In 2017, the CPS approved a new strategic plan that aligns the Section’s goals with those articulated in the SAA 2018-2020 strategic plan. Goal 1 in both plans addresses “advocating for archives and archivists.” Specifically, CPS committed to providing leadership in “promoting the value of congressional archives and archivists to members of Congress…” and to organizing an “advocacy activity during its 2018 meeting in Washington, DC, with congressional members and staff.” Further, CPS members...
Based on the election results, appointments, and the usual rotation of the chairs, here is the STHC Steering Committee membership that will be effective for the 2019-2020 academic year:
Jennifer Ulrich - Senior Co-chair
Jennifer Langford - Junior Co-chair and Newsletter Editor
Alison Oswald - Immediate past chair
DiAnna Hemsath - Web Liaison
Peter Collopy - Newsletter Committee member
Nora Zaldivar - Newsletter Committee member
The At-Large Steering Committee members are
DiAnna Hemsath
Todd...
The Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section is seeking nominations for the appointed ex-officio positions of Junior Blog Editors (2 positions), Junior Social Media Coordinators (2 positions), Web Liaison, and Student Chapter Coordinator (see descriptions below). Ex-officio positions are open to all SNAP members.
The term for each office is one year, beginning on December 1, 2019 and ending on December 1, 2020. A second year may optionally be considered after the end of the first...
Good news!
The steering committee has made final revisions based on your comments and the section standing rules are ready for the next step, voting! You will be receiving an email from SAA in the next couple of days, voting will be open November 4-15. Once the section membership approves the standing rules they will go to Council for approval. This is the last step to make the Accessibility and Disability Section an official SAA section!
Please let us know if you have any questions....
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Public Libraries Archives Special Collections Section steering committee is pleased to share the slides of the lightning talks featured during our section meeting which took place August 3 during the SAA Annual Meeting. Our speakers highlighted fantastic community-focused projects by and with public library archives and special collections.
Google Slides: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iA2E3N3Kyq8dB98pJKbu9SZvUim4SlnV
Full presenter list and titles:
Lisa Warwick, DC Public Library...
The Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) is holding a special election to fill the following vacancies on the Steering Committee:
Steering Committee Co-Chair, Two-year commitment. Serves the first year as Junior Co-Chair and the following year as Senior Co-Chair with the option for a third year of service as a Member of the Steering Committee. The MDOS Steering Committee Co-Chair assists in the operation of the Section, serves as acting chair in the absence of a Co-Chair, and...
2019-2020 AHS Elections
Vice-Chair/Chair-elect candidates
Sebastian Modrow
Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
In my day-to-day life I am the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (Syracuse, NY). I hold a German Master’s equivalent (Exam of the State) in Latin and History (University of Greifswald, Germany), a Doctor of Philosophy in Ancient History (...
Dear IAAS members:
It is my great pleasure to officially announce the 2019-2020 International Archival Affairs Section Steering Committee. Many congratulations to Margarita Vargas-Betancourt (the incoming Junior co-Chair) and to Brad Bauer (the new steering committee member at-large). Tewodros (Teddy) Abebe has rotated in as our new Senior co-Chair.
Here is the updated steering committee roster:
* Tewodros Abebe, Senior Co-Chair (Senior Archivist, Howard University)
* Margarita Vargas-...
The Archival History Section is pleased to award the 2019 Article Award to Heather Wolfe and Peter Stallybrass’s “The Material Culture of Record-Keeping in Early Modem England,” which was printed in Archives and Information in the Early Modern World, edited by Kate Peters, Alexandra Walsham, and Liesbeth Corens. Judges praised the piece for filling an important gap in the archival literature both topically and temporally, for its interdisciplinary approach, for its keen reading of material...
Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC)
Annual Meeting Minutes
August 4, 2019
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
JW Marriott Austin, Room Grand Salon 7 (level 4)
Introductions
Mary Rubin and Philip Skroska introduced themselves as the co-chairs.
Incoming and Outgoing Steering Committee
Phillip Skroska - Advocacy (continuing)
Whitney Miller - Disaster Planning and Recovery (came on in April, replaced Liz Francis)
Michael Law - Education (came on in January, replaced Vin Novaro)
Karen Trivette -...
Electronic Records Steering Committee
The ERS Steering Committee is excited to announce our new officers for the 2019-2023 term! They are:
Vice Chair/Chair ElectAnnalise Berdini, she/her, Digital Archivist (Princeton University)
Steering CommitteeAndrea Belair, Archives and Special Collections Librarian (Union College)Elizabeth Carron, she/her, Archivist for Records Management, Bentley Historical Library (University of Michigan)
Continuing their service on the ERS Steering Committee in the...
The Web Archiving Section is excited to announce the new leadership for the 2019-2020 Steering Committee! The leadership roster is as follows:
Chair: Emily WardVice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Tori MachesEducation Coordinator: Julia CorrinCommunications Manager: Nichole GreenhouseSecretary: Kelsey O'ConnellStudent Member: Lydia Andeskie
Congratulations and best of luck to those newly elected!
The Public Library Archives and Special Collections Section is pleased to announce our election results and incoming 2019-2020 leadership team:
Chair - Angela Stanley, Georgia HomePlace
Vice-Chair - Derek Mosley, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
Secretary - Dylan Gaffney, Forbes Library
At-Large - Johanna Russ, Chicago Public Library
At-Large - Heather Lanctot, Yolo County Archives - Yolo County Library
At-Large - Patricia Delara, Daly City Public...
