It is time to elect new officers to the lead the Military Archives Section. The by-laws require us to elect new officers every two years, so we are seeking nominations for the offices of Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary. Please submit nominations via email at james.ginther@usmcu.edu, including a short biography, a statement of what the nominee will bring to the position, and a list of goals for MARS as we go forward. Nominations must be received by Tuesday, May 30th.
In keeping with the decision by SAA Council to convert all Round Tables to Sections, the MART became the Military Archives Section.
It's official -- nominations are open for leadership positions with SAA's Acquisitions and Appraisal Section! We are seeking individuals of all experience levels interested in acquisitions and appraisal for the following three positions:
Vice-Chair / Chair-Elect
Steering Committee At-Large Member (2 positions available)
In order to be nominated for these positions, candidates must be a member of the Society of American Archivists and a member of the Acquisitions and Appraisal Section. You...
The Encoded Archival Standards Section is seeking candidates for three positions: one co-chair and two Steering Committee members. The successful candidates will serve a two-year term (August 2017-August 2019). Nominees must be current members of the Society of American Archivists to be considered.
The EAS Section launched several exciting initiatives during 2016-17, including a webinar series and a social media presence. If you have any questions about current projects or the work we...
It's that time of year again when we elect new leadership for Lone Arrangers!
Being part of leadership at SAA is a great way to meet others and also be a conduit to SAA about lone arrangers' needs. Please feel free to nominate yourself, or another colleague.
The open positions are:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect – The individual elected to this post will serve as the incoming chair, and a member of the Steering Committee 2017-2018. The following year they will become Chair and take over those...
During this webinar, held on April 12, 2017, Sarah Buchanan (University of Missouri), Michele Combs (Syracuse University), Cory Nimer (Brigham Young University), and Elizabeth Russey Roke (Emory University) presented the results of their work with the EAD3 Study Group on Discovery. This discussion covers the group's report and recommendations regarding date encoding, extent encoding, language encoding, name heading encoding, geolocation elements, and linked data in EAD3.
Steering committee member Heidi Butler put up this year's first blog post, Sharing Some Archives Love. Look for more blog entries in the coming weeks!
Though the initial deadline has passed, we are still collecting stories about projects to try, and projects to steer away from. You will find the Google form here. Thanks to those who have already submitted!
Attention, Members!
The RAO Nominations and Elections Committee is seeking nominations to fill vacancies on the RAO Steering Committee; we invite you to volunteer yourself or someone as a candidate! We value a variety of ideas and perspectives in RAO and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, institutions, professional settings, and experience. Students and new professionals should feel welcome to run for these leadership roles.
The Nominating Committee seeks nominations from all...
* Half-day course question pool requires 30 questions
* One-day question pool requires 40 questions
* Two-day question pool requires 60 questions
* Webinar question pool require 20 questions
Attached are e documents to assist you in preparing exam questions for CoE courses:
1. Item Construction Form: fill this out for each question
2. Guide to Preparing Questions: contains tips and suggestions for good questions and answers
3. Exam Submisison Criteria: contains criteria for CoE exams
The latest issue of SOLO is available!
Check out Volume 3, Issue 1 (January 2018) here.
Montana Historical Society Receives Grant to Capture Oral Histories on State’s Brewing Industry Anneliese Warhank, Archivist and Oral Historian, Montana Historical SocietyThe Montana Historical Society Research Center has received a $4,500 grant from Humanities Montana to conduct a series of oral history interviews designed to begin capturing the history of modern craft brewing and breweries in Montana. Anneliese Warhank, Certified Archivist and Oral Historian for MHS, will coordinate...
A Century of Women in Congress
Office of the House Historian, U.S. House of Representatives
On November 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. To commemorate the centennial of Rankin’s election to the House of Representatives and her April 1917 swearing-in, the Office of the House Historian conducted interviews with former women Representatives and staff to create A Century of Women in Congress, an ongoing web-based oral history project that examines...
Archives Alive: Democratizing Public Library Archives through Oral HistoryDiantha Dow Schull, DDSchull AssociatesArchivists and special collections librarians across the country are employing myriad approaches to community documentation, ranging from crowdsourcing and scanning events to social archives, digital memory projects and documentary films. Among these approaches, oral history is especially effective, enabling archivists to animate and expand local history collections....
Note from the Chair
Happy 2017 to everyone! Our new year brings with it a new newsletter editor, and I would like to start by welcoming and thanking Melissa Lindberg, who volunteered to take over the reins of Dialogue. We are all looking forward to working with her and getting out the news on section and member activities.
On a more somber note, the new year has also brought with it fresh concerns, including the potential impacts of recent Executive Orders. As oral historians and archivists, we...
The Archival History Section seeks an editor--or two!--to help relaunch a newsletter for AHS members and other interested parties.
Founded in 1986 as the Archival History Roundtable, the AHS advocates for and promotes an understanding of the history of the American archival profession. Inspired by the work of other SAA sections (see, for example, the Lone Arrangers Quarterly Newsletter, https://lonearrangers.wordpress.com/about/), this digital newsletter will function as a dynamic space to keep...
