Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive News and Updates

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Summer Reference Hours

Summer is an excellent time to travel, visit friends and perhaps do a little research at the Vietnam Archives on the Texas Tech University campus. We love to welcome researchers into our facility and truly enjoy seeing people using our collections for their projects. However, during the summer the reference room operates on a different schedule from the fall and spring semesters. The reference room is open Monday through Friday from 9 – 5, Saturday from 9 – 1 and is closed on major holidays. See the Southwest Collection Reference Room Hours page to keep updated on the reference room schedule and holidays to be sure you don’t plan your trip during a time when the facility is closed. And as always you can contact us at vietnamarchive@ttu.edu if you have any questions or need help with your research projects.

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Labels: reference/outreach
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Vietnam Archivist to join panel discussion at regional conference

Amy Hooker, C.A., Reference Archivist for the Vietnam Center and Archive, has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at this year’s annual meeting of the Society of Southwest Archivists in Houston, TX, on May 24, 2008. The panel is titled “CA-Wannabes: aWeb 2.0 Lifeline” and will discuss how Internet tools such as blogs, wikis, listservs, and chatrooms aid archivists in preparing for the Academy of Certified Archivists Examination. Ms. Hooker earned her archival certification in 2007.

Academy of Certified Archivists

Monday, March 31, 2008

Amy Hooker, C.A. joins the Vietnam Archive as our new Reference Archivist

The Vietnam Archive is pleased to announce that Amy Hooker, C.A. has joined the Vietnam Archive as the new Assistant Archivist for Reference. Ms. Hooker’s primary duties will involve responding to reference inquiries by email and telephone, as well as assisting patrons and researchers in our reading room. She will also contribute to the development of reference policies and public service projects to include online reference tools, outreach activities, and exhibits.

A native of Midland, Texas, Ms. Hooker earned a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in History from Texas Tech University. She completed a master’s degree in Museum Science at TTU in 2000. As part of her degree program, Ms. Hooker completed an internship at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum in Juneau, Alaska. She returns to Tech after seven years at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, where she served as Director of Collections and Archives. She became a certified archivist in 2007. We are happy to welcome her to the team!

Friday, August 17, 2007

Departure of Archival Specialist Thomas Reynolds from the Vietnam Archive

It is with regret that we announce Thomas Reynolds, Archival Specialist, has left the Vietnam Archive in pursuit of other opportunities. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors. If Reynolds served as your point of contact, please refer all future forms of correspondence to Associate Archivist Ty Lovelady at (806) 742-9010 or vietnamarchive@ttu.edu.

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