Check out the 2018 candidates for Vice-Chair/Chair Elect and the Steering Committee
Archivists and Archives of Color Section (AAC) 2018-2019 Slate of Candidates includes three candidates for two positions: Steering Committee Member (two year term, social media focus) and Vice Chair (two-year term: first year as Vice-Chair and second year as Chair).
Vacant Position
Chair-Elect: Three-year term - first year Chair-elect, second year as Chair, and third year as immediate past Chair
The main responsibilities of the vacant position are providing leadership & direction for the Security Section. This includes, but is not limited to, planning the annual meeting, holding additional meetings as needed to evaluate activities/direction of the section, sending relevant announcements to the section via the listserv, and updating the section's blog...
Interested in protecting archives and cultural heritage objects from the threats of crimes? The Security Section is seeking nominations for a new member to join the leadership. We are seeking candidates for the position of Chair-Elect. This is a three-year term (August 2018 to August 2021) - year one as Chair-Elect, year two as Chair, and year three as Immediate Past Chair. We encourage candidates from any size or type of archive or cultural heritage institution, and even beyond the archives...
Candidates Information for the 2018 STHC Section Elections
The Junior Co-Chair is elected annually by the section membership for a two-year term, serving in year one as Junior Co-Chair and in year two as Senior Co-Chair. Electronic balloting will begin in early July and it will be conducted by SAA staff. Election results will be announced before the annual meeting in August.
Junior Co-Chair Candidates
Alison Oswald
Biography
Alison Oswald is currently an archivist in the Archives Center ,...
We have three candidates for our three open positions. Cyndi Shein of University of Nevada, Las Vegas is up for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect. Sarah Jones also of University of Nevada, Las Vegas is up for Secretary. Katy Rawdon of Temple University is up for Member-at-Large. Please read below for candidate biographies and statements of interest.
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Cyndi Shein
Head, Special Collections & Archives Technical Services
University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Biography...
CPS Steering is putting forward the following language to create a co-chair for our Electronic Records Committee:
X. ELECTRONIC RECORDS COMMITTEE
The Electronic Records Committee is composed of the vice chair of the Congressional Papers Section, who serves as the co-chair of the committee, two or more members appointed by the Steering Committee, and an ex officio member designated from by the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives and Records Administration. The members of...
Below are the candidates for the 3 vacant positions to serve on the GRS Steering Committee for the 2018-2012 term. Following standing tradition, the candidate with the most votes will be asked to serve as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.
Full Name: Stephanie Bayless, CA
Institution: National Archives at San Francisco
Government Sector: Federal
Statement of Interest:
As a relative newcomer to government archives – I’ve been Director of the National Archives at San Francisco for two years – I’m excited...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
