The National Security Archive’s Chiquita Papers collection represents key evidence behind a “communication” calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate officials from Chiquita Brands International for facilitating crimes against humanity committed by armed groups the company paid in Colombia.
The Archive provided more than 48,000 pages of internal Chiquita records to the ICC as part of the communication, including financial records, legal memoranda, handwritten notes, and...
To kick off LGBT Pride Month, the Schomburg Center is proud to present the third annual First Fridays: LGBT Pride social gathering, in honor of our In the Life Archive, a collection of materials of and by black LGBT people throughout history preserved in our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Complementing the party will be a special pop-up exhibit culled from our collections highlighting the life and work of LGBT activist Storme DeLarverie, who's credited as having thrown the...
The latest post over at the HRA Section blog summarizes a presentation by three archivists at the Archives Association of Ontario conference. They related how archivists in the province are responding to calls by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada to improve access to records about residential schools specifically and records related to Indigenous communities more broadly.
Read the post here.
Marcella Huggard, Candidate for VP/Chair elect
Biographical statement:
Education:
MA in History, concentration in Public History, from Colorado State University
BA in History, minor in Theatre Performance, from Knox College
Professional experience:
Archives and Manuscripts Coordinator, Kenneth Spencer Research Library-University of Kansas, 2015-Present.
Positions held at the Kansas State Historical Society in the State Archives: Public Records Program Supervisor, 2013-2015; Government...
Article 1. Name : Per the request this co-chair, and with the support of the Steering Committee, co-chairs Keith Reynolds and Lisa Calahan put out a call for volunteers to a Renaming Committee with the charge of finding a more inclusive name to reflect our Section's membership. Responding to the many wonderful suggestions made by the committee and LAGAS members, the Committee has put forward four names to be voted on by section members.
Diverse Sexuality and Gender Section (DSGS)...
Below are the candidates for the 2 vacant positions to serve on the GRS Steering Committee for the 2017-2019 term. Following standing tradition, the candidate with the most votes will be asked to serve as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.
Name: Jessica Knox-Jensen Institution: California State Archives Government Sector: State
Statement of Interest:
I am interested in serving on the Government Records Steering Committee because I am committed to increasing awareness of the importance of government...
Archivists and Archives of Color Section (AAC) 2017-2018 Slate of Candidates includes three candidates for two positions: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and Newsletter Editor.
For anyone 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 2017 to August 2020) - 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 archives or cultural heritage institution and even beyond the...
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
Nikki Thomas
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
I am currently the Archivist for Collection Management at UNC Charlotte where I manage and supervise accessioning, arrangement, description, and preservation functions for University Archives and manuscripts, including establishment of policies, procedures, workflows and guidelines. Previously, I was Manuscripts Curator at UT San Antonio, where I managed the university’s manuscript collections...
The EAD3 Study Group on Conversion and Migration is pleased to announce the release of its final report, "Implementing EAD3: Conversion and Migration." This document aims to provide an overview of strategies available to migrate from EAD2002 to EAD3 and to highlight the issues most likely to complicate or completely prevent migration.
This report was authored primarily by Elizabeth Dunham (Arizona State University), Christy Tomecek (Yale University), and Dave Mayo (Harvard University). ...
Issues and Advocacy Section 2017 Ballot
Vice-Chair (vote for one)
Courtney Dean
Biographical Information:
Courtney Dean is the Processing Archivist for the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) in UCLA Library Special Collections, where she provides hands-on training in archival methodology to graduate students from a variety of academic disciplines. In 2014 she co-founded the Los Angeles Archivists Collective (LAAC), a community-driven local professional organization with a...
The SAA Archives Management Section is seeking nominations for the following leadership positions: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Secretary and two Steering Committee Members. Terms begin immediately following the annual meeting in late July 2017. See below for a summary of duties.
If you or a colleague are interested, please email Vice Chair Nancy Lenoil at nlenoil@sos.ca.gov no later than Wednesday, May 24 and include the following information:
(1) which position you are interested in
(2) a...
Chair Elect/Vice-Chair:
Debra Schiff
Steering Committee:
Jim Havron
Sara Borden
Annie Tummino
Read more about the candidates and their visions for the future here!
The SNAP Section Steering Committee will host our annual meeting on Wednesday, July 26, 2:30-3:45 PM in Portland, Oregon. As part of our conference program, we are soliciting speakers for a lightning round session following our formal business meeting. Presentations will be capped at 5 minutes. The call is open to all members of the SNAP Section. Preference will be given to students, new professionals, and first time speakers. Presentations are intended to provide an opportunity for SNAP...
The Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section is seeking nominations for a Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Secretary, and three (3) Steering Committee Members.
Serving in a leadership role on the Roundtable is a wonderful way to become more involved with SNAP and SAA and get to know other archivists. Our proposed SNAP bylaws require, to ensure adequate student representation in SNAP leadership, that at least two candidates on the slate must be students at the time of the election.
In...
BACKGROUND: The Archival History Section should have continuous representation on the Advisory Board of Information and Culture: A Journal of History, a major journal representing authors in the field of archival history. From about 2010 to 2014, the Archival History Roundtable had representation on the board of Information and Culture: A Journal of History, but representation lapsed until October 2016, when a vote of the steering committee re-initiated representation on the board. To ensure...
The Archival History Section (AHS) is very pleased to announce that the Section's newsletter will soon be revived, under the title Archival History News.
Eric Stoykovich and Adam Mosseri have volunteered to serve as co-editors of Archival History News, beginning May 2017, with their term ending August 12, 2018 (with the possibility of a year-long extension as approved by the AHS steering committee).
The AHS Steering Committee has also submitted a request to SAA for a student intern to...
The steering committee has completed the revisions for the Human Rights Archives Section Standing Rules, formerly known as by-laws. The attached document shows the changes that have been made including the new required language approved by the Council. There will be a referendum on the election ballot in June.
