This year we have a few positions up for election in the Archival Educators Section:
Vice-Chair (1)
Steering Committee members (up to 3)
We have a slate of great candidates. One is nominated for vice-chair and five 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 2024 annual meeting through the 2025...
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...
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 Functions Team within the Technical Committee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) is happy to announce the release of a new white paper introducing EAF, a draft XML encoding standard based on the International Standard Description of Functions (ISDF) that can be incorporated into the EAS family of standards.
The white paper describes the work of the subteam and its proposed encoding solution, along with a number of examples. The white paper also includes some context about the draft and...
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...
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...
SAA's Science, Technology and Health Care Section has initiated a project to highlight underrepresented and diverse persons and groups documented in archival collections on the history of STEM and medicine. The hope is that the shared information will be a useful resource for researchers. All archival repositories are encouraged to contribute information for inclusion on the STHC "Unsung Heroes" webpage.
The Society of American Archivists’ Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section Steering Committee and the Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) are excited to announce the availability of “Encoded Archival Standards: A Primer”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYWQeBRnhz0
This brief video tutorial introduces new users--archivists, curators, administrators, educators, and beyond--to Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and Encoded Archival Contexts - Corporate Bodies, Persons...
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...
A recording of the open session on EAD revision hosted by the SAA Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) in now available on the SAA YouTube channel. The meeting was held in conjunction with the annual meeting in Washington, DC on July 26, and provided an opportunity gathering feedback from the community about the ongoing development of the standard. It also included an update on the development of Records in Contexts (RiC), and its potential impact on the EAD standard....
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...
Please find below the slides for Deborah Hakes's presentation and a link to the partial recording of the meeting.
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...
Hello Everyone!
Please join the Annual Business Meeting of the Oral History Section on Tuesday, July 9th at 11-12:30 pdt/ 2-3:30 edt. We will review the Oral History Committee's work over the past year before turning over the floor to our speakers, Dr. Tyler Reed, Doug Boyd, and Jennifer Keil, who will speak about utilizing AI in oral history work. We will conclude the meeting with announcements and our agenda for the coming year!
Please be sure to register here.
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...
SAA SNAP is excited to announce that our ballot for next year’s committee is open for voting starting today! Make your voice heard in the selection of the following year’s committee who will steward this section with programming and leadership. The ballot will be open for three weeks, ending on July 15th. Please make sure you are logged in and a part of the SNAP section on SAA Connect to view our ballot. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SNAP Chair Elias Gabriel Larralde or...
Louisville Underground Music Archive Project Oral HistoriesHeather Fox, Archivist for Manuscript Collections and Co-Director of the Oral History Center, University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky has a rich musical heritage, including an underground scene that influenced the sound of not only punk, indie, and hardcore, but also popular music regionally, nationally and internationally. In 2013, after the loss of several members of this scene, archivists in the University of...
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...
2024 Election Candidates
It is that time of the year again, SAA election season! Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2024 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.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; for a three year term
Two Steering Committee members; for two year terms
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when...
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....
As a part of the celebration of National Archives Month, archivists around the nation are encouraged to use Twitter to promote a discourse with the public about archiving and the important role of archivists in society. For more information, please click here.
