The Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description (TS-EAD) and the Schema Development Team welcome comments on the gamma release of the EAD3 schema. This will be the final draft release prior to the official release of EAD3 this spring.
The gamma release includes a significantly revised and improved Relax NG schema. A W3C schema version is also available for testing. New to this release is a separate schema that does not include the <relations> element, available as both Relax...
We're ramping up for another edition of the Business Archives Section Quarterly (BASQ)!
This time we'll be dealing with the ways in which corporate archives engage with those outside of their businesses. Creating meaningful connections with external audiences is a major way for business archives to increase their profile and continue to prove the importance of their role in the company.
How do you interact with external audiences? We want to hear about it! Some examples could include:
Archives...
The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS), in collaboration with the Encoded Archival Standards Section Steering Committee, will be hosting a June webinar as part of the upcoming major revision of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
EAD 2002 and EAD3 are currently used by a global community, and TS-EAS aims to get a better understanding of the landscape of EAD use and the needs and requirements of the EAD community with regard...
Comments Sought
Draft version 2 of “Standardized Statistical Measures and Metrics for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries” is now open for comment through Friday, February 17, 2017.
The proposed standard is available here on the SAA website or a PDF of the document can also be downloaded below. Provide your comments on any aspect of the proposed standard by commenting on individual pages of the document as presented here on the SAA website. You do not...
The Description Section Steering Committee is seeking nominations for two openings. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these positions.
The Vice Chair/Chair-Elect is a two-year term, serving the first year as Vice Chair and the second year as Chair. The Chair-Elect assists the Chair in conducting section business. In the absence of the Chair, the Chair-Elect assumes the duties of Chair. The Chair-Elect becomes the Chair of the section in the second year of the term...
Kerri Anne Burke, Global Curator of Citi Heritage Collections, addresses a meeting of the New York Corporate Archivists group, hosted by the AP Corporate Archives at New York headquarters, Oct. 3, 2017. Valerie Komor, director of AP’s Corporate Archives, and Burke discussed demonstrating the business value of archives. (AP Photo/Chuck Zoeller)
The Associated Press (AP) Corporate Archives, founded in 2003, documents the history and operation of...
The ALA/SAA/AAM Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums (CALM) encourages you to voice your support for the funding agencies that support Libraries, Archives, and Museums!
Here are several actions to take right now to support IMLS from the American Library Association’s (ALA) District Dispatch
Support IMLS and sign on to the Office of Museum Services Appropriations Letter through American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
Share your federal funding impact story through the Society of...
Shape the future of SAA's Students and New Archives Professionals Section (SNAP)!
SNAP provides educational outreach that furthers professional development, dialogue, and engagement. We host educational and networking-forward webinars, as well as collaborative events with other sections of SAA; oversee the development and dialogue on our blog; amplify SAA’s vast professional resources, including career development webinars, resume reviews, mentoring, job and internship boards; and engage with...
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...
It is time, once again, for the election of Steering Committee members. In addition to this election, there will be a proposal on the 2018 Museum Archives Section (electronic) ballot to change a part of the Museum Archives Section’s “Standing Rules.” The Standing Rules are like the Society for American Archivists bylaws, but concern only the conduct of the Museum Archives Section. The proposed change concerns the length of terms for some members of the Steering Committee and is intended to...
SAA’s Description Section and the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards invite you to a three-part webinar series on controlled vocabularies. This series will review the purpose of data value standards, how to approach their usage, and the current encoding options in Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and Encoded Archival Context (EAC-CPF). Along with other technical aspects of their implementation, the sessions will provide examples of the practical application of controlled...
Regardless of what institution we work for, we all have the shared experience of archives education. Those long days (and nights) of studying archival theory and principles. What most of us found, however, is that when we started our career in business archives, we had to adapt what we’d learned to the needs of our particular organization. The realities of the corporate world, more often than not, require us to take our knowledge of archival best practices and customize solutions that fit our...
Netherlands archivist Arvid de Raaij is presenting for our first Archival Vistas of the year on Friday, March 20, at 1pm EDT. Arvid de Raaji will be discussing his knowledge and experience with Natural Language Processing techniques in the archival setting: "Curatorial Footprints and Data-Driven Methods for the Description of Archives."
Register now!
What happens when we allow archival material to describe itself?
Recent decades have seen a significant increase in digitization within the...
Detail illustration from the 200 East 42nd Street marketing brochure, 1958. Illustration features the front entrance of the building, located on 42nd Street and Third Avenue. Durst Archives.
By Ryan Donaldson, Senior Manager of Heritage and Information Services
Founded in 1915, The Durst Organization (“Durst”) is a family-run business dedicated to the principles of innovation, integrity, community, and sustainability. Durst develops, builds, owns, and manages premier office towers and...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Independent Archivists 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:
Chair (2 year commitment, 1 year as Chair, 1 year as Immediate Past Chair)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (3 year commitment, 1 year as Vice-Chair, 1 year as Chair, 1 year as Immediate Past Chair)
1 Member-At...
Article 1. Name : Per the request this co-chair, and with the support of the Steering Committee, co-chairs Keith Reynolds and Lisa Calahan put out a call for volunteers to a Renaming Committee with the charge of finding a more inclusive name to reflect our Section's membership. Responding to the many wonderful suggestions made by the committee and LAGAS members, the Committee has put forward four names to be voted on by section members.
Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS)...
The Business Archives Section is opening a position for an Early Career Member on the section steering committee. This position is intended for individuals starting out in the field to have an opportunity to be mentored by section leaders, and expand their leadership skills and resources. Immediate responsibilities will include supporting the Newsletter, the Quarterly Conference Calls, and the Education Director, but may be tailored to individual interests. This position is open to students and...
By Hathaway Hester, Archivist & Digital Preservation Librarian, National Association of REALTORS®
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) is the largest trade organization in the United States, with over 1.3 million members. The association’s mission is to “help its members become more profitable and successful” through professional development, research and education, public awareness campaigns, and political advocacy.
NAR Logo, 1923-1973.
Prior...
CALM seeks participants from across LAMs who will contribute to a discussion about how well we are doing (or not doing) on the various fronts of employment, continuing education, collection development, descriptive practices, etc. We seek participants with different perspectives - from those new to the profession to experienced professionals and anyone in between. This panel will address what we are doing well and what we can do better in order for LAMs to become more inclusive environments...
Vacant positions
Junior Co-Chair: 2 year term. First year serve as Junior Co-C hair, learn the ropes. Second year serve as Senior Co-Chair.
Secretary: 1 year term
Main responsibilities of vacant positions are providing leadership & direction for the Security Roundtable. This includes, but is not limited to, planning the annual meeting, holding additional meetings as needed to evaluate activities/direction of roundtable, sending relevant announcements to the roundtable via the listserv, and...
Colleagues,
The SAA Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) will be holding an open meeting on the revision of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) on Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 12:30–2 PM ET. This community forum will conclude a four-day planning meeting on standards revision, which will focus on discussing and resolving outstanding issues from the second call for comments for the EAD 4 draft.
The open meeting will be held on Zoom. If you would like to attend, please...
The Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is pleased to release the second draft of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) 4.0 for public review and comment.
This version includes additionally proposed changes based on suggestions and comments received from the community during the first call for comments, which ran between April and July 2024. The subcommittee would like to thank those who contributed to the review with their comments and invites all EAD users around the...
On Tuesday July 25th, members of the SAA Business Archives Section (BAS) were treated to a behind the scenes tour of the Nike Archives in Portland, Oregon. The tour was hosted by Scott Reames (Content Director/Historian) and Rick Shannon (Director), along with the Department of Nike Archives (DNA) staff. Began in 2006, DNA is “Dedicated to collecting, protecting, and proactively leveraging decades of organizational memory and historical assets to Nike’s strategic advantage.” Today the...
Samantha Bradbeer, Archivist and Historian, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Samantha Bradbeer spends her days at Hallmark making sure that an accurate and varied record of company, family, and product history is preserved for future generations.
As the company archivist and historian, Bradbeer oversees the preservation of advertisements, audio visual materials, chromolithographs, company records, greeting cards and other products, original artwork, postcards, progressive proof books, rare books, prints...
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Business Archives Section Quarterly is an online quarterly publication of the Business Archives Section of the Society of American Archivists that seeks to provide a forum for a variety of relevant issues in the field of corporate and business archives and share important news, findings, and highlights with members of the Business Archives section.
Submission Guidelines
The Business Archives Section Quarterly welcomes feature articles of any length exploring the theme-related issue of...
