It is time, once again, for the election of Steering Committee members. In addition to this election, there will be a proposal on the 2018 Museum Archives Section (electronic) ballot to change a part of the Museum Archives Section’s “Standing Rules.” The Standing Rules are like the Society for American Archivists bylaws, but concern only the conduct of the Museum Archives Section. The proposed change concerns the length of terms for some members of the Steering Committee and is intended to...
Visit our Elections page to meet your candidates for the upcoming CMT Section Elections!
The Des Plaines History Center seeks candidates for the position of Curator of Collections. This position will be responsible for the curation, registration, and management of historic collections and exhibits. Creating and preserving an accurate and useful record of Des Plaines history is central to this role. As a secondary focus, the Curator of Collections will develop public programs in conjunction with the Interpretive Curator.
Read more about the position and application details here: ...
The Encoded Archival Standards Section has two upcoming open positions for the 2018 election: Junior Co-Chair and Steering Committee Member. We have received one nomination for each position, and their details are below.
Our candidate for Junior Co-Chair is Dallas Pillen (University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library).
Biography:
Dallas Pillen is the Archivist for Metadata and Digital Projects at the Bentley Historical Library and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan...
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
Bolton "Bo" Kelly Doub University of Southern California
I currently work as the Archival Projects Librarian in the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries Special Collections. Prior to USC, I processed collections at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics and the Computer History Museum under two different grant-funded projects.
LGBTQ+ histories, communities, and identities have been an important part of my life, as I have ...
Proposed Revisions to Standing Rules
The SNAP Steering Committee has reviewed its standing rules and is putting forward the following revisions (as detailed in the attached PDF). The proposed revisions bring the standing rules up-to-date with the section’s current communications methods, and include the removal of references to the defunct SNAP newsletter, which has been replaced by the SNAP blog.
Per Section VI Amendments of the standing rules, the proposed changes will be submitted to an...
Candidate Biographies and Statements
Vice Chair/Chair-elect
Greg Bailey
Greg Bailey is the University Archivist and Clements Curator at Texas A&M University. He has served in these capacities since January 2014. As University Archivist he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the university archives and related collections and serves as the primary spokesperson for Texas A&M history on behalf of the Libraries. As Clements Curator he is responsible for the papers of two term...
We are still accepting nominations for the Government Records Section Steering Committee! You have until close of business tomorrow to volunteer to run. The amount of work involved is limited.
We have three openings this year and terms run from August 2018 to August 2020. Steering Committee members must remain SAA members in good standing for the duration of their terms. Steering Committee members help to craft responses to SAA Council's requests for comments and feedback, help to guide any...
Archival History News, the official newsletter of SAA's Archival History Section, has released its Spring 2018 issue! This is the third issue since the newsletter was revived in October 2017, and it's going strong with lots of archival history content.
Featuring excellent writing and the most up-to-date information, Archival History News communicates the value of archival history to a broad public, through the publication of ongoing research, biographical notes, book reviews, and...
Last call for nominations! Please send any nominations by Thursday, May 31st!
Are you seeking an opportunity to expand your network and get further involved in the business archives community? If so, come join the Steering Committee and see what the fun is all about! Joining the Steering Committee is a small-time commitment, providing you with valuable experience as you contribute to vital services for your colleagues.
Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of these...
VICE CHAIR CANDIDATE
Name/Title/Institution/Education
Nathan Gerth
Digital Archivist
University Of Nevada, Reno
Ph.D. (History), University of Notre Dame; M.A. (Russian East European and Eurasian Studies), University of Kansas; B.A. (Russian Studies), Luther College
Brief Biography:
Nathan Gerth is the digital archivist for the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries (UNR). He joined the Libraries’ faculty in February 2018. In this role, he manages UNR’s infrastructure for preserving...
The SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries is pleased to announce the release of its revised draft Guidelines for Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries.The Guidelines are the product of the Task Force’s efforts to analyze, incorporate, and address community feedback received in response to its draft release between...
The Acquisitions and Appraisal Section has openings for three positions on the steering committee:
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Steering Committee At-Large Member (2 positions available)
In order to be nominated for these positions, candidates must be a member of the Society of American Archivists and a member of the Acquisitions and Appraisal Section at the time of nomination.
The duties of these positions are as follows:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 position):
The Vice Chair serves a one-year...
By Meredith Torre, Archivist, Atlanta Housing Authority
The archival program at Atlanta Housing (AH) began October 2014. The AH Archives collects and preserves records of permanent and historical value dating back to the 1930's. These records document the history of public housing, the history of the United States' first federally funded public housing projects beginning in Atlanta, and the innovative role AH played in shaping public housing policy and history
To find out more, check out the...
The Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section is seeking nominations for a Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Secretary, and three At-Large positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with SNAP and SAA and get to know other archivists. Our proposed SNAP bylaws require that to ensure adequate student representation in SNAP leadership, at least two candidates on the slate must be students at the time of the election.
In order to hold a...
The A&A Section's Steering Committee is asking the section membership to vote on proposed revisions to the section's standing rules. The substantive revisions include realigning the section's former bylaws--switched to standing rules in August 2016 when all component groups became sections--to be in line with the SAA governance manual; adding a section for subcommittees; and revising the description of the intern role to allow for different activities, rather than focusing solely on social...
By Emily Cottle
Emily Cottle kicks off the program. Photograph courtesy Ryan Donaldson.
Nearly 30 corporate and religious archivists from the MARAC region and beyond gathered at our spring conference in Hershey for MARAC’s second ever Business Archives Forum. The forums are a full-day of programming for business archivists to network with colleagues and hear presentations focused on the unique challenges of the corporate environment.
The day began with a presentation from Winthrop Group’s...
The Oral History Section Steering Committee is seeking nominations for the 2018-2019 Oral History Section election through Tuesday, May 22. Serving on the Oral History Steering Committee is a great way to meet new colleagues and become more involved in the work of the Society of American Archivists.
Positions currently open for nomination include:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
* Provides support to help fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the Chair as assigned
* Operates as acting Chair in...
The Records Management Section steering committee has proposed the following standing rules revisions, to be voted on during the 2018 election.
A summary of the changes:
Cleaning up outdated language ("roundtable" to section, and defunct mentions of how the transition was to take place during the last revision of the standing rules in 2015)
Amendment to Article V, clarifying procedures for mid-term vacancies
Amendment to Article VI, eliminating prescribed officer roles in favor of allowing the...
Hello Museum Archives Section members!
It’s time to start thinking about the next issues of the MAS newsletter!
The Museum Archivist is seeking contributions for the upcoming Summer issue coming out in July, before the annual meeting. Our last issue was filled with lots of great stories, unveilings, essays, updates, and news. Whether you have in the past or for the first time, please consider submitting to the upcoming newsletter. And don’t forget to include images. The deadline for...
Something important to you missing from this newsletter? Send a submission my way and let me know what you would like to see.
Please submit newsletter items about archives and human rights (writ broadly) to hilary.h.barlow@gmail.com. These can be recent publications, upcoming events or exhibitions, opportunities and scholarships, or something else entirely as long as it connects to archives and human rights. For the May newsletter, please send you submission by May 24, 2018.
The site where hundreds of men and women trained as volunteers to register African-Americans to vote in the 1960s has been designated a Freedom Station by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.In 1964, hundreds of volunteers, many of whom were white college students, trained in Oxford on the former Western College for Women campus before they traveled south to register black voters and set up freedom schools.Read more here. In related news, there is a new president at the Underground...
This report describes our investigation into the global proliferation of Internet filtering systems manufactured by the Canadian company, Netsweeper, Inc. After undertaking a mapping of worldwide country installations, we focus in on ten country cases in which we verify that Netsweeper systems are being used to censor the Internet for subscribers of consumer Internet Service Providers, and where human rights and corporate social responsibility questions are acute.
Read more here.
This conference brings together scholars to address the role of the police in the Holocaust, particularly in the organized murder of Jews and Roma. The Nazi state and their allies involved police at every stage of the genocidal process, from the arrest and looting of the victims to their deportation and killing. During Nazi occupation, non-German police units—some already in existence, some newly created—performed a range of key functions in pursuit of German goals, but also based on their own...
Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana said at the event held in front of the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg that with Madikizela-Mandela’s passing “we have gained an ancestor of active citizenship”. He said this after leading the gathering in observing a moment of silence for her.
Monday 9 April marks exactly 100 days to what would have been Mandela’s 100th birthday; and a week since Madikizela-Mandela passed away on 2 April after an illness.
The public event honoured and celebrated the life of...
