Archival Landscapes virtual seminar series began in 2020. In each seminar, an international guest speaker introduces participants to the issues and advancements in their local context, describing the history, operating environment and unique aspects of archival practice in their country.
Click here to view Archival Landscapes seminars.
Archival Vistas Briefings virtual program series began in 2023 and discusses a topic or theme of international focus. The theme for 2024-2025 is archival...
ARCS Steering Committee Nominations 2025
VICE CHAIR:
1.
Alex Palma
Lasallian Legacy Baltimore District
Philadelphia branch of Lasallian DENA Archives
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bio:
Alex Palma is an Archivist for the Lasallian District of Eastern North America and works out of La Salle University. Prior to his current role, Alex served in a variety of different capacities at Museums and Historic Sites throughout Philadelphia. He is a proud member of the Organizing Team for...
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Lori Schwartz
Hagel and Technical Services Archivist, University of Nebraska at Omaha
I have worked at the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Archives and Special Collections for ten years. I was first hired to manage the U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Archives. In 2021, I picked up additional responsibilities of directing arrangement and description for the rest of the department's manuscript collections. Prior to 2015, I was Special Projects Archivist at South Carolina...
Hello,
My company is looking at changing its current servers and backups to Amazon WorkDocs. I do not have any experience with this so I am looking for feedback from people who do. I need to be able to maintain security, access, and digital preservation over our records, which includes over 27TB of dervived digital images, born digital images, and moving images. Any thoughts positive or negative would be appreciated. I have cross posted my question, I do apologize if you receive it multiiple...
The Accessibility & Disability Section has launched a refreshed and revamped website with resources, information about the section, and the ADS blog. Find the new ADS site at saadisabilityarchivists.wordpress.com.
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) 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:
Three year terms:
Co-Chair (vote for 1)
Steering Committee Member (vote for 3)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Co-Chair Candidate
The following...
VICE CHAIR/CHAIR ELECT
Alex Palma
Lasallian Legacy Baltimore District
Philadelphia branch of Lasallian DENA Archives
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alex Palma is an Archivist for the Lasallian District of Eastern North America and works out of La Salle University. Prior to his current role, Alex served in a variety of different capacities at Museums and Historic Sites throughout Philadelphia. He is a proud member of the Organizing Team for Archives 4 Black Lives in...
"Community Chat on Student Involvement in Oral History Projects"
Date: April 24, 2025
Speaker: Gillian Goldberg (they/them), University of the Pacific; Elisa Villalpando (she/her), University of the Pacific
Recording available!
Pride month is here! Do you want to learn about the latest on LGBTQIA2S+ oral history projects and their archival considerations? Join us at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (SAA-DSGS) on July, 7th, 2025 from 11am to 12.30pm (central). Following brief Section’s business meetings, we’ll hear from two young professionals on this topic:
01-“Visibility is Survival”: Changes to the LGBTQ+ Oral History Inventory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by David...
Vice Chair/Chair-elect
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Elizabeth.m.wilkinson@yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art
Biography:
Elizabeth Wilkinson is the Chief Archivist for the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA). Before joining the YCBA she served as the Archivist at Southern Connecticut State University, was the Archivist at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, the Archivist at Small Special Collections Library at UVA, Curator of Manuscripts at the Booth Family Center for Special...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for participating in the 2025 Native American Archives Section election.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term
One Steering Committee member, for a two-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through SurveyMonkey. Please keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballots open!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidates are running for the Vice Chair/ Chair-Elect position:
Candy Navarrete...
The SAA ARCS Models and Resources Committee is happy to announce that 33 webinars are now approved for recertification credits through the Academy of Certified Archivists:
Domain 1: Selection and Appraisal
Archival Appraisal for Beginners (08/22/2024) - ACA Recertification Code: CA25068
How to Start an Archive (12/13/2023) - ACA Recertification Code: CA25061
Domain 2: Arrangement and Description
Social Justice and Catholic Nuns (01/31/2023) - ACA Recertification Code: CA25054
Archival...
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 Steering Committee Member, for a two year term
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Sarah Jones
Head of Special Collections & Archives Technical Services
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bio:
Sarah Jones has served as Head of Special Collections and Archives Technical Services at the...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Performing Arts 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) Co-chair, 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...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Privacy & Confidentiality 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/Past (or Co-chair), for a three-year term (Year 1 is Vice Chair, Year 2 is Chair, Year 3 is Past Chair); and
2 Steering Committee members (two-year terms)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 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
One Student/Early Career Member for a one year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey....
We are excited to announce our slate of candidates for the 2024 Preservation Section election. Please review their candidate statements and get to know them. Thank you to our candidates for volunteering!
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 year term as Vice-Chair; following two years as Chair and Past-Chair)
One Member-At-Large (Two-year term)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff, with ballot information to come.
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidate
The following...
Thank you to all the excellent candidates for standing in the 2025-2026 Audio and Moving Image Section election. Please take some time to review candidate bios and statements.
Open positions:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Member-At-Large, Steering Committee
*The Steering Committee requires a minimum of two members.
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Candidate statements and Bios
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
Vice...
Please find the 2025-2026 IAAS Election Candidate Statements below:
Open Position: Junior Co-Chair
(2-year term: 1st year as Junior Co-Chair and 2nd year as Senior Co-Chair)
CANDIDATES (3 TOTAL):
Jenifer Monger
Title: Institute Archivist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and Adjunct Professor for Indiana University
Biographical Statement:
Jenifer Monger is the Institute Archivist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and adjunct professor for Indiana...
Taking Flight in Oral History - Lessons Learned from Conducting the Flying Voices Oral History ProjectAbra Schnur, MLS Candidate, Project Director of the Flying Voices Oral History Project. The Flying Voices Oral History Project: In-flight and Ground Experiences of Braniff International Airways captures experiences and perspectives from former employees of the North Texas-based airline. Braniff shaped the aviation industry of the 1960s. It was the first major U.S. airline to...
Come join LAS for a Community Exchange open discussion about the LAS oral history series and the topic of Financial Records.
Oral History There has been such a large show of interest in the LAS oral history series that we would like to give people a chance to discuss!
Financial Records A recent LAS listserv discussion inspired the idea for this event. Should financial records be redacted? Should they even be included in the archive? Which records are benign and which are more sensitive?...
You will be voting for: • The Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (one candidate, 2025-2028)• One Staring Committee Member (one candidate, full three-year term)• One Steering Committee Member (seven candidates, interm one-year term)• Updates to the ERS Section Standing Rules
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 Candidate (one open seat)
Lara Friedman-ShedlovDigital Records Archivist, University of Minnesota...
2025 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2025 Description 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, for a term of three (3) consecutive years: one (1) year as Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, one (1) year as Chair, and one (1) year as Past Chair.
One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-Large, for a...
