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The
County Archives and Records Management Association of New Jersey
(CARMA/NJ) and New Jersey's Division
of Archives and Records Management (NJDARM) co-hosted a statewide
conference at the Lafayette Yard Marriott in Trenton on October
6, 2008. The conference commemorated DARM's 25th anniverary, looking
at the past, present and future of archives
and records
management in New Jersey.
The conference
was a full-day event, including plenary and concurrent sessions
on a wide variety of topics, and featuring presentations
by state and national leaders in the field. The 225 attendees came
from a wide range of records management and archival backgrounds
(72-state, 74-county, 48-municipal, and 31-private industry).
The
conference also gave conference participants the opportunity
to talk with the twenty commercial vendors
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Breakfast
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The
conference begins.
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Registration
table (l-r) Sharon Allen, Barbara Goszka, Joseph Falca, Sharon Stroman.
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(l-r)
DARM Deputy Director for the Archives Joseph Klett and Monmouth
Medical Center Archivist Fred Pachman.
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(l-r)
DARM Records Manager Karen Perry, Ohio State University Electronic
Records Archivist Daniel Noonan and Imaging Certification Coordinator
Joanne McKinley.
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Plenary
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DARM
Director Karl Niederer delivers opening remarks.
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Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells
welcomes the conference participants.
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Kathleen
Roe, Director of Operations at the New York State Archives, delivers
the plenary presentation
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Karl
Niederer and Kathleen Roe
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Morning Sessions
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Laura
G. Thomforde, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., speaks at
the Barcode of Happiness session, which addressed technology and
its
role in
records
management.
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Jay
Ruparel, Sunrise Systems, presents his viewpoint on records mangement
and technology. |
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Lisa
Mangiafico, New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board,
presents in the session entitled "CAPES, IMLS, PARIS, and
SNAP: The Alphabet Soup of Statewide Preservation Planning in
New Jersey."
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Joseph
Klett, DARMDeputy Director for Archives, moderates the
session on preservation planning. |
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Carla
Zimmerman, CAPES Coordinator, talks about preservation planning and
the CAPES (Caucus Archival Projects Evaluation Service) program.
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Rutgers
University Records Manager Steve
Dalina, Middlesex County Records Manager Gary Dalina and Camden
County Records Manager Maria Efstratiades hold a session on marketing
your records
management program.
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Robert
H. Stoloff from the Department of Law and Public Safety discusses E-Discovery.
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Marc
Pfeiffer from the Department of Community Affairs presents on electronic
records and the law.
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Luncheon
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Gary
Dalina thanks all the participants for coming to the conference.
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Cape
May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti expresses her gratitude to
the field of archives and records management on behalf of
the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey.
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Karl
Niederer and Rita Marie Fulginiti display the luncheon door prizes:
COANJ scarves and ties.
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Albin
Wagner, Rita MarieFulginiti and Karl Niederer raffle off the scarves
and ties. |
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Karl
Niederer presents the history of the New Jersey Division of Archives
and Records Management.
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Joseph
Falca and Joanne McKinley talk about Artemis, the new online Records
Retention and Disposition Management System.
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Afternoon Sessions
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Princeton University Archivist Dan
Linke shows some university buttons during the Unexpected, Unusual
and Unique in our Collections session.
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NJDARM
Collection Manager Ellen Callahan unveils the Civil War desk from
the State Archives collection.
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David
Sarnoff Library Archivist Alex Magoun shows some multimedia objects
from the Sarnoff Collection. |
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Union
County Records Manager Anita McNamara,
Essex County Prosecutor Vito DiBuono,
Chief of Belmar Police Department Jack W. Hill, Jr. present in the
Shared Services session.
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Steve
Goodfellow from Access Systems presents on records disaster recovery. |
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Ohio
State University Electronic Records Archivist Daniel W. Noonan,
Bloodlines Genealogical Research Services Representative Claire
Keenen Agthe,
Rutgers University
Archivist
Thomas J. Frusciano,
DARM Deputy Director Joseph R. Klett, and cultural historian
Paul W. Schopp hold a round table discussion on archives and technology.
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Afternoon Reception
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(l-r)
Fred Pachman, Monmouth County Archivist Gary Saretzky, Elsalyn
Palmisano, Joseph Klett, Ellen Callahan, Conference Local Arrangement
Coordinator Richard Waldron
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(l-r)
Nitza Swigonska, Department of Community Affairs, Dan
Linke, Lisa Mangiafico
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