Message from the Chair
I am very pleased to share the news with you that SAA Council has approved our request to change our name and scope. We are now officially the Collection Management Tools Roundtable (CMTRT). Thanks to all of you for your feedback and conversations around this issue. Special thanks to past chair Sasha Griffin and past Council liaison Bill Landis, to current and past Steering Committee members, and to our new Council liaison Rachel Vagts who all put their energy behind this...
The Rockefeller Archive Center is pleased to announce the community release of ATReference, an extension of the source core code of the Archivists’ Toolkit™ that supports the management of reference related activities in an archival setting, including registering patrons, recording visits and topics of research, and tracking researcher statistics and research products. Priority One of the project is now available for download, and work on Priority Two is already underway. To download the...
Meet the Candidates for the 2015 CMTRT Election
Frank Boles of SAA's Committee on Archives and Public Policy (CAPP) seeks feedback from the roundtable on a positon statement regarding how personal privacy should be defined. Please attend our annual meeting in Cleveland on August 21 to join the discussion. If you cannot attend, write directly to Amy Fitch, P&C chair, at afitch@rockarch.org to share your thoughts.
The Summer 2015 issue of Descriptive Notes is now available here.
CANDIDATE FOR VICE-CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT
Bethany Anderson
Biography:
Bethany Anderson is a Visiting Archival Operations and Reference Specialist in the University Archives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she manages the processing of digital content and the records of the College of Engineering and science programs. She holds a master’s degree in Archives and Records Management from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s in Near Eastern Art and Archaeology from the...
Lisa Calahan
I am the Head of Archival Processing at the University of Minnesota (2014-Present) and previously worked for the Black Metropolis Research Consortium at the University of Chicago (2009-2014). I hold an MLIS from Dominican University and a Master’s degree in Public History from Loyola University Chicago. I’ve been a member of SAA since 2009 and a Roundtable member of LAGAR, AACR, and WAR. In addition to my SAA and Roundtable membership, I served one term on the Cultural Heritage...
Here is a Preview of the Porposed MART Events in Cleveland as part of the 2015 Annual Meeting:
August 18, Tuesday A MART Sponsered Bus Tour of Military Sites in Northeast Ohio, including a tour of the Coast Guard Cutter, CGC Neah Bay, one of the few icebreakers on duty in the Great Lakes see the ship in action at http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/02/video_breaking_ice_on_l...
August 19, Wednesday, MART Meeting 5:00-7:00 pm, followed by Happy Hour
More Activites are planned,...
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gallery One blends art, technology, and interpretation. It includes real works from the museum’s collection as well as interactive, technology-based activities and games. For example, Global Influences presents visitors with an artwork and asks them to guess which two countries on the map influenced the work in question; and crowd favorite Strike a Pose asks visitors to imitate the pose of a sculpture and invites them to save and share the resulting photograph.
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect candidates:
Frances Harrell
Statement
I'm excited to continue serving the preservation field and my colleagues by bringing my professional skills and dedication to the Preservation Section leadership, especially as opportunities arise to collaborate with our allied professionals.
Biography
Frances Harrell is a Preservation Specialist at NEDCC, where she provides preservation assistance to small and medium-sized cultural heritage institutions through assessments...
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISITS
Archival History Round Table
Election of Officers
2015-2016
The election of new officers for the Archival History Roundtable will be held for the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and Steering Committee (3 available positions). We also will vote on a propsed change to the Round Table's bylaws.
Each candidate was invited to submit a brief background statement of experience and interest in the Archival History Roundtable.
Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair-...
NAAR 2015 Elections: Candidate Biographies and Statements
***Voting is NOW open! Members will receive an email from SAA with voting instructions. Voting is open until July 14.****
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Colleen Cook Archives Coordinator Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian Palm Springs, California
Bio: I am the Archives Coordinator for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office. In this role I manage a Cultural Register of the tribe, a reference archive...
Dear LAGAR Membership,
The Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable of SAA is extending the call for nominations for our female self-identified co-chair to serve the Roundtable, 2015-2017. As per our bylaws, the current female self-identified co-chair must step down at the close of our annual business meeting, 2015; and we hope to replace her with someone of similar fine skills! This new co-chair will work with the current male self-identified co-chair in organizing meetings, sub-committees and...
Meet our wonderful slate of candidates for the 2015 WCRT ballot. The two candidates receiving the most votes will serve as co-Vice Chairs of the roundtable in 2015-2016 and co-Chairs of the roundtable in 2016-2017.Holly SmithBiography Holly A. Smith is currently the College Archivist at Spelman College. Previously she served as African American Materials Specialist in the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her B.A. in...
Candidate Statements for 2015 Labor Archives Roundtable Co-Chair Election
[In Alphabetical Order by Surname]
Meghan Courtney - LAR Candidate Bio
I would like to express my interest in serving as co-chair for the Labor Archives Roundtable for the 2015-2017 term. Please accept the following as a candidate statement, if necessary:
As the AFSCME Archivist, I work closely with an active union, confirming my belief that many labor organizations have a high level of interest in archiving their...
The nominations for the 2015 Privacy & Confidentiality Roundtable Steering Committee have been posted. Please take a few moments to review candidate biographical notes and statements of interest before the election.
The deadline for submitting nominations and self-nominations for leadership positions in the Electronic Records Section has been extended to Friday, June 19.
We are accepting nominations for:
Vice Chair/Chair Elect (1 position open -- currently uncontested)
Steering Committee (2 positions open)
Send all nominations and self-nominations (including name, contact information, and a brief biography and statement of interest) to Marty Gengenbach at: martin.gengenbach@gmail.com.
This is a great...
The slate of candidates is now available for viewing:
Name: Tony Wright
Institution: The City of Grand Rapids Community Archives and Research Center
Statement of Interest: I would like to serve on the Government Records Steering Committee because I have fifteen years of experience with local government records and archives. My experience with city and county government includes the development and improvement of records retention schedules; FOIA requests and FOIA policy development; Document...
Courtney Bailey
I have a master's degree with a concentration in archives and records management from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have been an SAA member since 2011, and I have been working as a records management analyst at the State Archives of North Carolina since 2014. I recognize there are many records management initiatives currently taking place at the national, state, and local levels, especially in regards to...
We have a two exceptional candidates running for co-chair in the 2015 election! Watch for the online election link from SAA to make your selection.
Co-Chair (Select one: Bethany Anderson, Elizabeth Clemens)
Bethany Anderson
Bethany Anderson is a Visiting Archival Operations and Reference Specialist in the University Archives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she manages the processing of digital content and appraises, arranges, and describes hybrid scientific records and...
It’s time for Caption These Bits! round three! You’re digital pun experts now, right?
Once a month, bloggERS invites readers to submit captions for images related to electronic records and the history of technology, sourced from archives around the world. Submit your caption below by 6/19. Digital archives, preservation, and curation humor encouraged.
We’ll choose three finalists and invite readers to vote for the winner.
The time for 2015 elections for open SNAP positions is upon us. Take a few minutes to read over the candidate statements!
Vice-chair/Chair Elect Candidates
Kelly Kietur – Private archive
I'm Kelly and I currently work as an archivist at a private archive in the Detroit area. I'm interested in serving as Vice Chair/Chair-Elect because as a new archivist as well as a first generation professional I am all too familiar with how daunting it can be when one is just starting out. I want to help...
Local Government Records Roundtable Bylaws
(Adopted by the Local Government Records Roundtable membership June 14, 2013)
Amendments made May 28, 2015 to be approved by membership according to the terms of therein.
I. NAME.
The name of the roundtable shall be Local Government Records Roundtable.
II. MISSION.
The mission of the roundtable is to provide a forum for dialogue among archivists concerned with the administration, organization, and care of records of local government.
III. MEMBERS....
Jennifer Day, CA
Archivist, The City of Oklahoma City, Office of City Clerk
As Chair of the Local Government Records Roundtable I hope to generate more discussion and activity on the email forum, establish goals for the coming year to create a resource/education guide for preserving government records, and start a campaign to bring more LGRRT members to the SAA annual meeting. I appreciate your participation and support. A little about my professional background and current position:
I have...
The Local Government Records Roundtable will meet in Cleveland on Friday August 21 at 4:30
The meeting will include a presentation from a government archivist working in the Cleveland area, Judith Cetina:
Judith G. Cetina has a BA (1971), MA (1974) and Ph.D. (1977) in History from Case Western University; and completed fellowships at the Case Western Reserve University Archives and the Western Reserve Historical Society. She has been with the Cuyahoga County Archives since 1977 and has been...
