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Spring Into Action with the Latest Archival Outlook

Read vital tips from advocacy expert and Many Happy Returns editor Larry J. Hackman in the March/April issue. Plus, learn how you can tour the cultural heart of San Diego, Balboa Park, during SAA’s Annual Meeting, travel back in time with Lyndon B. Johnson, and more. Click here to read the issue online. The print edition was mailed mid-April.

January 2012 Council Meeting Minutes Adopted

Browse the minutes of the January 25-27 SAA Council meeting here.

SAA Expresses Concern on Proposed Cybersecurity Provisions

SAA signed on to a letter expressing concern about provisions in the cybersecurity bill. Find details and a copy of the letter here.

Response to SAA Member Survey Exceeds Expectations

SAA's 2012 Member Needs & Satisfaction Survey closed on Monday, February 6. The first research project of its kind since 1998, this questionnaire offered the Society's members an important opportunity to provide feedback on the full range of SAA programs and services.

SAA Council Adopts Revised Code of Ethics for Archivists, Approves Two New Roundtables

Read a summary of actions taken at the January 25 – 27, 2012, Council meeting here.

Thanks for Your 2012 Student Paper and Poster Presentations!

The 2012 Student Program Subcommittee received 42 individual paper, 43 individual poster, and 9 student chaprter poster proposals for the Graduate Student Paper and Poster Sessions at Beyond Borders, SAA’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, August 6-11, 2012. (Reference: 2012 Call for Student Paper and Poster Presentations.)

American Archivist Online Supplement

Click here to take a sneak peek at content in the first-ever supplement to the American Archivist.

January 2012 Council Meeting Agenda

The SAA Council's January 2012 Meeting Agenda is now available.

Petition Drive Underway to Create Commission on Digitization of Federal Holdings

A petition drive is underway asking the Obama administration to create a commission that would answer – within one year – such questions as:  What are our federal holdings? What would it take to digitize them? How much would it cost? What are the economic and non-economic benefits? Deadline: January 20. Read more here. Sign on here .

IMLS Funds EAC-CPF Workshops and Scholarships

SAA, the University of Virginia Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), and the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science have joined forces under an Institute for Museum and Library Services grant ("Building a National Archival Authorities Infrastructure") to provide training on Encoded Archival Context: Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families. Learn more about this project here.  Please complete this application to be considered for one of the 20 scholarships available in this workshop.

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