You will be voting for: • The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (one candidate, 2025-2028)• One Staring Committee Member (one candidate, full three-year term)• One Steering Committee Member (seven candidates, interm one-year term)• Updates to the ERS Section Standing Rules
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 Candidate (one open seat)
Lara Friedman-ShedlovDigital Records Archivist, University of Minnesota...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Description 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, for a term of three (3) consecutive years: one (1) year as Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, one (1) year as Chair, and one (1) year as Past Chair.
One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-Large, for a...
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
Nikki Thomas
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
I am currently the Archivist for Collection Management at UNC Charlotte where I manage and supervise accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation functions for University Archives and manuscripts, including establishment of policies, procedures, workflows and guidelines. Previously, I was Manuscripts Curator at UT San Antonio, where I managed the university’s manuscript collections...
Produced in 1970 as a collaboration between Newsreel filmmakers and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Finally Got the News paints a picture of race, class, and labor issues in Detroit while exemplifying the ways cinema at the time was used by filmmakers as a means for liberation and a tool for worker struggles.This film screening accompanies Interference Archive’s public exhibition of the same name, which reflects on print publications from across the radical left in the 1970s. We will...
Please find below the slides for Deborah Hakes's presentation and a link to the partial recording of the meeting.
Do you get a thrill looking at a box of tapes or talking about preservation, identification, description, transcriptions, digitization (the list goes on) we might just be the group for you!
If you are looking to expand your involvement within the Audio & Moving Image (AMI) community, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these leadership positions. In these roles you can build the section to new heights by creating programs, networking and providing expertise and...
UnBOXed: LAS Treasures
Join the Lone Arrangers Section for a professional "show-and-tell" as we marvel at the treasures from several different archival collections, including loss records from Titanic; pieces from the collections of over 25 jewelry tool and die companies spanning from the 1860s to today; a 15th century psalter done by hand with gold leaf; a Neptune certificate for crossing the equator; and more! The latest of the LAS UnBOXed series, this event will be sure to thrill and...
The Archival History Section (AHS) Steering Committee is seeking nominations for the following five vacancies:
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: one vacancy; one year as Vice-Chair and one year as Chair
Member-At-Large: three vacancies: one year term
Student/Early Career Member: one vacancy; one year term
The Steering Committee meets up to 1 hour once a month from September through June and holds an open to the public business meeting in the summer. The Steering Committee is responsible for planning...
UPDATE: Due to end of term graduations and in an effort to allow more people to participate we are rescheduling this event.
The Performing Art Section invites you to our upcoming meet and greet on May 14, 2025 at 1:00 pm EDT / 10:00 am PDT. Our guests will be Judy Tyrus, founder of ChromaDiverse (CD) and Eric Waldman, COO. Their presentation will include an overview video of ChromaDiverse and a brief look at the Oakland Ballet Company Legacy Project Portal.
ABOUT ChromaDiverse:
ChromaDiverse (...
Are you looking for a way to expand your professional network and get more involved in the digital archives and digital preservation community? If so, come join the Electronic Records Section Steering Committee and help grow the community while learning from fellow professionals!
Joining the Steering Committee is a small commitment of time each month, providing you with valuable experience as you contribute to vital services for your colleagues.
The committee meets once a month as time...
The SAA Public Library Archives and Special Collections Section (PLASC) has been working to raise awareness of, and advocate for, the unique collections, staff, and work of public library archives and special collections. Some of our projects have included hosting coffee chats, managing and updating microsite resources, writing and publishing to the section blog, and collaborating with other sections to create holistic programming.
Students, new professionals, and mid-career welcome! Open to...
The Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS) Steering Committee is seeking nominations for three openings. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these positions.
The Junior Co-Chair/Chair-Elect is a two-year term, serving the first year as Junior Chair and the second year as Senior 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...
We strive to provide a forum for discussion where user communities, developers, and service providers can comfortably share knowledge and expertise that will ensure collection managers can utilize the features and functions of their tools to full potential.
Would you like to help share the direction of collection management standards, practices, tools, and more? We are currently accepting nominations for the following positions:
One Vice-chair/Chair-Elect (2-year commitment; one year as vice-...
The Diversity Committee of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) recognizes that Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) programs and initiatives are essential to our work as archivists. Such programs and initiatives have been under reenergized, politically motivated attack across the United States since Inauguration Day, when the Executive Order, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” was issued by the White House. This was followed by “Ending...
Here’s our slate of candidates and their information:
Vice Chair / Chair Elect:
(Select One)
William Coates I work as a freelance archivist in Los Angeles and around the country, specializing in the collections of writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers. I am completing 2 years service as an at-large member of the Independent Archivists Section steering committee.
Candidate Statement:
Throughout my term in the Chair positions, I would like to make the...
The Performing Arts Section is seeking your contributions for our first issue of the revived Performance! newsletter, which will be published in August 2025.
Please see our guidelines for contributors (attached) for more information about the various types of content we are seeking.
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...
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....
In 1995, when the Willard Psychiatric Center, located in the Finger Lakes region of N.Y., closed its doors, an incredible discovery was made in the attic: hundreds of suitcases, untouched for decades, filled with the most important belongings of their former owners.
These suitcases tell the stories of the lives that were left behind when patients entered the center, many of whom never left. They tell of dreams and aspirations. Of futures unfulfilled. Of incredible accomplishments. Of love...
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...
Please join the Science, Technology, and Health Care (STHC) section of SAA for a special webinar on April 24, at 1pm (central). Dr. Trevor Owens, Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics, will present From Collections to Connections, Centering Belonging in Work with STEM Collections.
For additional information about this free webinar, visit the registration page at the link below:
https://wustl-hipaa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZ3VE0uHQt2gAFB6qlhwHg
March 18, 2025 - The SAA Foundation is excited to offer support for attendance at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2025 in Anaheim, CA. Join us on August 25-26, 2025, for a gathering of like-minded professionals and to enrich your knowledge in archives and records management. Our awards cover conference-related expenses, including registration fees, travel, lodging, and meals. We prioritize applicants with demonstrated financial need, in line with our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion...
In this coffee chat Felicia will discuss the use of Airtable for managing complex data sets and workflows for audio and moving image materials; after the presentation the discussion will be opened up to the group for questions, or other solutions for managing a tracking AMI.
Felicia Boretzky is a Media Collection Specialist for the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI) within the Smithsonian Libraries & Archives, Felicia is also the vice chair of the AMI section.
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....
