| SVU |
CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES |
SVU Hosts Archival Consortium Webpage
One of the tangible outcomes of the recent immensely successful archival
conference, instigated by SVU and co-organized with the Embassies of the Czech and
Slovak Republics in Washington, DC on November 22-23, 2003, has been the
decision to launch a joint effort to preserve Czech and Slovak American archival
materials worldwide. Toward this end, the Conference participants, comprised
of professional archivists, librarians, historians and community leaders,
established a special Czech and Slovak American archival consortium encompassing
university and library archives and other relevant institutions supported by
government or by private sector, as well as interested individuals. .
To keep the public informed about this important undertaking and to provide
an effective means for contact and communication among the Consortium members,
the SVU offered to create a special webpage for the use of the Consortium,
as a part of the SVU Website. The archival webpage is up and running and can be
accessed on the following address: http://svu2000.org/archivalia/
Apart from the basic information about the Consortium, its membership and its
aims, the webpage provides separate categories on the Consortium activities,
meetings,.publications, and other news. Special category is devoted to
Headline News. There are also links to major archival institutions in North America,
Czech and Slovak Republics and other parts of the world. The Webpage also
features Queries which enable anybody interested in the subject to ask questions
or to respond to inquiries from others.
Mila Rechcigl, SVU President
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