WCRT Annual Report, 2011

Annual Report

Name of Section/Roundtable:  Women’s Collections Roundtable

Date:  November 30, 2011

Officers:

  • Kathy Hertel-Baker, Chair

  • Virginia Corvid, Chair

  • Alex Krensky, Vice-Chair

  • Elizabeth Novara, Vice-Chair

Report from annual meeting:

  • Number of attendees: 50?
  • Election results:

Alex Krensky, Vice-Chair

Elizabeth Novara, Vice-Chair

  • Summary of meeting activities:

See attached minutes.  Minutes are also posted online at:

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/womens-collections-roundtable/meeting-minutes-august-24-2011-chicago-il

Completed projects/activities: N/A?

Ongoing projects/activities:

We have continued to update the Women's Collections Roundtable blog with events and news stories passed on to us from our members.  We have also found a way to send email updates to members when new posts are added to the blog.

New projects/activities:

Chairs and co-chairs have voted to endorse 迭emoving Barriers and Creating Bridges: Archives, Advancement, and Advocacy・ as a panel for the 2012 SAA meeting.

Diversity initiatives:

 At the SAA meeting in Chicago, we discussed the possibility of creating more programming in collaboration with other roundtables who focus on under-documented populations.

Questions/concerns for Council attention: N/A