by amanda@acra-crm.org | Feb 7, 2019 | ACRAsphere
Many agencies have turned to no collection field strategies in recent years. Unfortunately, these strategies vary widely and are implemented with very little data, so we don’t know if they are effective. Several members of the Collection and Curation Committee have...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Feb 5, 2019 | ACRAsphere
This post is authored by Kye Miller, Senior Project Director at PaleoWest Archaeology. At the dawn of my career as an archaeologist, like most of us, I learned to draft site sketch maps with a compass and pacing, all forms and logs were kept on paper, and transects...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jan 31, 2019 | ACRAsphere
SAVE THE DATE: MAY 16-17 Join ACRA in Washington, D.C. on May 16-17 for CRM Day on Capitol Hill! We’ll be meeting with Senators and Representatives to discuss the CRM industry. There are 100 new members of Congress, and lots of new staffers too. We need to...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jan 29, 2019 | ACRAsphere
Now that the government has reopened (until February 15 at least), federal government workers are back on the job. President Trump signed a bill that allowed direct federal employees to get back pay for the length of the shutdown – but what about contractors? Many CRM...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jan 28, 2019 | ACRAsphere
PROMOTING SYNERGY BETWEEN THE ACADEMY AND THE CRM INDUSTRY: EDUCATION AND TRAINING I have been leading an ongoing ACRA Task Force focused on “promoting synergy between the academy and the CRM industry” for the past year. The Task Force, consisting of academic and CRM...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jan 27, 2019 | ACRAsphere
The 2019 ACRA Conference may be months away, but preparations are already underway for this exciting event! This year attendees will be converging on Spokane, Washington from October 24–27 to exchange ideas, meet new colleagues, and hear updates on our industry. This...