Here’s what’s up at the National Council on Public History.
December Newsletter is Here
Public History News this month includes Viewsharing, History Ventures and entrepreneurial thinking, reports from our many active committees, board actions, news about the International Federation for Public History, and more. Members’ print copies are in the mail. http://ncph.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/December_2011_Newsletter.pdf
Registration for 2012 Annual Meeting Opens Soon
Later this month the online registration will begin for the 2012 NCPH/Organization of American Historians joint conference. Members of both groups receive the member discount and will get a printed Program by mail in January.
NCPH Election has Begun
Members received an email (Nov.30) containing a link to the online ballot. (Please contact ncph@iupui.edu if you believe your membership is current but you did not receive the message.) Candidate statements are at http://ncph.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012-Candidate-Bios.pdf.
New Freedom of Information Support
The U.S. National Archives Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) – the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ombudsman – launched a new online case management system on November 28. Read more at the National Coalition for History website: http://historycoalition.org/2011/12/01/foia-ombudsman-launches-on-line-case-management-system/
New Posts on Off the Wall
NCPH’s blog for critical reviews of exhibit practice…http://ncphoffthewall.blogspot.com/
- Participatory Mapping: Place-Making as Process in Montréal’s Mile End
- The Toynbee Tiles: Viral Exhibitry from the Pre-Internet World
- The Reality of Fiction in Post-Pinochet Chile
- History, History Everywhere
Jobs
Searching for or posting a public history job or internship on the NCPH website is free! http://ncph.org/cms/careers-training/
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