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Register now for the Society of American Archivists - Archivists of Religious Collections Section Lunch and Learn: Copyright (United States), with Russell Gasero and Scott Keefer.

Friday, April 14, 3:00 pm EST/EDT

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dGf4gv1TTqeXexkS5FJGeg

This session will be recorded, and the recording will be available at a later date on the SAA ARCS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpWzzChIhR-8O7CrKmiL2rw/videos

Presenters:

Scott Keefer has been the Provincial Archivist for the Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise in Emmitsburg, Maryland since 2018. Prior to that he held positions with the government of Fairfax County, Virginia, Brooklyn College, the American Academy of Rome office in New York and the American Museum of Natural History.

Russell L. Gasero was the archivist for the Reformed Church in America from 1978 until his retirement in 2020. Prior to that, he had worked in the Archives of the United Nations for five years. Russell has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Hope College and a graduate degree in educational philosophy and history from Rutgers University. He is a member of the organizing class in the Academy of Certified Archivists. Russell helped establish the Archivists of Religious Institutions, was the co-founder of the Lone Arrangers Roundtable, and was a former moderator of the Archivists of Religious Collections. He has been a regular presenter on religious archives issues at the SAA and regional gatherings. In his retirement, he established Wit & Intellect Publishing LLC and wrote his reflections in A Historical Footprint: Reflections on a Life in the Archives. When not reflecting on archival topics, he enjoys sci-fi and fantasy films and sitting back and just being mellow.

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Mary Grace Kosta
Congregational Archivist
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada
London ON
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