Thank you to our candidates for standing for the 2024 Manuscript Repositories Section election.
Section members, please review the candidate statements below and get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
Three (3) Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots are open June 24 - July 15, 2024.
Visit the SAA Ballot Page here: https://mysaa.archivists.org/myballots
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists' Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee!
Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession. You can help foster discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digital archival objects and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation.
The MDOS Steering...
The Metadata and Digital Object Section invites you to vote on a referendum that proposes updates to elected positions in the Standing Rules. This will allow the steering committee to be more nimble with balancing the workload of its members.
Please use the below ballot link to cast your vote. You must be logged in to access the page. Within the Ballot page, the “View Ballot” link under the Metadata and Digital Object Section will direct you to the SurveyMonkey election ballot. There are also...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 User Experience 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:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Member-at-Large
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Candidates:
Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Candidate Name and Role:
Theresa Berger, Head of Digital Library...
The Reference, Access, and Outreach Section (RAO) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) seeks proposals for the 2024 Marketplace of IDEAs to be held during the Virtual Annual Meeting on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 4pm EDT/3pm CDT/2pm MDT/1pm PDT.
Topics related to the sub-committee areas of Teaching with Primary Sources, Exhibits and Events, and Public Services Assessment are encouraged.Proposals addressing topics or themes related to the following will also be prioritized:- evolving the...
Thank you to everyone who shared and participated in the 2024 Accessibility and Disability Section election call for candidates! We appreciate all seven of the nominations that we received and are glad to see a full slate and another competitive election. The names and statements of the candidates are posted below. Please take a few minutes to review them.
Section members will be voting for:
3 Steering Committee members (two-year terms)
1 Student/early-career member (one-year term)
1 Vice...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 Accessioning, Acquisitions, & Appraisal 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 three-year term; and
Two 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...
The 2013 RAO Program Committee seeks Hot Topics and Cool Demonstrations for provocative conversation and deep thinking in a hotel in New Orleans. On August 15th 2013 RAO will host its second annual Marketplace of Ideas and seeks purveyors of hot topics and cool demonstrations to sell their wares to a savvy audience of RAO archivists.
What is an RAO Hot Topic?
An RAO hot topic is an issue, a concern, an idea that has sparked recent attention in RAO circles. It can be something that seems...
Good day, colleagues,
The International Archival Affairs Section (IAAS) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is seeking nominations for:
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2-year term; serving year one as Junior Co-Chair and year two as Senior Co-Chair); and
One Steering Committee Member-at-Large (3-year term)
Our Steering Committee provides a great venue for your leadership! With two active virtual program series, we look forward to continuing these in the next few years as well as developing...
The Reference, Access, & Outreach (RAO) Section of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is seeking nominees for election to the following positions:
(2) Steering Committee Member-at-Large - two year commitment (1) Vice-chair/Chair-elect - three year commitment
All positions begin at the 2024 Annual Meeting. Nominations can be made via the Google Form link below by May 30, 2024 Extended Deadline for Elected Positions: June 7, 2024. For more information and details on roles and...
It's that time of year again: SAA election season! Since we recently wrapped up a special election, this is your second opportunity this year to stand for section leadership. If you would like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience, this is your chance!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5...
New to writing and research? Looking for a writing partner or need inspiration for your next project?
Explore research interests and opportunities with the recently launched Research Matching Spreadsheet. This newly created spreadsheet aims to connect interested writers, researchers, and scholars of all archives activities into one place. Stay tuned for announcements from College & University Archives Section leadership for casual meetups to discuss this new resource.
The SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct virtual Annual Meeting featured guest speakers from the Term Labor Best Practices Working Group. Alison Clemens, Kit Messick, and Laura Starratt discussed the development and recommendations of their Best Practices for Archival Term Positions white paper. The Best Practices for Archival Term Positions engages deeply with the ethical tradeoffs inherent in staffing archives through term positions, and provides actionable recommendations for...
Institutional practices during the pandemic have undermined job stability in more subtle ways as well. In a survey by the Archival Workers Emergency Fund, respondents expressed concern about the elimination and consolidation of positions, reduction of contract lengths, inability to find new positions, and distribution of the impact along gendered and racial lines.Crowdsourced reporting in Google Docs and mutual aid requests further documents the systemic pattern of furloughs, forced retirements...
The SAA Archivists of Religious Collections Section has openings for two leadership positions:
Vice Chair (serves 1 year as Vice Chair and then 1 year as Chair).
Duties:
Send out call for Steering Committee nominations – request name, affiliation, bio, and statement of interest,
Submit candidate biographies to Newsletter Editor and Microsite Coordinator.
Send ballot information (listing of offices, number of vacancies, names of candidates, links to candidate...
The Performing Arts Section is seeking nominations for two open Steering Committee Member positions:
Steering Committee Members serve a two-year term, participate in steering committee meetings, and provide input and general support. They may be assigned to specific tasks as needed by the Co-chairs.
To learn more about these positions, please see our standing rules.
In the 2024-2025 year, the Section will focus on reactivating our newsletter/blog, continuing our outreach efforts, and pursuing...
Please join us for the first public online talk of 2024 of the Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group (CDTRWG).
Cautious Balance: Collecting and Presenting the Experience(s) of 9/11 Survivors
Jan Seidler Ramirez, Executive Vice President of Collections & Chief Curator, 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Summary
It has been ten years since the 9/11 Memorial Museum opened to the public, thirteen years since the dedication of the outdoor...
Please join the Solo Archivists Section for an event on primary source instruction with Micaela Terronez!
UnBOXed: Instruction for Solo Archivists
Thursday, May 23, 2024
2pm Eastern / 1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific / 10am Alaska / 8am Hawaiʻi
Register:
northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/...
Speaker:
Micaela Terronez is a Special Collections Librarian and Instructor at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. She received her M.L.I.S. from The University of Iowa in 2019. Before her...
Introduction to the Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
The Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) held an introductory webinar on the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard on 21 May 2024, 10.30am UTC, with a focus on the East Asian archival community.
EAD is the international metadata transmission standard for hierarchical descriptions of archival records. Maintained and continuously developed further by TS-EAS, EAD is an...
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 SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force seeks member comment on the revised Guidelines on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries. These guidelines outline the responsibilities for researcher access, as well as legal and institutional obligations, for a repository in preserving collections for use.
The SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task force to Revise the Statement on Access to Research Materials was convened in 2017 to review, update, and expand the Statement on Access to...
The Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards is pleased to release Encoded Archival Context - Corporate bodies, Persons, Families (EAC-CPF) 2.0, a draft updated version of the standard for public review and comment. To ensure the greatest possible input from EAC-CPF users around the world, the subcommittee is calling for comments on the proposed changes to the current version, EAC-CPF 2010. The deadline for comments on the change proposals is June 30, 2021.
The process for a major...
The SAA Public Library Archives and Special Collections Section seeks members to serve in leadership positions for the next fiscal year, 2024-2025! Getting involved in PLASC leadership is a great way to engage in professional development and public service, and connect with colleagues throughout the United States.
Time commitment is approximately 3 hours/month, including attendance at a virtual monthly meeting. SAA Annual Meeting attendance is NOT required. An individual SAA membership is NOT...
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 a public business meeting in the summer. The Steering Committee is primarily responsible for planning and...
Alongside the public call for comments on the new version of the Encoded Archival Description standard, EAD 4.0, the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites you to three informal drop-in sessions to discuss the main features of the new version. Following a brief presentation on a selected topic, each of these drop-in sessions will open the floor for your questions, comments, and suggestions.
Similar to previous TS-EAS...
