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A new Project/Field Assistant has been
hired this month. Her research concentration and experience are in
two areas most relevant to the project's goals. She has a background
in both Archival and Caribbean Studies. We welcome her to the project.
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The project coordinator presented a records
management workshop for the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA)
at the Jamaican Consulate. Caribbean historian and Advisory Committee
member Dr. Calvin Holder accompanied the coordinator and helped to present
the project from the perspective of a historian and educator.
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Ten organizations have requested survey participation
as a result of the UJAA presentation. Efforts have been made to contact
each of these organizations and schedule appointments to begin taking document
inventories.
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The project supervisor presented a project
overview at the Advisory Board meeting of the Metropolitan Library Council
(METRO)-the project's subcontracting agency. Board members offered
many useful suggestions for project direction.
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We have created a new form to allow for randomly
arranged records. This form is a chart that will permit quick recording
of documents that are not arranged in an immediately observable order.
Series statements can subsequently be created at a later time from information
gathered in this chart and the time spent of on site can be better distributed.
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The project coordinator met with Jim Dyer,
a historian who has recently worked to identify issues with preserving
private collections and was introduced to his study: The African American
Collections Research Planning Study. Mr. Dyer has agreed to join
the Advisory Committee and has provided
a new perspective the survey. He has also been helpful in directing
the project towards a possible promotional outlet.
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We have begun a new survey this month and
the UJAA survey continues.
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The project continues to contact and follow-up
with the historically significant Jamaican Progressive League and Tobago
Alumni Association.
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Academic research about the Jamaican, Trinidadian
& Tobagonian, and Pan-Caribbean community continues so that the
survey will accurately reflect the dynamics of the community.
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