Thank you to our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Local Government Records 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
Once Steering Committee members (three-year terms).
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Kelley Smith, CA, DAS
Archivist, Parks for Downtown Dallas/Individual Collection
Vice Chair/...
Thank you to all of our colleagues who are running in the 2021 Archives Management Section elections! We understand that we are all so busy and we greatly appreciate the candidates’ willingness to help us run our section.
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
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey...
2022 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Electronic Records Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
Open Positions
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a three-year term
Steering Committee member, for a three-year term
Vice Chair/Chair Elect (1 seat)
Brenna Edwards
Steering Committee Member (1 seat)
Kelly Bolding
C.C. Kellog...
June 22, 2022—We are grateful to the 34 donors who contributed more than $5,400 to the Strategic Growth Fund to support Annual Meeting Awards during the Day of Giving on June 21.Your commitment makes a difference for archivists throughout the profession. Thank you!Steven Booth ∙ Joey Cabrera ∙ Janet Carleton ∙ James Cassedy ∙ Robin Chandler ∙ Robert Clark ∙ W. Dean DeBolt ∙ Douglas Doe ∙ Rosemary Flynn ∙ ...
In 2022, the Lone Arrangers Section will elect new leadership to fill the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair, Regional Representative, Events Coordinator, and Web Liaison.
Meet the 2022 Candidates:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Name: Julie Yamashita, CA, DASJob Title: Archivist, Lanterman House
Candidate Statement:I am the Archivist at the Lanterman House Museum in La Cañada Flintridge, California. As a lone arranger, my duties include creating digital and on-site exhibitions, managing collection...
June 21, 2022—From grants to awards and scholarships, the SAA Foundation has been active in supporting archivists through initiatives that grow the profession. The Strategic Growth Funds supports many important programs, including the SAA Annual Meeting Awards which provide aid for many archivists to attend SAA Annual Meeting both in-person and virtually.
Donate Now!
We need your help to keep these important initiatives going! Be wicked generous for archivists and donate today! Why Donate?...
Registration is now open for the joint annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists' Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) and the Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section. The meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CT).
Please see the event listing on SAA’s website or use this direct link to register for the joint TS-EAS meeting / EAS Section. There are no costs to attend the session and it is open to all; SAA...
Registration is now open for the joint annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section and the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS). The meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CT).
Please see the event listing on SAA’s website or use this direct link to register for the joint EAS Section / TS-EAS meeting. There are no costs to attend the session and it is open to all; SAA...
This year we have multiple open spots on our section's leadership team:
Vice-Chair (1)
Steering committee members (up to 4)
We have a slate of great candidates. One is nominated for vice-chair and two for the steering committee. Please learn more about the candidates and cast your vote!
List of Positions
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect (2-year commitment, 1 year as Vice-Chair and 1 year as Chair): Serves as Vice-Chair from the conclusion of the 2022 annual meeting through the 2023 meeting; works...
Following are bios of, as well as statements from, candidates running for the Archival History Section Steering Committee and for its Early Career Member Position. See also Archival History News, https://archivalhistory.news.
The ballots themselves will be open in mid-summer and will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey. Keep an eye on your inbox for the official ballot.
In the meantime, we thank all our excellent candidates for their willingness to serve.
Note: Current Vice Chair...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Audio and Moving Image 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:
1 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!
Steering Committee Member Candidates
The following candidates are running for...
Registration for the Zoom event is open here. Registration is free for all, regardless of SAA membership status; however, registration is required.
SPEAKERSHeather Briston is the Director of the Scholarship Tools and Methods program which includes the digital library, scholarly communications, reformatting services, GIS and maps, and data services at the UC San Diego Library. She received her MSI (Archives and Records Management) from the University of Michigan, a Juris Doctor from Syracuse...
Please send any nominations by Wednesday, June 29! Self-nominations are encouraged!
Are you seeking an opportunity to expand your network and get further involved in the oral history community? If so, consider running for an open position on the Oral History Section Steering Committee.
Benefits of providing your time and expertise to the Steering Committee include:
Networking with engaged colleagues
Cultivating leadership skills in a real-world setting
Driving trends in the field
Gaining...
Please find the 2022 IAAS election slate of candidates below:
Junior Co-Chair:
Ellen EngsethCurator, Immigration History Research Center Archives and Head,Migration and Social Services Collections, University of Minnesota Candidate Statement: Thank you for considering me for this position.I would be very pleased to continue serving on the committee (I amcurrently a member-at-large) as Junior Co-Chair, and advance the workof connecting with both national and international colleagues. I...
2022 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of the candidates for the 2022 Description Section election. Please read below for candidate biographies and statements of interest.
You will be voting for:
Vice-chair/Chair-elect
Secretary
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
Will Clements
Biography
Will Clements is currently Public Policy Papers Archivist at the...
Read candidate statements for the 2022-2023 election.
The SAA Military Archives Section Steering Committee is excited to announce that the section's annual meeting will be held virtually on July 12, 2022, from 3-4 PM (CST). Our speakers for the section meeting will be Rizwan Ali of the National Security Research Center at Los Alamos National Laborator, and Matthew Peek, former Military Collection Archivist for the State Archives of North Carolina. The section will not be recorded, and can only be attended live this year.
Speaker Information
Rizwan...
The following candidate is running for the Co-chair position:
Steven Calco
Research Archivist, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
I am the Research Archivist at the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives in Martin P. Catherwood Library. Catherwood, located in the ILR School, is part of Cornell University Library. I hold an MLS from CUNY Queens College and an MA in Labor Studies from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. Previously at...
Since the link above does not currently work, see https://archivalhistory.news/standing-rules/
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Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Public Library Archives and Special Collections (PLASC) 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
One Secretary, for a one-year term; and
One Webmaster, for a one-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye...
This year, PLASC decided to use a blog platform to share news with its membership. Please check out The Finding Aid and consider submitting content.
Our section is excited to share's SAA's latest announcement about approving and creating an Archival Repatriation Committee tasked with ensuring "that the organization's services, activities, policies, communications, and products support archivists in repatriating and receiving archival materials." This new group grew from our section's recent recommendation and we are excited that we will also have standing representation on the committee. The Council will soon issue a special call...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Native American 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, for a two-year term; and
Three 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/...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Native American 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, for a two-year term; and
Three 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/...
