2024 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of the excellent candidates who have agreed to run for positions as Steering Committe members in this year's election!
You will be voting for:
One (1) Co-chair, 2024-2026
Two (2) Steering Committee Members, 2024-2026
Please make sure to carefully read all the candidate biographies and statements of interest and make your selections. Ballots are managed by SAA through SurveyMonkey; you will receive a message in your inbox when the ballot is...
Hello Everyone!
Please join the Annual Business Meeting of the Oral History Section on Tuesday, July 9th at 11-12:30 pdt/ 2-3:30 edt. We will review the Oral History Committee's work over the past year before turning over the floor to our speakers, Dr. Tyler Reed, Doug Boyd, and Jennifer Keil, who will speak about utilizing AI in oral history work. We will conclude the meeting with announcements and our agenda for the coming year!
Please be sure to register here.
Vote in the 2024 Preservation Section General Election! Ballots are now open until Monday, July 15.
Ballot Page: https://mysaa.archivists.org/myballots
The “View Ballot” link will direct users to the usual SurveyMonkey election ballot. Users must be logged in to access the page.
We are excited to announce our slate of candidates for the 2024 Preservation Section election. Although both of our candidates are running unopposed, we encourage you to review their candidate statements and get to...
SAA SNAP is excited to announce that our ballot for next year’s committee is open for voting starting today! Make your voice heard in the selection of the following year’s committee who will steward this section with programming and leadership. The ballot will be open for three weeks, ending on July 15th. Please make sure you are logged in and a part of the SNAP section on SAA Connect to view our ballot. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SNAP Chair Elias Gabriel Larralde or...
HOW TO SUGGEST THAT SAA TAKE ACTION ON AN ISSUE
If you encounter an issue on which you think SAA should comment (or advocate for in another way), here’s how to bring that issue forward.
Review the SAA Public Policy Agenda to determine if your issue is included among the priorities outlined there. Use this review to note the types of issues that SAA addresses and also to ensure that your issue is not already being addressed.
Also review the Criteria for Advocacy Statements, SAA Strategic...
Louisville Underground Music Archive Project Oral HistoriesHeather Fox, Archivist for Manuscript Collections and Co-Director of the Oral History Center, University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky has a rich musical heritage, including an underground scene that influenced the sound of not only punk, indie, and hardcore, but also popular music regionally, nationally and internationally. In 2013, after the loss of several members of this scene, archivists in the University of...
The Functions Team within the Technical Committee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is happy to announce the release of a new white paper introducing EAF, a draft XML encoding standard based on the International Standard Description of Functions (ISDF) that can be incorporated into the EAS family of standards.
The white paper describes the work of the subteam and its proposed encoding solution, along with a number of examples. The white paper also includes some context about the draft and...
Thank you to all who considered participating as a candidate for standing in the 2024 Military Archives Section election. Please take some time to review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term
The new Chair of the MARS Section will be Andrew Harman, who was elected as the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect in 2023. Jennifer Milani will continue to serve as the MARS Secretary and Amy Mondt as...
STEERING COMMITTEE NOMINEES
Lori Schwartz
Name, title, and institutional affiliation: Lori Schwartz, Hagel and Technical Services Archivist, University of Nebraska Omaha
Bio/statement: I manage the U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives and direct arrangement and description for the University of Nebraska Omaha's Archives and Special Collections. Prior to 2015, I was Special Projects Archivist at South Carolina Political Collections where I processed a number of congressional collections. I...
2024 Election Candidates
It is that time of the year again, SAA election season! Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 Oral History 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; for a three year term
Two Steering Committee members; for two year terms
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when...
The Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group (CDTRWG) of the Society of American Archivists will be holding a virtual open meeting on Friday, July 12th at 11am Central Standard Time. Come join us to learn more about what we do, share ideas for future work, and engage with others working to navigate the complex field of collecting the wake of tragedies, disasters, and crises.
This meeting is free and open to all, but registration is required. Registration is available at this link....
As a part of the celebration of National Archives Month, archivists around the nation are encouraged to use Twitter to promote a discourse with the public about archiving and the important role of archivists in society. For more information, please click here.
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 Issues & Advocacy 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 (1) Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (two-year term); and
Three (3) Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-...
The SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct (CEPC) has drafted a statement regarding the ethical acquisition of campus protest materials. CEPC acknowledges that the protests and police responses occurring on university campuses across the United States are a fast-moving, politically and emotionally charged situation that may leave archivists struggling to make decisions about how—or whether—to document current events. Ethics provide a foundation for action in times of crisis. We...
Thank you to all of our wonderful candidates for volunteering to run for open SAA Collection Management Section positions.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
One Web Liaison for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair Elect (1)
Jonathan Kirkwood
Records Manager & Associate...
Thank you to all our candidates for standing in the 2024 Design Records Section election! Members, please review their candidate statements below.
You will be voting for:
• Junior Co-Chair (Chair-Elect)
• Steering Committee member
Please note that the election will be managed by SAA Governance staff - keep an eye on your inbox for voting information!
Junior Co-chair Candidate
Morgan Wilson, Architecture Archivist, University of Notre Dame Libraries
Bio & Candidate Statement:
In my current...
You will be voting for:
Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms) (2024-2026); and
One bloggERS Communications Liaison (one-year term) (2024-2025).
A note that we are slightly changing procedure for this election, due to no self-nominations for Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. In this election, the person who receives the most votes for steering committee member will be offered the vice-chair position, and the candidates who receive the second-most and third-most votes will become steering...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 Archival History 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 for a one year term and then a one year term as Chair
Three Steering Committee members for a one year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens...
Please take some time to review the candidate statements for the 2024-2026 Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section leadership positions before submitting your vote once the ballots open.You will be voting for:1-2 Co-chair(s), for a two-year term; and2 Steering Committee members Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens! Co-Chair candidate:
Jordi Padilla-Delgado (he / him)Records Manager at Lloret de Mar Municipal Archive (...
Open Positions
Co-Chair, vote for two
Steering Committee member, vote for one
Co-Chair (3 candidates)
Alphabetical Order
Mary Grace Kosta
Archival Consultant
Bio
Mary Grace Kosta obtained her MA in linguistics from the University of Calgary, and worked for 25 years as a linguist, museum registrar, government manager, and teacher. She then obtained her MLIS with a specialization in archives from the University of Western Ontario. She worked as an archivist for 13 years before retiring and...
Open Positions
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, vote for one
Steering Committee member, vote for two
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Nominees (1 candidate)
Alphabetical Order
Nick Richbell
Head of Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
Bio
Dr. Nick Richbell recently received his PhD in History from the University of Waterloo. His area of research is the history of Spiritualism, and his doctoral dissertation is a biographical history about Maurice Barbanell and Silver Birch. Nick is currently...
Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (one 3-year term):
Paige Adair
Biography
Paige Adair is the Senior Archivist, Fine Arts Specialist at The Portman Archives in Atlanta, GA, collaborating to provide access to the archival collections of architect and artist, John C. Portman, Jr. She is responsible for visual materials-based collections of photography and artwork, maintaining both digital records and physical works of art. Paige has been an active member of Society of American Archivists,...
Read candidate statements for the 2024-2025 election.
The Archivists and Archives of Color Section Steering Committee is excited to announce the excellent slate of candidates running in this year’s election. Please review their bios and statements before casting your votes.
You will be voting for:
1 Co-chair (2-year term)
1 Newsletter Editor (2-year term)
3 Steering Committee Members (2-year term)
SAA staff administer ballots through Survey Monkey and will email you the ballot when voting opens.
Co-chair
Tamera ColemanStaff Corporate Archivist,...
One open Vice Chair position
Autumn Oakey
Autumn Oakey is a Library Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she has worked in archives and libraries for three years. She manages physical records transfers, provides staff and departmental records management training, and updates university retention schedules. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in history from UW-Whitewater in 2021. Additionally, Autumn is working toward a master's in library and information science...
