During the past seven years, the following speakers have spoken at Western.
| University of British Columbia archival scholar and theorist Charles Dollar, speaking on the topic of reinventing and rediscovering records
management in the digital information age. |
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| Greg Koster, archival assistant for King County, on his travels through special collections libraries in Eastern Europe and Russia. |
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| Former U.S. Archivist James Rhoads, who spoke about his 27 years of experience in the National Archives, his dealings with Nixon, and the
controversy of the whereabouts of JFK's brain. |
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| Assistant photo archivist for the Whatcom Museum and local history enthusiast Jeff Jewell, who presented a slide show on the history of the
streetcar and trolley lines of Bellingham. |
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| Tom Connors, from the National Public Broadcasting Archives, on archival appraisal and the moving image. |
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| Steve Hensen of Duke University and Kris Kiesling of the University of Texas on archival description and standards. |
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| Ann Morgan Campbell, first Executive Director of SAA spoke about the role of women in the archival profession. |
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| Todd Welch from the Oregon Historical Society spoke about OHS's upcoming move to a new warehouse location and the
logistics that were involved in planning the move. |
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| Last winter, Candace Lein-Hayes from NARA Pacific Region (Seattle) discussed the different
approaches that NARA is taking in regards to electronic records. |