10-30 minutes of Q&A
- Share your expertise/experience in an Archival Community of Practice Discussion.
- 45 to 90 min informal discussion and/or presentation with discussion/Q+A (some combination thereof)
- Typically online via zoom in webinar or informal formats
- These are free events and are typically recorded unless otherwise requested. (Q+A is never recorded)
- Any CE points must be sought by the participants individually
- Can also be in the format of a community of practice conversation
Conference Workshops
60 minutes – 6 hours, instruction includes participation such as hands-on activities, discussion, break-out sessions (more than a lecture or webinar)
- In person workshops. Half-day: 3 hours (9-12 or 1-4) with one (1) fifteen minute break with light refreshments; Full-day: 6 hours (9-4) with two (2) fifteen minute breaks with light refreshments and one hour lunch break on your own. Workshops typically take place the day before the conference starts.
- Workshops (with participation) are not recorded; question and answer sections of webinars will not be recorded.
Off-Conference Workshops
60 minutes – 6 hours, instruction includes participation such as hands-on activities, discussion, break-out sessions (more than a lecture or webinar)
- In person and/or virtual. Off-conference events have more flexibility and will be determined by the venue, instructor, and content. Virtual workshops over 3 hours will typically be split into 2 days.
- Workshops (with participation) are not recorded; question and answer sections of webinars will not be recorded.
Workshops Pricing & Compensation
The standard cost of attending a workshop is between $50 and $100, depending on the length of the workshop. Instructors for workshops are compensated based on current rates. (Please contact us for details.)
Instructor Expectations
Workshop Instructors are expected to meet the Society of American Archivists' Archival Continuing Education (ACE) Guidelines regarding instructor qualifications, delivery methods for adult learning, and areas of archival knowledge.
Wherever possible, resources will be made available to participants (slides, handouts) and to members via the digital repository (DRUM). If you cannot make resources available, please explain why.
Accessibility guidelines - presentation and materials must comply with accepted practice. If you cannot make resources accessible, please explain why.
Workshop Proposals
Please visit our Previous & Upcoming Workshops page for information on accessing or attending workshops. If you are interested in giving a workshop, click the button below to submit a proposal. Other educational proposals are welcome and will be considered – they do not need to fit into the described structure.
Last revised October 2023
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