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2013 Election Information
Voting for the section election will take place online. Election results will be announced at the annual meeting.
Elections are for a vice-chair/chair elect and three steering committee members.
The Vice-Chair/Chair Elect serves a three-year term: Year one as Vice Chair and editor of the Section Newsletter; Year two as Chair of the Section; Year three as immediate past chair and Chair of the Nominating Committee. [Select 1]
1. Elizabeth Wilkinson, Processing and Public Services Archivist, Division of Archives and Special Collections, Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Purdue University Libraries
Education: M.L.S., M.A History, Indiana University Indianapolis, 2001; B.A., History, Indiana University Bloomington
Professional Experience: Processing and Public Services Archivist, Purdue University Libraries, 2007-present. Head Manuscript Librarian, Indiana State Library, 2004-2007; Manuscript Librarian / Reference Librarian, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library, 2003-2004. Assistant Archivist, U. S. Mint Historian’s Office, Zimmerman Associates, Inc. / U.S. Mint, 2001- 2003
SAA Participation: Member since 2001; Manuscript Repositories Section Steering Committee, 2011-2013; Reference, Access and Outreach Section, 2011-present: Teaching with Primary Sources working group member, 2012-present: Survey sub-group member 2012-present; National History Day subcommittee member, 2012-present; Visual Materials Section member, 2004-present; Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable, 2009-present; Encoded Archival Description Roundtable, 2009-present; Archives Management Roundtable, 2011-present; Privacy and Confidentiality Roundtable, 2013-present.
Other Activities: Midwest Archives Conference member, 2001-present: Education Committee member, 2008-present; Bowen Scholarship Committee member, 2012-present; 2008 Program Committee member, 2006-2008. American Library Association member, 2000-present: Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (ACRL), 2009-present; Instruction Section member (ACRL), 2011-present. Society of Indiana Archivists member, 2003-present: Vice President, 2007-2008, President, 2008-2009; Executive Board Member, 2004-March 2010; Annual Meeting Program Guidelines task force chair, 2009; Education Committee chair, 2008-2010; Scholarship Committee member, 2008-2010; Nominating Committee chair, 2009; Nominating Committee Member, 2008, 2012; Program Committee chair, 2007-2008; Scholarship Committee Co-chair, 2006-2008. Archives Leadership Institute 2011 selectee.
The Steering Committee members serve two-year terms. The first year includes work on the Nominating Committee, compiling the slate of candidates. The second year includes work with the Chair to plan the Section’s program at the Annual Meeting. (6) [Select 3]
1. R. Joseph (Joe) Anderson, Director, Niels Bohr Library & Archives and Assoc. Director, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics.
Education: MALS (specializing in archival studies), University of Wisconsin-Madison; MA, American history and BA, history and government, Ohio University.
Professional experience: Director, Niels Bohr Library & Archives and Assoc. Director, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, 1993-present; Director, Library and Archives, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1981-1993; Archivist, Yale University Dept. of MSS and Archives, 1979-1981.
SAA participation: Member since 1979; Fellow, 2007; steering committees of the Science, Technology, and Health Care Roundtable (chair 2004-2005), Manuscripts Repositories Section, Local Arrangements, etc. Published in the American Archivist and presented papers at a number of annual meetings.
Other activities: Published articles in Journal of Archival Organization, Physics Today, and other publications. Member of Advisory Committee, World History of Science Online, 2008-present; Archives and History Office Program Review Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1999-present; Advisory Committee, Lemelson Center, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-2003; Board of Regents, Academy of Certified Archivists, 1992-1995.
2. Natalie Baur, Archivist, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries
Education: M.A., History and certificate in Museum Studies, University of Delaware; M.L.S. with a concentration in Archives, Records, and Information Management, University of Maryland, College Park.
Professional Experience: Online Catalog Project Cataloger for Manuscripts and Photographs, Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, Delaware, 2010-2012; Archivist, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida, 2012-present.
Professional Service: SAA member since 2011 and member of roundtables such as Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Heritage Archives (2011-present); International Archival Affairs (2012-present), Manuscripts repositories (2011-present); Oral Histories (2013-present). Natalie also served on the Outreach Committee for Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), 2011-2013 and the Program Committee for MARAC Fall 2012 conference in Richmond, Virginia. She currently serves on the Nominations Committee of the Society of Florida Archivists (SFA).
3. Elizabeth A. Novara, Curator of Historical Manuscripts, University of Maryland Libraries
Education: MLS in Archives, Records, and Information Management, University of Maryland, College Park, 2005; MA in History, University of Maryland, College Park, 2005; BA in History and French, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, 2002. She is currently set to begin her PhD in History with a certificate in Women’s Studies this fall (2013), also at College Park.
Professional Experience: Project Archivist, University of Maryland Archives, 2005-2006; Assistant University Archivist, University of Maryland Libraries, 2006-2008; Curator of Historical Manuscripts and leader of the Maryland and Historical Collections Area, Special Collections, University of Maryland, 2008-present.
SAA Participation: Member of SAA since 2003. Currently (2011-2013) the Co-Chair of the Women’s Collections Roundtable (WCRT).
Other Professional Activities: Maryland Caucus Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), 2010-2014; MARAC Education Committee, 2007-2012. She has also served as a grant reviewer for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). She has published articles in the American Archivist, Archival Issues, and OCLC Systems and Services as well as book reviews in ALA's CHOICE, the Library Quarterly, and Gender and History. Liz has presented at MARAC conferences and at the Southern Conference on Women's History on issues pertaining to special collections, including her interest in women's and gender history.
4. Cheryl Oestreicher, Head of Special Collections and Archives/Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Education: PhD in Modern History and Literature, Drew University, 2011; MLIS, Dominican University/College of St. Catherine, 2004; BA, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 1994
Professional experience: Head of Special Collections and Archives/Assistant Professor, Boise State University, 2012-present; Council for Library and Information Resources Project Archivist (Civil Rights collections), Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History/Emory University, 2009-2012; Andrew W. Mellon Project Archivist (Chicago Jazz Archive and contemporary poetry collections), University of Chicago, 2008-2009; University Archives Associate, Drew University, 2005-2008; John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Archival Fellowship, Princeton University, 2005.
SAA participation: Publications Board, 2012-present, Archival Educators Roundtable Steering Committee, 2011-2012; presenter: Archives Management/Lone Arrangers Roundtable meeting 2012, session chair 2010; member since 2005.
Other professional activities: Editor of Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, 2011-present; grant reviewer for the Council for Library and Information Resources, 2012-present; Adjunct Professor, Master of Heritage Preservation Program, Georgia State University, 2009-2011; Part-time Professor, Master of Archival Studies Program, Clayton State University, 2011-2012; member of the Society of Georgia Archivists, 2009-present; member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, 2010-present; member of the Northwest Archivists, 2012-present; Northwest Digital Archives Committee Representative, 2013; board member for Boise State University’s Digital Humanities Initiative, 2012-present.
5. Laura Starratt, Manuscript Archivist, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Education: Georgia Archives Institute, 2010; MSIS, University of Tennessee, 2009; BA English Literature, Florida Atlantic University, 2000.
Professional experience: Archivist, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, 2010-2012; Manuscript Archivist, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library (MARBL), Emory University, 2012-present.
SAA participation: Description Section, 2009-present; Issues and Advocacy Roundtable, 2009-present, Co-chair, 2011-present, Steering Committee, 2010-present; EAD Roundtable, 2010-present; Manuscript Section, 2011-present.
Other activities: Society of Tennessee Archivists (STA), 2008-2009; Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA), member, 2009-present, Program Committee, 2009-2010, Outreach Committee, 2010-2011, Georgia Archives Month committee (GAM), co-chair, 2011-present. Presentations: "Anything But Business As Usual: Accessioning the Eclectic Collections at the Highlander Center" (2010); "Reflections of a New Professional: Getting Archives Experience by Any Means Necessary" (2011); "Mothball the Building: Reaction and Action to the Closing of the Georgia Archives" (2013).
6. Melanie Wisner, Accessioning Archivist, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Education: Digital Information Management (DigIn) certificate, University of Arizona SLIS, 2011; MSLIS, Simmons College, 2000; AB, University of California, Davis, 1979.
Professional experience: Accessioning Archivist, Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2005-present; IT liaison for Houghton Library, 2004-present; Manuscript Cataloger, Houghton Library, 1999-2005; Webmaster, Houghton Library, 1997-2004; Reference Assistant, Houghton Library, 1980-1999.
SAA participation: Member since 1999. Current member: Manuscript Repositories Section, Description Section, Archivists' Toolkit/Archon Roundtable, Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Roundtable, Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable. SAA Navigator program participant, annual meeting, San Francisco, 2008. Peer reviewer, American Archivist, 2012-present. "Jump In" initiative participant, 2013.
Other activities: Academy of Certified Archivists, member 2004-present. New England Archivists, member, 2000-present. Board member, Perkins School for the Blind Archives, 2012-present. Co-instructor: "Using the Archivists’ Toolkit: An Overview", New England Archivists meeting, 2008; "EAD Basics: Putting Finding Aids on the Web", Nelinet, 2009, 2007, 2006. Publications: "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections: A Collaborative Approach (CLIR UCEC). Processing Metrics Report," California Digital Library/CLIR internship, 2011; section on archives and manuscripts, Magazines for Libraries, 2002-2008. Harvard/Yale collaboration team member and presenter, "Connecting the Dots: Using EAC-CPF to Reunite Samuel Johnson and His Circle", 2011-2012.
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Society of American Archivists
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Created | 29 June 2004
Last updated | 28 September 2018
