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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]
Ellen Doon, Head of the Manuscript Unit, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Education: MLIS, Simmons College, 1997; BA, English Language and Literature, Smith College, 1992
Professional experience: Head of the Manuscript Unit, Beinecke Library, Yale University, 2010-present. Assistant Head of the Manuscript Unit, Beinecke Library, 2004-2010. Archivist, Beinecke Library, 1999-2004. Project Archivist, American Meteorological Society, 1998-1999.
SAA participation: Member since 1997. Manuscript Repositories Section Steering Committee, 2010-2012; Coordinator/lead editor for SAA Brochures revision, 2013. Visual Materials Section book fair co-coordinator, 2004 and 2005. Current member: Manuscript Repositories Section, Description Section, Security Roundtable, Archives Management Roundtable.
Other activities: Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (ALA/ACRL): Local Arrangements Committee, 2004. New England Archivists: Representative-at-Large, 2007-2013; Program Committee co-Chair, Spring 2009; Nominating Committee, 2004/05; NEA Newsletter Editor, 2001-04; Program Committee, Spring 2003; Local Arrangements Committee, Fall 2001; Member since 1997.
Anke Voss, Director of Archives, Champaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library, Urbana. Illinois; Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Education: M.S.L.S., University at Albany, The State University of New York, 1993, M.A. History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1989; B.A., History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986.
Professional Experience: Director of Archives, Champaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library, 2005-present. Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-present. Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2000-2005. Project Archivist, Rockefeller Archive Center, 1996-1999. Project Archivist, Lafayette College, 1994-1996. Assistant Editor, 1993- 1994; Research Assistant, 1990- 1993, Margaret Sanger Papers Project, Smith College/New York University. Archives Assistant, Sophia Smith Collection (Women’s History Archives)/College Archives, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1989-August 1990.
SAA Participation: Member, 1994-present; Chair, Public Library/Special Collections and Archives Roundtable, 2013-2014; Steering Committee member, Manuscript Repositories Section, 2010-2012; Co-Chair, Women’s Collection Roundtable, 2006-2007; Steering Committee member, College & University Section; 2005-2007; Co-Chair, Preservation Section, Publications Committee, 2000-2001. Chair-Elect, Preservation Section, 2001. Preservation Section: Education Committee Co-chair, 1997-1999. Editor, Infinity Preservation Section Newsletter, 1997-2000,
Other Activities: Midwest Archives Conference, Member, 2001-present; Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, Fall Symposium, 2014; Chair, Nominating Committee (appointed), 2012-2013; Treasurer (elected), 2010-2012; Public Information Officer (appointed), 2008-2010; Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, Fall Symposium, 2007; Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, Spring annual meeting, 2006; Nominating Committee (Elected), 2005-2006; Co-chair, Program Committee, Fall annual meeting, 2004. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: Member, 1996-2000; Program Committee, Fall 1999 Meeting; Local Arrangement Committee, Spring 1998 Meeting; Program Committee, Fall 1996 Meeting; Nominations and Elections Committee, 1997-1998. Perspectives on Women's Archives, Edited by Tanya Zanish-Belcher with Anke Voss, SAA, 2013; Marcia Thomas and Anke Voss, Compilers, Emergency Response Planning in College Libraries, CLIP Note #40. ACRL/ALA, 2009. Reviewer, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities; Manuscript Reviewer, The American Archivist, Archivaria.
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]
Gerald Chaudron, Preservation Librarian, Preservation and Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Education: PhD, History, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; MLIS, with concentration in Archives, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Professional Experience: Manuscripts Librarian, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries, 2008-2013; Preservation Librarian, Preservation and Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries, 2013-present.
Professional Service: SAA member since 2006: Donald Peterson Student Scholarship Award Committee member, 2009-2010; chair, 2010-2011. Member, Manuscript Repositories and Preservation sections; Visual Materials Cataloging and Access, Archivists' Toolkit/Archon, Metadata and Digital Object, and International Archival Affairs roundtables. Academy of Certified Archivists member since 2009; served on Legacy Award Selection Committee in 2012. Gerald was President of the Society of Mississippi Archivists in 2012-2013, and chaired the program committee for the Southern Archivists Conference in 2012.
Other activities: Member, Archives Leadership Institute, 2014. Published articles on archival topics in Journal of Archival Organization and Journal for the Society of North Carolina Archivists, and presented at regional and state conferences. Published book and articles on New Zealand’s relationship with the League of Nations.
Alison Clemens, Archivist, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Education: MSIS (with a specialization in Archives & Special Collections), University of Texas at Austin; BA, Scripps College.
Professional experience: Archivist, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, 2013-present. Houston and Texas Archives Fellow, University of Houston, 2012-2013. Archives Intern, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2010-2012.
SAA participation: SAA member since 2010; committee member, Education Committee, 2013-present; steering committee member, Archival History Roundtable, 2013-present; member of section and roundtables including the Manuscript Repositories Section, the Reference, Access, and Outreach Section, the Research Libraries Roundtable, and the Metadata and Digital Object Roundtable.
Other activities: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association (ALA) Membership & Professional Development Committee member, 2013-present and Task Force Committee on Core Competencies in Special Collections Librarianship member, 2014-present. Archivists of the Houston Area Web Committee Chair and Webmaster, 2012-2013. Alison has also attended SAA workshops; attended the Rare Book School course “Born-Digital Materials: Theory in Practice” as a Directors’ Scholarship recipient, 2013; presented on processing hip hop collections at the Society of Southwest Archivists 2013 Annual Meeting; and written an exhibition review for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, 2013. She also expects to present on archival education and fellowships at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ALA 2014 Preconference.
Jennifer (Jennie) Cole, Associate Curator of Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
Education: MLIS, University of Pittsburgh (archival concentration); MA, American history, University of Louisville; BA, history, Bellarmine University.
Professional Experience: Associate Curator of Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, 2010-present; Archivist for Technical and Reference Services, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 2008-2010; Public Policy Papers Project Archivist, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, 2005-2008.
SAA Participation: SAA member since 2004, presented at the Archivists of Religious Collections Section at the SAA 2008 annual meeting in San Francisco and participated in the University of Pittsburgh’s Student Chapter Poster Presentation at the SAA 2005 annual meeting in New Orleans.
Other Activities: Midwest Archives Conference member since 2008 and member of the MAC Local Arrangements Committee for the 2015 meeting in Lexington, KY; former member of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (2004-2008), presented at Fall 2008 meeting in Charleston, WV and Fall 2006 meeting in Morristown, NJ and member of the MARAC Program Committee for the Spring 2007 meeting in Scranton, PA; Kentucky Council on Archives member, 2002-2004, 2010-current, and treasurer of the organization from 2011-2014. In Louisville, regularly gives presentations at The Filson and in the community, has participated as a judge in National History Day competitions, and generally enjoys bringing recognition to local history.
Allison Galloup, Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of North Georgia Libraries.
Education: MLIS, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; BA, history, Berry College.
Professional experience: Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of North Georgia Libraries, 2013-present; Processing archivist, Archives Research Center, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, 2011-2013; Archival Assistant, Archives Research Center, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, 2009-2011; Project Archivist, South Carolina Political Collections, University of South Carolina, 2009; Archivist, Columbia College, 2008-2009.
SAA participation: Member since 2007; steering committees of the Issues and Advocacy Roundtable, 2012-2014.
Other activities: Academy of Certified Archivists, member, 2010-present; Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA), member, 2009-present, Scholarship committee, 2010-2013, chair, 2011-2012, Education committee, 2011-2012, Membership committee, 2011-2013, Administrative Assistant, 2013-present.
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; Currently working on a PhD in History with a certificate in Women’s Studies, 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. Vice Co-Chair and Co-Chair of the Women’s Collections Roundtable (WCRT), 2011-2013. Presenter at SAA: “Documenting Feminist Movements in the Papers of Maryland Women State Legislators,” paper presented for a session entitled The Personal is Political: Documenting Social Movements in the Papers of Elected Officials, 2013. Published in the American Archivist.
Other Activities: Maryland Caucus Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), 2010-2014; MARAC Education Committee, 2007-2012. Served as a grant reviewer for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). 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. Presented at MARAC and at the Southern Conference on Women's History on issues pertaining to special collections, including her interest in women's and gender history.
Ashley Todd-Diaz, Assistant Professor and Curator of Special Collections and Archives, Emporia State University
Education: MSIS, Concentration in Archives and Records Administration, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 2011; MA, English and American Literature, New York University, New York, NY, 2011; BA, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 2007. Beginning work towards a PhD in Library and Information Science at Emporia State University this fall.
Professional Experience: Rare Books Cataloger, Fales Library and Special Collection, New York University, 2011-2012; Assistant Professor and Curator of Special Collections and Archives, Emporia State University, 2012- present; National Faculty, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, 2013-present.
SAA Participation: Member since 2009; participated in the Manuscript Repositories Section’s Jump In Initiative in 2013.
Other Activities: Kansas City Area Archivists, member 2012-present: Education Co-Chair 2012-2013, Education Chair, 2013-present; New York Archives Conference, member 2009-2012: Professional Development Committee, 2011-2012. Ashley is helping establish and serving as the faculty advisor for a Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists at Emporia State University, where she teaches Introduction to Archives and Archival Arrangement and Description in the Master of Library Science and Archives Certificate Studies programs. She has published chapters in the edited works Hastings (2014) Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics, 2012-2013 and Theimer (forthcoming) Innovative Instruction Practices in Archives & Special Collections, and has presented at regional, national, and international conferences regarding enhancing special collections and archives’ outreach initiatives through the use of mobile technology and collaborating with the PK-12 community. Ashley is also a member of Midwest Archives Conference, 2012-present; Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, 2011-present; American Library Association, 2011-present; and Academy of Certified Archivists, 2013-present.
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Society of American Archivists
Manuscript Repositories Section
Created | 29 June 2004
Last updated | 28 September 2018
