Karen J. Trivette, Candidate for Nominating Committee

Karen J. Trivette
 

Associate Professor/Head of Special Collections & College Archives, Fashion Institute of Technology–SUNY Library

“My work leveraging contacts—state, regional, national, and international—and utilizing communications technology (social networks, listservs, websites, etc.) has yielded diverse and robust slates of candidates and solid and inclusive representation for various elected offices.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor/Head of Special Collections & College Archives, Fashion Institute of Technology–SUNY Library, 2008–present.
• Co-host/Co-founder, An Archivist’s Tale podcast, 2018–present.
• Archives and Records Management Specialist II, Records Service Development, New York State Archives, 2006–2007.
• Archives and Records Management Specialist II, Archival Advisory Services, New York State Archives, 2005–2006.
• Project Archivist, Archival Advisory Services, New York State Archives, 2005.
• Description Specialist, Access Services, New York State Archives, 2004–2005.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts, History of Art, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
• Master of Library Science, Archives & Records Management concentration, SUNY–University at Albany.
• Archives Leadership Institute, 2018. 
• Managing to Change the World (training for managers), 2016.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Society of American Archivists: American Archivist Editorial Board, Member (2016–present); College & University Archives Section, Steering Committee Member (2019–present); Regional Archival Associations Consortium, Steering Committee Member (2019–2020).
• Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc.: Vice President/President Elect (2016–2017); President (2017–2018); Past-President (2018–2019).
• Access to Memory (AtoM) Foundation Board: Vice Chair (2020–present); Member (2019–2020). 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

• “A History of Fashioning Unconventional Futures: The Fashion Institute of Technology Turns 75,” Archival Outlook (January/February 2020).
• “Building Bridges: The Co-education of Archivists and Architects on Renovation Projects,” Archival Outlook (January/February 2019).
• “The Career of Tobé Coller Davis: Fashion Forecasting in America,” co-authored with Veronique Pouillard, in Fashion Futures: The Hidden History of Color and Trend Forecasting (2018).
• Promoted to Associate Professor, May 2016.
• Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style (editor), November 2015.
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 2013.
• FIT Center for Excellence in Teaching Merit Awards for travel to conferences: 2009-2010, 2013, 2015-2018.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• "Keeping Fashion Labor Influencers’ Voices Alive: The Oral History Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology-SUNY," organized by OsloMet, Oslo, Norway, 2019.
• “Evolution If Not Revolution: A New Approach for Controlling Archival Records,” Technical and Field Related Problems of Traditional and Electronic Archiving international conference, Radenci, Slovenia, 2019.
• “Managing University Archives: An Assemblage of Standards for a Model of Practice,” ICA/SUV Conference, Salamanca, Spain, 2018.
• “Building Bridges: The Co-Education of Archivists and Architects on Major Renovation Projects,” Society of American Archivists, 2018.

QUESTION POSED BY NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The work of the Nominating Committee is critical to the success of SAA as an organization. Describe how you would identify and recruit potential candidates who represent a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and who demonstrate commitment to SAA’s Strategic Goals.

CANDIDATE’S RESPONSE

Since 2001, I have served archives communities and academic communities in capacities directly related to election nominations efforts. Such service includes membership on the FIT Faculty Senate Nominations and Elections Committee from 2009-2011 and as Vice-President/President-elect of the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc., 2016–2017. In these two roles, I was charged with identifying candidates for various elected positions and, in some cases, managing the election processes as well. To discover a variety of qualified candidates, I exhausted my network of contacts and means of communicating with my associated communities. My work leveraging contacts—state, regional, national, and international—and utilizing communications technology (social networks, listservs, websites, etc.) has yielded diverse and robust slates of candidates and solid and inclusive representation for various elected offices. I seek the position as a member of the Nominating Committee as I wish to serve SAA with the skills, experience, and network I have accumulated and developed over nearly twenty years in the profession. The culmination of my years of service presents a candidate you can trust completely to carry out her responsibilities fully on SAA’s Nominating Committee. Thank you for your vote!

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