The Reference, Access, and Outreach Section (RAO) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites all to join us for the 2023 Annual Meeting and Marketplace of IDEAs on Friday, July 14, 2023 @ 4pm EDT/3pm CDT/2pm MDT/1pm PDT.
Registration: https://societyofamericanarchivists-316.my.webex.com/weblink/register/r71b585693f72fb4cead69ac4c688f207
Proposals to present as part of the Marketplace of IDEAS are still being accepted! Topics focused on the RAO sub-committee areas of Teaching with...
VICE CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT
Katelyn Landry-Carranza: Katelyn Landry-Carranza is an early career archivist who is passionate about supporting emerging archives professionals, particularly those from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities which are underrepresented in the archives field. As a Texas native and recent alumna of the Archives and Public History MA program at New York University, she is familiar with navigating the gap between archival education and the job market. She is especially attentive to...
2012 Annual Meeting Information
This conference brings together scholars to address the role of the police in the Holocaust, particularly in the organized murder of Jews and Roma. The Nazi state and their allies involved police at every stage of the genocidal process, from the arrest and looting of the victims to their deportation and killing. During Nazi occupation, non-German police units—some already in existence, some newly created—performed a range of key functions in pursuit of German goals, but also based on their own...
The Functions Team of the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) has extended its call for comments on the its white paper introducing Encoded Archival Functions (EAF) until October 20th. We invite comments on this draft XML standard for encoding descriptions of functions, which will be used to determine how TS-EAS should move forward in refining the current preliminary version of the XML schema and tag library.
The documentation under review includes:
White paper (...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 College and University Archives Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
• One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term; and
• Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms).
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Emily Shelton
Clemson University
Biographical Statement:
Emily Shelton is the...
Nominee for Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2-year term; 2026-2028; one year as Vice-Chair, one year as Chair)
Gene Luzala, Digital Archives Researcher, The HistoryMakers
Bio
Gene Luzala is an emerging archivist and researcher specializing in digital archives, cultural heritage, and community-centered preservation. He is currently pursuing an MLIS in Digital Curation, Archives, and Preservation at San José State University and recently received his PhD in Cultural Studies with a Museum Studies...
Audio, Film and Video Preservation and Access at the Oklahoma Historical Society JA Pryse, Director of Digital Archives, and Rachel Mosman, Head Photo Archivist and Media Specialist, Oklahoma Historical Society The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) Research Division is comprised of numerous departments, each responsible for unique formats of archival materials. It is the main goal of the Digital Archives Division to identify and prioritize the methodical reformatting of all...
Please take some time to review the candidate statements for the 2026-2028 Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section leadership positions before submitting your vote once the ballots open.
You will be voting for:
1 Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair
1 Programming Coordinator, and
2 Steering Committee Members-at-large
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Junior Co-chair / Elect Co-chair candidate
Ron Martin-Dent...
Annual meeting agenda
Thursday, August 16, 4:15–5:30 pm
Join us to discuss CMT’s Documentation Portal and Repository Profiles; receive updates about tool-centric working groups and tool providers; and share tips, tools, and workarounds that have enriched collections work, assessment, understanding, outreach, or other aspects of our responsibilities.
1. Updates on CMT work: Documentation Portal, Repository Profiles, Member Directory
2. Archon Users Collaborative update, Matt Gorzalski and Scott...
Meaningful Use of Social Media by Corporate Archivists
Patricia C Franks, PhD, CRM
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator
Master of Archives and Records Administration
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/mara/
In November and December of 2011, a survey was distributed to members of the Business Archives Sector of the Society of American Archivists to understand the extent to which this occurs, the tools that are employed, the...
Colleagues:
Registration is now open for the annual Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) meeting to be held online on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 11 AM to 12:30 PM CDT (12-1:30 PM EDT). This meeting is open for all interested parties, and will include an update on all TS-EAS activities. The meeting will also feature a discussion of the preliminary results of a community survey on encoding standard use and implementation.
To attend, please click here or copy and paste the...
The Reference, Access, & Outreach (RAO) Section of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is seeking nominees for election to the following positions:
(2) Steering Committee Member-at-Large - two year commitment (1) Vice-chair/Chair-elect - three year commitment
All positions begin at the 2024 Annual Meeting. Nominations can be made via the Google Form link below by May 30, 2024 Extended Deadline for Elected Positions: June 7, 2024. For more information and details on roles and...
Vice Chair/Chair-elect
Tara Zachary Laver, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Email: tlaver@nelson-atkins.org
Biography: Tara Zachary Laver, Senior Archivist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, has been the museum's archivist since January 2017. In that role, she has focused in part on increasing access to collections, integrating the archives more into museum programs and exhibits, and sharing the museum's history more widely. Before coming to the Nelson-Atkins, she held various positions at...
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Collection Management Section (CMS) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) welcome your participation in this survey. It is designed to determined knowledge and use of the Guidelines for Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries by members of both sections and other archivists and librarians.
You can access the survey at this link: ...
A recording of the Museum Archives Symposium, co-hosted by the Museum Archives Section and the Yale Center for British Art May 10, 2024, is now available. Timestamps for each session have been added to the program site.
2023 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of the candidates for the 2023 Description Section election. Please read below for candidate biographies and statements of interest.
You will be voting for:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-Large
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair / Chair-Elect
Betts Coup
Bio:
Betts Coup is the Interim Head, Manuscript Section at Houghton Library at Harvard...
The Webinar was hosted by Rachael Woody of Rachael Cristine Consulting LLC. Rachael discussed how she set up her business, reviewed business and financial logistics, revealed how to select an appropriate consulting rate, and offered her tips and tricks for successfully entering the consulting world.
Rachael presented for about 45 minutes and then answer questions from the audience. If you have a question you’d like to ask Rachael, connect directly at 503-922-3402, consulting@rachaelcristine.com...
A Talk by Karolina Hedström, Stockholm County Museum, Sweden and Bente Jensen, Aalborg City Archives, Denmark
Wednesday, May 14th 2025, 11am EDT (8am PDT; 4pm BST)
Register for the online event
This talk will present the Connect to Collect, a collaborative network of museums and archives dedicated to collecting and preserving social digital photography. Through the development of the innovative web app Connect to Collect, we aim to explore new methods for gathering and curating this vital form...
VICE CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT
Courtney Hopkins, Getty Images
VICE EDITOR/EDITOR-ELECT
Claire Danna, P&G
Michael Zaidman, JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
SECRETARY
Natalie Auxier, NBCUniversal
Hannah Adkins, Coty, Inc.
EDUCATION CHAIR
Catherine Acosta, Vans
Joe Stolarick, Clair Global
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Jill Hawkins, Biltmore Co.
Ron Oppenheim, Liberty Mutual
Patricia Thibodeau, Microsoft
Grace Eng, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
The Winter 2024 Newsletter includes:
A letter from the MAS Chair, Laura Uglean Jackson
Digitizing the Russell Barnett Aitken Collection by Charlotte Kaczmarek
“A Kind of Love Match from the Beginning”: Helen Frankenthaler and the National Gallery of Art by Kelly Burton
Thank you to all of the colleagues who are running in the 2021 Archives Management Section elections! Please take some time to review their statements.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-elect, for a two-year term
One Secretary, for a one-year term
Two Steering Committee Members, each for a three-year term
There will also be a section referendum on changes to the Section's bylaws.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; please keep an eye on your inbox for when...
Just a reminder that the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is currently accepting public comments on the final draft of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) 4.0. Please note that there are some updated links below for accessing the draft and related documentation.
The draft includes newly proposed changes based on suggestions and comments received from the community (https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/FeedbackReceived_1stCallForComments_EAD4.0.pdf) during the...
Read the latest newsletter from the International Council on Archives Section on Archives and Human Rights here! The SAHR Newsletter is written and compiled by Trudy Huskamp Peterson.
Steering Committee Roster
The Women Archivists Section (WArS) will hold its 2026 Annual Meeting on Tuesday May 19th from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT. Following a short business meeting, WArS will facilitate a panel discussion, "What I Wish I Knew When I Started Archiving."
In this lively panel discussion, experienced archivists will share the lessons that they wish they had known when they first entered the profession. Panelists from varied backgrounds will reflect on their...
