You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a three-year term; and
Two Steering Committee members (two-year terms).
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidates are running for the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect position:
Veronica DenisonUniversity Archivist, Kansas State University
Biographical statement:
Veronica Denison is the University Archivist at Kansas...
The Archivists and Archives of Color Section Steering Committee is excited to announce the excellent slate of candidates running in this year’s election. Please review their bios and statements before casting your votes.
You will be voting for:
1 Co-chair (2-year term)
3 Steering Committee Members (2-year term)
1 Newsletter Editor (2-year term)
SAA staff administer ballots through Survey Monkey and will email you the ballot when voting opens.
Co-chair
Joseph R. (Bob) DiazAssociate Librarian...
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Candidates
Helena Egbert
Biography:Helena Egbert is the Processing Archivist at Kansas State University Libraries. After being hired in April 2020 she led disaster recovery efforts to bring the archival collections back into the building following the Hale library fire in 2018. She continues to lead efforts related to long lasting effects from the disaster. She also oversees processing and collection management efforts. Previously she worked at Oregon State University at...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Accessibility & Disability Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements.
You will be voting for:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (three-year term)
Steering Committee members (three-year terms)
Early-career member (one-year term)
Ballots will be sent by SAA through Survey Monkey — keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Candidates
The following candidate is...
Call for nominations! Please send any nominations immediately by June 1!
Are you seeking an opportunity to expand both your own knowledge of archival history and your network of colleagues with similar interests? If so, consider joining the Archival History Section as a member of our Steering Committee or as our Early Career Member.
Steering Committee members aid the section in our newsletter (https://archivalhistory.news), help us sponsor annually an award about archival history, and work in...
Vice Chair / Chair Elect
Alexandra (Lexy) deGraffenreid, Interim Co-Head of Collection Services & Processing Archivist, Penn State Univeristy's Eberly Family Special Collections Library
Biography
Alexandra (Lexy) deGraffenreid is the Interim Co-Head of Collection Services & Processing Archivist at Penn State University’s Eberly Family Special Collections Library where she stewards the ingest, accessioning, processing, and collection maintenance of their archival and special...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2022 Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
1 Co-chair (three-year term)
1 Steering Committee member (three-year term)
1 Web Liaison (three-year term)
1 Education Coordinator (three-year term)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox...
The SAA Public Library Archives and Special Collections Section seeks candidates to serve in leadership positions for the next fiscal year, 2022-2023! Getting involved in PLASC leadership is a great way to engage in professional development and public service, and connect with colleagues throughout the United States.
Time commitment is approximately 3 hours/month, including attendance at a virtual monthly meeting. Annual meeting attendance is NOT required. Over the past year PLASC has been...
The Performing Arts Section (PAS) is seeking nominations for both the Co-Chair and a Steering Committee Member positions.
Serving in a leadership role on the Section is a wonderful way to become more involved with PAS and SAA and get to know other archivists.
In order to hold a position as an officer and/or member of the Steering Committee, you must be a member of both SAA and PAS. The term for each office is one year, beginning at the close of the SAA annual meeting in August 2022 and ending...
SOLO, the newsletter of the Lone Arrangers Section of the Society of American Archivists, seeks submissions for the Fall 2022 issue. The newsletter relies entirely on submissions from LAS members or anyone wishing to contribute to the community of solo archivists. Please consider sharing your work, news, and accomplishments with your colleagues!
We're looking for articles, photos, and shorter announcements relevant to solo archivists. Possible topics include your collections; your successes...
Greetings OHS Members!
This year, the Electronic Records Section (ERS) and Oral History Section (OHS) will host a joint section meeting in early August during SAA's 2022 hybrid conference. In hosting a joint session, our goal is to encourage dialogue between our members and to reflect on our shared interests and challenges, particularly in the ways that our work has been impacted by a remote working environment and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
All section meetings are virtual this year, and...
The Native American Archives Section is seeking nominations for the Steering Committee positions!
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Native American Archives Section (NAAS) is seeking nominations for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and three Steering Committee members. Anyone is welcome to apply, including students and early-career archivists. If you work with Native American archival materials, or are interested in learning more about the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, this is...
Help shape the future of the Society of American Archivists’ Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) by joining the Steering Committee. Service on the MDOS Steering Committee is a manageable time commitment that offers you valuable experience as you contribute to our profession by fostering discussion, education, and collaboration among archivists interested in digitization, digital archival objects, and the metadata that enables their access, management, and preservation.
The MDOS Steering...
Would you like to get more involved with SAA and expand your leadership experience? Maybe it's time to help lead the Preservation Section!
We are seeking candidates for two positions:
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Member-At-Large
If you are interested in nominating yourself, or would like to nominate someone else, please send the name and a 4 or 5 sentence statement of interest/professional bio to Kara McClurken (kmm6ef@virginia.edu) by Monday, May 23rd.
The work: Section projects include planning...
The Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section is seeking candidates for three positions:
One co-chair for a two-year term (2022-2024) -- first year as junior co-chair and second year as senior co-chair
One Steering Committee member for a two-year term (2022-2024)
One early-career member for a one-year term (August 2022 - August 2023)
Please feel free to email current co-chairs Bo Doub (bdoub@usc.edu) and Irene Gates (gatesbir@gmail.com) with any questions regarding the nominations/election...
The Public Library Archives and Special Collections (PLASC) Section is calling for presenters at our virtual section meeting, Wednesday July 20th from 11am-12:30pm PST. We are looking for lightning talks, 10-15 minutes in length, that highlight projects and initiatives from your repositories that further efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly with regards to collections development. Examples of this work might be:
Projects with External Partners
Community Collecting...
"Performance in the Archives" [Virtual Coffee Table Discussion" April 29, 2022, 3:00 pm EDT/2:00 pm CDT/12:00 pm PDT, via Zoom
SAA's Performing Arts Section (PAS) invites SAA members, affiliates, colleagues, and friends to a discussion about the encounters, interactions, and mutual influences between the world of archives and performing arts. The panel features Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College, Columbia University; Zachary Whittenburg, dance journalist and Arts...
The Reference, Access, & Outreach section of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for election to the following roles:
Steering Committee Member-at-Large (2)
2 year commitment
Vice-chair/Chair-elect
3 year commitment
All roles begin at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Meeting. Nominations can be made via our 2022 Nominations Form by the end of the business day on June 24, 2022. For more information and details on roles and responsibilities you can review the...
The updated Museum Archives Guidelines were approved in February 2022 and are available! These assist all types of museums—both independent museums and those contained within larger institutions—in the development and administration of archives programs. The document outlines the components of a successful museum archives program.
The Collection Management Section Webinar: "Turning Disaster into Opportunity" took place on April 5th, 2022. The recording is available at the SAA Youtube Channel
When the unexpected hits our collections, it can be a time of stress and uncertainty but can also be a time to look at collection management practices, storage design and processing to come out stronger on the other side. Hear from three presenters who faced the unexpected and learn some of the lessons they took away from their...
UnBOXed: LAS Treasures
Join the Lone Arrangers Section for a professional "show-and-tell" as we marvel at the treasures from several different archival collections, including loss records from Titanic; pieces from the collections of over 25 jewelry tool and die companies spanning from the 1860s to today; a 15th century psalter done by hand with gold leaf; a Neptune certificate for crossing the equator; and more! The latest of the LAS UnBOXed series, this event will be sure to thrill and...
Call for Presenters! UnBOXed: LAS Treasures
Do you have unique and interesting items in your collection? Most of us do! The Lone Arrangers Section is looking for 5 presenters to participate in a show-and-tell about the highlights of their collections for our next Section event.
When: The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 28 at 4pm Eastern (3pm Central / 1pm Pacific time).
Format: Show your treasures live or via a slideshow.
Contact: lonearrangersectionsaa@gmail.com
The Society of American Archivists' (SAA) Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section and the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS) are planning a joint meeting for the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists. The EAS / TS-EAS meeting will be held via Zoom on August 3, 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).
EAS and TS-EAS are seeking representatives and users of archival aggregation websites (e.g., Archives Portal Europe, Online Archive of California,...
Are you passionate about accessibility and disability in archives? Do you love creating and sharing resources? The SAA Accessibility & Disability Section is recruiting for our section blog’s editorial team!
The editorial team develops, cultivates, and publishes content relevant to accessibility and disability in the archives through our section blog. We welcome all ideas for maintaining a thoughtful, creative, and rich blog presence. Some ideas might include event and resource roundups,...
Due to unforseen circmstances, we have had to re-schedule Beudry Allen's webinar. It will now take place via Zoom on Monady, April 25, 2022, at 3 PM Eastern / 2 PM Central / 1 PM Mountain / Noon Pacific.
Zoom Meeting ID: 925 4974 8168
