A recording of the Museum Archives Symposium, co-hosted by the Museum Archives Section and the Yale Center for British Art May 10, 2024, is now available. Timestamps for each session have been added to the program site.
A huge thank you to all those who ran and voted in the 2024 MDOS elections this year! Please join us in welcoming the incoming steering committee members.
Incoming Co-Chair (2024-2027): Laura Drake Davis, Digital Project Specialist, Library of Congress
Steering Committee Member (2024-2027): Nashieli Marcano, Archivist for Digital Collections, Furman University
Communication Liaison (2024-2026): Tomeka Jackson, Library Resident, Clemson University
We are so excited to have them on board....
Please join the Science, Technology and Health Care section for our annual meeting to be held virtually on Tuesday, July 30 from 11am-12:30pm (PST) / 1pm-2:30pm (CST) / 2pm-3:30pm (EST).
Following an update from SAA Council Liaison Jasmine Jones, a brief business meeting, the program will feature four lightning talk presentations and a moderated Q&A on archives outreach programs and events. The meeting is free and open to all who would like to attend but advance registration is required...
Please join us for the Archival History Section (AHS) annual business meeting on Tuesday, July 30 at 12 PM EST, 11 AM CT. During the meeting we will cover old business, announce the winner of the AHS annual archival history award as well as the election of the new board, and a presentation by Fallon Carey of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). Below is a biography and summary of her presentation.
Bio: Fallon Carey joined the team at NABS in fall of 2022. She...
As solo or small shop archivists, we wear so many hats and it's hard to keep them all straight. Your Solo Archivists Section leaders know all about it so we are hosting a series of informal chats on Zoom that will give us the chance to be alone, together. We host these Solo Sessions on one Friday every other month. These unrecorded meetups are aimed at broad topics announced in advance and moderated by steering committee officers. We encourage SAS members to use this as a welcoming space to...
As always, the steering committee would like to express our heartfelt thank you to all of you who voted in our annual election, particularly since this year included a special election as well. Thanks for being active Preservation Section members!
We are very excited to announce the results of this year's election: our new Vice Chair/Chair-Elect is Heather Hamilton, and our new Member-at-Large is Kelley Moulton.
Heather Hamilton is a paper conservator at the Harry Ransom Center at the...
Please join us for the 2024 Annual Business Meeting of the Performing Arts Section, which will take place on Tuesday, July 9th from 05:00 PM to 6:30 PM (CT).
We will briefly review the Section’s work over the past year, hear updates from our Council liaison, and announce election results. Following these announcements, we will have an informal panel discussion with colleagues who will share something that has resonated with them recently that they have incorporated into their more traditional...
WAS & PLASC Virtual Joint Annual Section Meeting – Web Archiving Section and Public Library Archives & Special Collections
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
1-2:30pm CT
(11am-12:30pm PT / 12-1:30pm MT / 2-3:30pm ET)
Open and free to all - register now to receive the link!
We invite you to attend the joint annual section meeting of WAS and PLASC. Section chairs will open the meeting with an overview of the roles and activities of their sections. The main focus of the meeting will be a panel...
The Women Archivists Section will hold their 2024 Annual Meeting on Monday, July 15th from 3pm - 4:30pm CST. See the attached agenda and be sure to register below to join the discussion!
https://connect.archivists.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=91722a2b-be13-4f31-be6e-018f35aabbdc&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar
Date: Jul 22, 2024 from 03:00 PM to 04:30 PM (CT)
Please join us for the Solo Archivists Section Annual Meeting! Section leaders will give brief reports on activities over the past year, we'll hear from our SAA Council liaison, and we will welcome our incoming chair. The highlight of our meeting will be a presentation by our newsletter editor, Allison Bundy, on the recent migration of the collection she manages to ArchivEra. Allison's case study will cover the reasons for the migration, the...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 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
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...
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...
Junior Co-Chair (2-year term):
Jennifer Dantchev, MSLIS
Title: Graduate, Long Island University
Candidate Statement:
I have served on the IAAS committee for two years, first as an Early Career Member and then as a Steering Committee Member. I also have previous experience on the Records Management
Section as an Early Career Member and then as a Steering Committee Member. My previous experience on the IAAS has allowed me to learn and better understand the section, its purpose, and how the whole...
