5.19.2011

Archivists Converge on Boise State for Annual Conference



Fifty archivists from the states of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona will gather at Boise State University on Friday, May 20 for the annual meeting of the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists.

Hosted this year by Albertsons Library Special Collections, the conference will explore current archival topics with the theme "Western Voices and Western Leadership: Archival Identity and Outreach in the Inter-Mountain West."

The conference begins with a reception and tour at the Basque Museum and Cultural Center Thursday evening. Barton Barbour, professor of history and author of a recent book on Western explorer Jedediah Smith, will be the luncheon speaker.

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