The Summer 2023 Newsletter includes:
Meet Your Fellow Archivist: Ceila Emmelhainz
News from The Frick Collection by Sally Brazil
An internship Highlight from the Virginal Museum of Fine Arts by Nuelle R. Johnson
A Collection Highlight from the Corning Museum of Glass by Sarah Alender
A Report on Digitizing Travel Sketchbooks of Frances Prindle Taft by Madalyn Rehrman
A Report on Organizing Vertebrate Paleontology Archives at AMNH by Ruth E. Hurwitz
The 2023 Privacy and Confidentiality Section election results are in, and the section leadership is pleased to congratulate:
Elizabeth Russell – 2023-2024 Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Anu Kasarabada – 2023-2024 Steering Committee Member
Leslie Schuyler – 2023-2024 Steering Committee Member
Ashlyn Velte – 2023-2024 Steering Committee Member
The Election results for the Lone Arrangers Section are in! Thanks so much to everyone who volunteered for positions and voted. Below are the results:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Hilary Swett
Newsletter Editor: Allison Bundy
Regional Representatives Co-Lead: Alison Quirion
Please congratulate Hilary, Allison and Alison on their new positions!
Julie Yamashita
Chair
Lone Arrangers Section
The roadmap is an active and evolving document, developed by the SAA Committee on Research, Data and Assessment, and represents research interests that have been identified by members across the profession. The roadmap will help shape priorities and opportunities that advance broader professional interests.
Adopted SAA Research and Innovation Roadmap, v 1.4
Your feedback is sought on Roadmaps ongoing development -- please share your input using this survey.
Congratulations to the three new members elected to the Archivists of Religious Collections Section Steering Committee (ARCS)!
Beaudry Allen, Vice-Chair begins a two year term as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.
Rhiannon Allen-Roberts begins a two-year term as General Steering Committee Member.
Trevor Alvord begins a two-year term as General Steering Committee Member.
Continuing in their present positions for one more year are:
Erin Louthen, Chair
Mary Grace Kosta, General Steering Committee...
Congratulations to the new members of the Accessibility & Disability Section steering committee!
The following candidates have been elected as steering committee members: Dylan Goodwin, Amanda McGrory, and Tarienne Mitchell.
Jess Bolwar has been elected as the steering committee early-career member.
Thank you to all of the candidates who stood for the 2023 election.
The recording from the 2023 LAS Annual Meeting on June 12 is now available! Please click here to view.
During the virtual meeting, the LAS Steering Committee recognized our 20th anniversary as an official SAA group (originally a roundtable, now a section) and introduced important updates, initiatives, and future plans for the section. We also welcomed Christina Zamon, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University, who presented on her soon-to-be-released book, Alone in...
We hope to see you at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the College & University Archives Section! You must be registered to attend. Please follow this link to get registered. We hope to see you there!
Version 1.3 of the SAA Research and Innovation Roadmap -- an active and evolving document, developed by the SAA Committee on Research, Data and Assessment, and asserts the critical research needs and gaps that have been identified by members across the profession. The roadmap reflects an analysis of current and emerging research, assessment, and data needs, to frame and inform work the profession might undertake in the years to come.
Roadmap 1.3
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Please do not forget to register for our 2023 annual meeting on July 11, 2023, 12:00-1:30 pm ET/11:00 am-12:30 pm CT/9:00-10:30 am PT. Registration is under SAA Connect/Events.
In addition to summarizing the activities and achievements of this year, two international archives will offer presentations at our meeting. Alison Surtees will present the work of the Manchester Digital Music Archive in the UK and Boróka Lipka will talk about the recently developed archives of Trafó House of...
Newest version of the VMS Bibliography is here, thanks to the hard work of Angela Schwartz!
Dear colleagues,
We will be holding the 2023 Local Government Records Section election soon!
Thank you so much to our excellent candidate for standing in the election. Please take some time to review their candidate statement so you can get to know them.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Sophia McGuireRecords Management AnalystCity of Gahanna, Ohio
Candidate Bio: Sophia has been in the records & archives field...
Greetings LAS Members:
Election ballots are now open! We hope that you will take a moment to vote and assist the section with future transitions. As a section, we are voting for new Steering Committee members for the following positions: Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect, Newsletter Editor, and Regional Representative. To learn more about the candidates for each of these positions, please visit the following page:
https://www2.archivists.org/groups/lone-arrangers-section/meet-the-2023-las-election-...
The Web Archiving Section hosted a joint meeting with the Preservation and International Archival Affairs sections on June 20th, 2023.
The meeting featured speakers from Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukraine's online cultural heritage was at risk. Three library professionals from around the world joined together to create SUCHO, and have been working to create a digital backup of Ukrainian cultural heritage websites from museums,...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 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
Four 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-Elect...
Please vote in the 2023 election for the SAA ARCS Steering Committee. The ballot is now available at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FPGNYPY.
The "View Ballot" link will direct users to the usual SurveyMonkey election ballot. Users must be logged in to access the page. Once they submit one ballot, users will be redirected back to the main page to complete their next ballot.
The election closes on July 17, 2023.
This year we have multiple open spots on our section's leadership team:
Vice-Chair (1)
Steering committee members (up to 2)
We have a slate of great candidates. One is nominated for vice-chair and two for the steering committee. Please learn more about the positions and candidates below, then 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 2023 annual meeting through the...
2023 Recording Available here.
Please join the PLASC Steering Committee for the Society of American Archivists' Public Library Archives and Special Collections annual section meeting! To gain access to the meeting, make sure that you register. You can register for the section meeting at tinyurl.com/2dws29uj
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The Public Library Archives and Special Collection (PLASC) will be meeting on June 29, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (CST) [4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST]. The meeting will begin with...
Dear Colleagues,
The Society of American Archivists has established the Archival Repatriation Committee in 2022. Our charge is to:
[E]nsure that the organization's services, activities, policies, communications, and products support the goal of supporting archivists in repatriating and receiving archival materials. It coordinates with various SAA entities, external organizations, and originating communities and monitors, evaluates, advocates for, and reports on matters relating to the...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 STHC 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 Junior Co-Chair (two-year term)
Two At-Large Steering Committee Members (three-year terms)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff, so please keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Junior Co-Chair Candidate
Stephen A. Logsdon
Head of Archives...
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 Webex on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CT).
Please visit the event listing on SAA’s website to register. There are no costs to attend the session and it is open to all; SAA membership is not required. While you do not need to register for the...
Please join the Science, Technology and Health Care section for our annual meeting to be held virtually on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 from 11AM-12:30PM (Central) / 12-1:30PM (Eastern). Following a brief business meeting and update from SAA Council Liaison Derek Mosely, the meeting program will feature four lightning talk presentations and a discussion on strategies for demonstrating impact in the archives. The meeting is free and open to all who would like to attend but advance registration is...
SAA OHS Steering Committee Nominations: Meet the Candidates 2023
It is that time of the year again, SAA election season! Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Oral History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
This year our membership will be voting for: One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; for a three year term; Two Steering Committee members; for two year terms.
Ballots...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archivists of Religious Collections 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
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!...
Oral History Section Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
12 - 1:30 EDT / 9 - 10:30 PDT / 11 - 12:30 CDT
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
In the spirit of creating connections, let's get to know each other through our oral history projects. We invite you to submit a proposal for a 10-15 minute presentation on oral history projects you have worked on over the past year. What topics are your oral history projects centered on and why? What projects have been the most meaningful for you? What new...
