The Women Archivists Roundtable is looking for WARriors! We are currently seeking nominations for one Co-chair and four Steering Committee members. Terms begin this August at the close of the annual meeting in Atlanta.
(1 position) - Co-chairs share leadership of WAR and work with the Steering Committee members on WAR events and projects, plan the annual meeting, and lead the overall direction of the roundtable. The Co-chair serves a two-year term, followed by one year on the steering...
Labor Archives Roundtable Colleagues,
It's the time of year when we send out the call for nominees to fill the staggered, two-year term as Labor Archives Roundtable co-chair. This term will be for 2016-2018, and will begin in August.
Co-Chair Catherine Powell’s co-chair spot will be expiring, and she is not eligible to serve another consecutive term under the roundtable bylaws. If we have more than one candidate, we have the option of holding an election. If there is only one nominee,...
The SAA Women’s Collections Roundtable is currently seeking nominees for the roles of Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect. For the first year of the two year term, the two elected officers will hold the positions of Vice Co-Chairs. The second year in office, the elected officers will hold the positions of Co-Chairs. Newly elected officers will assume office immediately following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting in August.
Candidates for election must be members of SAA and the WCRT. Self-...
The Steering Committee is pleased to present an amended set of bylaws for the membership to review and vote upon in the upcoming election. The main reasons for amending the bylaws are to:
Clear up inconsistencies in language
Clarify processes and address concerns regarding elections
Formalize the Section web intern position duties
Formally share Section duties across the leadership
Per the bylaws, the amendments shall be available for review on the Section’s website for 30 days before...
Please join WAR at the SAA Annual Meeting to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women archivists, in order to highlight the past and present accomplishments of women archivists, recognizing the importance of the history of the women who have shaped and were shaped by the archival profession. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary! Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. However, you don't need to be at the annual meeting to...
The Archival History Roundtable is pleased to solicit nominations for four open positions:
Roundtable vice chair/chair-elect.
Three steering committee members.
Steering committee members serve for one year. The vice chair/chair-elect serves for two years (one year as vice chair, and one year as chair). For more details, please see the roundtable's bylaws.
Nominees must be current members of the Society of American Archivists to be considered by the Steering Committee for election.
You...
Check out the latest post to bloggERS!, the blog of the SAA Electronic Records Section: Preservation beyond the bits: An interview with Linda Tadic.
The 2016 Preservation Week poster is available for download! Please click here!
The Government Records Case Studies are drawn from real life and address challenges faced by archives responsible for government records, including but not limited to: advocacy, (re)appraisal, custody issues, starting a records program, digitization projects, born-digital records, preservation, access, accountability and transparency. The goal is to develop a set of cases from a broad range of repositories, representing all levels of government: local, state, provincial, territorial, tribal,...
Check out the third post in our Spring 2016 series on processing digital materials by Michael G. Olson, Service Manager for the Born-Digital/Forensics Labs at Stanford University Libraries.
On behalf of the SAA Electronic Records Section blog editorial team, we'd like to invite you to check out the latest post in the bloggERS! Series on Digital Processing:
The 2016 RAO Program Committee is especially interested in hearing from vendors who'd like to present on the following topics or themes:
Access to Born Digital Collections – This could be a policy discussion regarding privacy or confidentiality, as well as access policy and procedural issues, or the technology and manpower needed to make it happen.
Assessment – What stats do you keep? What’s important? How do you track these stats? How do you use these at your institution?
Archival...
The 2016 Nominations and Elections Committee for SAA’s Reference, Access and Outreach (RAO) Section is accepting nominations for candidates to run for Steering Committee membership (2 positions) and Vice Chair/Chair-Elect. RAO is committed to developing a diverse slate of candidates with a variety of backgrounds, from a range of institutions, and with an array of experience.
Nominees must be current members of the Society of American Archivists and the Reference, Access and Outreach Section to...
SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for the Public Services of Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries:
SAA Progress Report
(Prepared by: Amy Schindler, SAA co-chair, and Christian Dupont, ACRL/RBMS co-chair)
Summary of Meeting Activities:
The SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for the Public Services of Archives Repositories and Special Collections Libraries created by the...
Negotiation. The word in and of itself can be terrifying. What to ask for and how to negotiate your salary and new position. Do we as women, negotiate our worth, and what challenges do we face?
Please join WAR (@womenarchivists) for our next live tweet discussion on salary negotiation hosted by steering committee member, Beth Myers, Director of Special Collections at Smith College, (@archivedB) on February 19, 1:00-2:30pm EST. Have you recently been through a job negotiation? How do you go...
The Summer 2014 issue of Descriptive Notes, the newsletter of the Description Section, is now available.
I&A Steering Committee
2015 December 09
Conference Call
Last Meeting Follow-up:
1) Blog (Christine). One “Steering Share” blog post (each one introducing a steering committee member) will be published every two weeks. We have a schedule, and two posts are ready.
2) Website (Laurel). October conference call minutes are ready to be posted.
3) Illinois Museums issue (Wendy). SAA is discussing next steps with the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC).
4) Possible Models...
I am happy to announce the beta release of the EAD 2002 to EAD3 migration style sheet.
The beta release is available on GitHub at https://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD2002toEAD3/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.
Style sheet documentation is available in the README file, which is included in the release pckage and is accessible at https://github.com/SAA-SDT/EAD2002toEAD3/blob/master/README.md.
The style sheet has been tested extensively against a wide variety of instances of EAD 2002. It is, however, a beta...
OHA@50: Traditions, Transitions, and Technologies from the Field
2016 OHA Annual Meeting
October 12-16, 2016
Long Beach, California
Renaissance Hotel
The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations for its 50th anniversary meeting in 2016 to be held October 12-16, 2016 at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, California. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2016. (http://bit.ly/1Oprc1P)
The fiftieth anniversary meeting offers at once an opportunity to...
