The Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is responsible for the ongoing maintenance of EAD and EAC-CPF as well as the development of future companion standards, such as Encoded Archival Context for Functions.
We are seeking self-nominations from the archival community to join TS-EAS. We are seeking to fill one international and two SAA based vacancies in TS-EAS during the fall of 2024. We seek new members through open calls and will evaluate all applications.
Anyone...
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...
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...
Thank you to all who participated in the 2024-2025 Public Library Archives and Special Collections (PLASC) Steering Committee election! We are pleased to announce committee members:
Co-Chair (Returning): Charmaine Bonner
Librarian, Marin City Library/School Library Services
Co-Chair: Erinn Barnes
Digital and Photo Archivist, Pikes Peak Library District
Secretary: Jill Tominosky
Archivist, Access Services, New York State Archives
Webmaster: Aimai Reporter
Metadata Librarian - Digital Archives,...
Hi everyone,
I am excited to announce our newly elected steering committee members- Denise Gallo and Gailyn Bopp. Denise Gallo will serve as Member-At-Large and Gailyn Bopp as Co-Chair/Chair-Elect. Listed below are their bios as refresher.
I want to thank all the candidates again for stepping up to support the section as well as all the section members who participated in our elections.
Denise Gallo Provincial Archivist of the Religious of Jesus and Mary
Denise Gallo has served as Provincial...
The Performing Arts Section is pleased to announce that our next Meet & Greet is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 4:00pm EST / 1:00pm PST. Joining us will be Greg Prickman, Interim Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and Eric Weinmann Librarian & Director of Collections. Greg will be on hand to discuss new opportunities in exhibitions and programming that the Folger's recently completed four-year renovation project has made possible.
Please register to receive the...
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 (...
Please join TS-DACS for our Annual Business Meeting Tuesday July 16 at 2pm Eastern time/1pm Central. Please register for the meeting through the SAA Connect website. The meeting will include a summary of TS-DACS activities for the year and a discussion of Records in Context (RiC)
Calling all witches, goblins, and ghouls! Science, Technology, and Healthcare Section wish all of you a Happy Halloween. Creep on some spookifying repositories in this latest blog post.
The Science, Technology, and Health Care (STHC) section will be hosting a 1-hour virtual open discussion session on the topic of challenges and solutions to generating student interest in STHC collections on Tuesday, November 12 at 11am (CST).
This discussion will be moderated by Allison Fischbach (Chesney Medical Archives, Johns Hopkins) and Stephen Logsdon (Becker Medical Archives, Washington University in St. Louis). All are welcome to attend the discussion, and attendees are encouraged to...
Dear Colleagues,
This is a friendly reminder that you are invited to the Society of American Archivists Archival Educators Section Virtual Meeting tomorrow! We will discuss how the AES can better support archival educators, creating alternatives to unpaid internships, and resources and training for archival adjunct instructors.
Join us on Zoom!
bit.ly/SAAEducators
Meeting ID: 895 1614 5372
Passcode: 402551
Wednesday, November 6th at 1pm Eastern/ 12pm Central/ 11am Mountain/ 10am...
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...
This will be my last newsletter as Web Liasion/Newsletter Editor. I am happy to answer questions about the position and give lots of info to whomever is chosen to replace me. I can be contacted via hilary.h.barlow@gmail.com
I am very grateful to current and previous chairs and steering committee members for making this an excellent section to be a part of! As I've mentioned before, I am stepping down for no other reason than it feels like time (I've been doing this for more than 4 years) and I...
Meeting Minutes: AT/ARCHON Roundtable meeting at SAA Roundtable Meetings II
Aug 24, 2011 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
BUSINESS
1.) Recap of AT/ARCHON RT 2010-2011 activities from past year:
AT/ARCHON webpage on SAA site now includes:
Annual reports
Presentations
User profiles
Revised mission, goals, and merged name
Bylaws
Online elections
2.) Tom Hyry: SAA Council and Liaison announcements:
SAA annual meeting taskforce established
Deadline to volunteer is September 26, 2011
http://www2....
Thank you to all who were able to join us for the community chat with David Amel Olson on the history of Oral History Release Forms! There was quite a turn out!
The presentation slides are available in pdf format.
Thank you all for your interest in our community programs.
The Election results for the Solo Archivists Section are in. Thank you to those who volunteered for positions and voted. The results are:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Kim Bradshaw
Co-Regional Representative: Laura K.N. Jones
Events Coordinator: Alison Quirion
Congratulations to Kim, Laura, and Alison on their new positions!
Hilary Swett, Chair
Last updated in 1999, the updated Guidelines for College and University Archives is ready! Approved by the SAA Council on July 26, 2023, these new Guidelines represent years of work by dedicated C&UA Section members and invaluable input from Section membership. The Guidelines are available on the righthand menu in the Section microsite sidebar and will be available soon in the SAA Standards Portal.
This work could not have come to fruition without the efforts of Michelle Sweetser, Sandra...
This report examines the encryption that protects meetings in the popular Zoom teleconference app. We find that Zoom has “rolled their own” encryption scheme, which has significant weaknesses. In addition, we identify potential areas of concern in Zoom’s infrastructure, including observing the transmission of meeting encryption keys through China.
Read more here.
The Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites you to engage with a draft of the new version of the Encoded Archival Description standard, EAD 4.0, between December 2023 and February 2024, ahead of the public call for comments. For this activity, we are specifically looking towards archival aggregators as well as software providers and developers.
Having started the major revision process with various engagement...
By Suzanne E. Shapiro, PVH Historian / Heritage Brands Archivist
Cluett, Peabody and Co. (makers of ARROW brand) factory photo circa 1900. Image courtesy PVH Archives.
Overview
The PVH Archives is a digital and physical resource created to preserve all archival materials pertaining to PVH Corp. and its portfolio of iconic apparel brands including CALVIN KLEIN, TOMMY HILFIGER, and the Heritage Brands—Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner’s, and Olga....
The Functions Team of the Technical Committee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is excited to announce a webinar to support the call for comments!
During the early summer TS-EAS released a 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...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021 Human Rights 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 two Steering Committee members (three-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
The following candidates are running for the section steering committee:
Katherine...
Many archivists are reevaluating workflows and practices in order to create more equitable, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist metadata in their repositories. This important work is foregrounded by the Anti-Racist Description Resources, authored by the Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia’s (A4BLiP) Anti-Racist Description Working Group.
Archives in Context spoke with A4BLiP’s Anti-Racist Description Working Group members Alexis A. Antracoli, Annalise Berdini, Faith Charlton, Valencia...
Ensuring that all histories – especially the most marginalized – are preserved and shared is a priority for Sites of Conscience around the globe. To support this, in partnership with our Asian and Pacific Sites of Conscience Network, we are pleased to launch “Shared Journeys,” a virtual exhibit that showcases the hidden, lost, or sidelined histories of the Asian region. The project is a collaboration between 12 Sites of Conscience in the region and is curated by Radhika Hettiarachchi.Read more ...
Nominee for Education Coordinator (2-year term)
Leah Constantine, Archives Senior Manager, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Leah Constantine is the Archives Senior Manager at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where she explores and preserves the vast history of culture and performance in New York City and nationwide. Traditionally a museums specialist, Leah has enjoyed gathering research and skills from past experiences at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New Museum, and Pratt...
