The Public Library Archives and Special Collections (PLASC) Section is calling for presenters at our virtual section meeting, Wednesday July 20th from 11am-12:30pm PST. We are looking for lightning talks, 10-15 minutes in length, that highlight projects and initiatives from your repositories that further efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly with regards to collections development. Examples of this work might be:
Projects with External Partners
Community Collecting...
"Performance in the Archives" [Virtual Coffee Table Discussion" April 29, 2022, 3:00 pm EDT/2:00 pm CDT/12:00 pm PDT, via Zoom
SAA's Performing Arts Section (PAS) invites SAA members, affiliates, colleagues, and friends to a discussion about the encounters, interactions, and mutual influences between the world of archives and performing arts. The panel features Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College, Columbia University; Zachary Whittenburg, dance journalist and Arts...
The updated Museum Archives Guidelines were approved in February 2022 and are available! These assist all types of museums—both independent museums and those contained within larger institutions—in the development and administration of archives programs. The document outlines the components of a successful museum archives program.
The Collection Management Section Webinar: "Turning Disaster into Opportunity" took place on April 5th, 2022. The recording is available at the SAA Youtube Channel
When the unexpected hits our collections, it can be a time of stress and uncertainty but can also be a time to look at collection management practices, storage design and processing to come out stronger on the other side. Hear from three presenters who faced the unexpected and learn some of the lessons they took away from their...
Call for Presenters! UnBOXed: LAS Treasures
Do you have unique and interesting items in your collection? Most of us do! The Lone Arrangers Section is looking for 5 presenters to participate in a show-and-tell about the highlights of their collections for our next Section event.
When: The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 28 at 4pm Eastern (3pm Central / 1pm Pacific time).
Format: Show your treasures live or via a slideshow.
Contact: lonearrangersectionsaa@gmail.com
The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section and the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) are planning a joint meeting for the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists. The EAS / TS-EAS meeting will be held via Zoom on August 3, 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).
EAS and TS-EAS are seeking representatives and users of archival aggregation websites (e.g., Archives Portal Europe, Online Archive of California,...
Are you passionate about accessibility and disability in archives? Do you love creating and sharing resources? The SAA Accessibility & Disability Section is recruiting for our section blog’s editorial team!
The editorial team develops, cultivates, and publishes content relevant to accessibility and disability in the archives through our section blog. We welcome all ideas for maintaining a thoughtful, creative, and rich blog presence. Some ideas might include event and resource roundups,...
Due to unforseen circmstances, we have had to re-schedule Beudry Allen's webinar. It will now take place via Zoom on Monady, April 25, 2022, at 3 PM Eastern / 2 PM Central / 1 PM Mountain / Noon Pacific.
Zoom Meeting ID: 925 4974 8168
The Independent Archivists Section seeks to offer members twice monthly standing social hour meetings designed for members to talk and support one another. Social hours will be held twice monthly on the 1st and and 3rd Wed. on each month. We hope you will be able to join us for one of these two offerings. A tentative agenda is attached.
The second Wed. of the month for March is the 16th, the social hour meeting will take place at 12:30pm PST, 1:30 pm MNT, and 4:30 pm EST.
https://us06web....
This prize encourages and rewards an article or other short piece of superior excellence in the field of archival history, regardless of subject, time period, or national boundaries. Stand-alone chapters in edited essay collections or anthologies will also be considered. Nominations may include works by archivists as well as by others writing scholarly works on the history of records and archives. We generally make two such awards each year.
Nomination Deadline: All nominations should be...
The Society of American Archivists Preservation Section is excited to announce our Call for Proposals for the annual Preservation Week Twitter Conference on Wednesday, April 27th. As part of ALA Preservation Week 2022, this free and inclusive conference will cover a range of preservation related topics for archivists and librarians (or any interested party!). We encourage you to follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #PresTC22!
Each speaker will have a 15 minute time slot allocated to their...
Help Update the Labor Archives in the United States and Canada: A Directory...Again
By Conor Casey, LAR Co-Chair
The Labor Archives in the United States and Canada: A Directory is an important topical listing of labor and labor-related collections that is valuable to both labor archivists and to scholars and researchers. Initial work on the directory was done in the early 1990s by the Wagner Labor Archives in New York City. A survey then conducted identified "archivists, librarians, and labor...
Ashlyn Velte, Senior Processing Archivist for Rare and Distinctive Collections at the University of Boulder Libraries, and Sarah Coates, the Interim University Archivist at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, will present: "Balancing Privacy and Access: Private and Publicly Identifiable Information in Archival Collections."
Archivists at Colleges and Universities must navigate the presence of Private and Personally Identifiable information in their collections. ...
The Spring 2022 Issue of SOLO, newsletter of the Lone Arrangers Section, is now available. Click here to go to our Newsletter page and read the new issue.
You can find all past issues of SOLO here on our Newsletter page.
SOLO, newsletter of the Lone Arrangers Section, is published twice each year in the spring and fall. Deadlines for contributions are January 15 (spring issue) and July 15 (fall issue). Articles, photos, and announcements of interest to the community of solo archivists should be...
The Independent Archivists Section seeks to offer members twice monthly standing social hour meetings designed for members to talk and support one another. Social hours will be held twice monthly on the 1st and and 3rd Wed. on each month. We hope you will be able to join us for one of these two offerings. A tentative agenda is attached.
The first Wed. of the month for March is the 2nd, the social hour meeting will take place at at 9am PST, 10am MNT, and 12pm EST:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/...
This project gathers data about the current state of institutional web-available histories of Special Collections and University Archives. As a result of this data collection, the Archival History Section will be able to promote the writing of online archival histories of research and academic institutions, including archives and special collections in college and university libraries. Please visit Achival History News for more information.
Read the most recent issue of the Museum Archivist Newsletter--Winter 2021!
Contents include:
A message from our MAS Chair member Katrina O'Brien
A report from the MAS Standards and Best Practices Committee submitted by co-chairs Rachel Chatalbash and Megan Schwenke
Meet your fellow archivist – Anastasia Karel and Rachel Hancock from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
A new digital archive dedicated to the Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art submitted by Shannon Morelli...
Did you write a preservation-themed article or book that you are proud of or know someone who did? Nominate yourself or someone else for an awesome Preservation Publication Award.
The deadline for submission is February 28, 2022.
Did you write a preservation-themed article or book that you are proud of or know someone who did? Nominate yourself or someone else for an awesome Preservation Publication Award.
The deadline for submission is February 28, 2022.
Thank you to our excellent candidates for standing in the 2021-2022 Audio and Moving Image Section election. Please take some time to get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Chair for a one-year term and one Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), 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!
Chair: Patrick Midtlyng
Patrick Midtlyng is the Head of Archival...
Event: UnBOXed: LAS Community Exchange
Date/time: Nov 8 @ 12P/3E
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdeqhpzkvG9EU99-HFZT5HlrN0IwUe8sm
Bring your UnBOXed Lone Arranger questions to get community input! Join us on November 8 at 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern to get to know your LAS Steering Committee and participate in discussions with your LAS colleagues about topics such as the Regional Reps program, professional growth as a Lone Arranger, and time management.
The Privacy and Confidentiality Section is delighted to announce a 2021-22 webinar series, Digital Tools for Privacy and Confidentiality.
To start us off, digital preservationist and software developer Tessa Walsh will present a demo of Bulk Reviewer, an application that supports the identification, review, and removal of sensitive digital files. The demo will be followed by a Q&A session; attendees are welcome to submit questions, or share tips from their own experience with the tool,...
The recording of the 2021 Lone Arrangers Section meeting, held virtually in July, is now available.
Watch the meeting recording.
The SAA Preservation Section congratulates our 2021 electees: Kimberly Hoffman, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, and Kat Trammel, Member-at-Large. We were thrilled to have a such a great slate of qualified and enthusiastic candidates. Thank you to everyone who participated!
In case you missed our February Coffee Chat with the SNAP Section "Meet and Greet Preservation Professionals," the recording is now live on YouTube!
Click here for the YouTube link.
