Recent posts from groups

Thursday, August 4, 2016, 3:30 pm, Rooms 204/205, Atlanta Hilton  1.    Chair’s welcome, Rachel (5 minutes)  2.    SAA Council Liaison, Pam Hackbart-Dean (5 minutes)  3.    Introduction of current and incoming officers (5 minutes)  4.    Old business   a.       Introduction of new newsletter editor, Melissa Lindberg   b.      SAA 2016 sessions related to Oral History c.       Council Exemplary Service Award d.      Final report on the SAA Oral History Project (Treshani Perera) (20 minutes) 5...
Jul 29, 2016   Oral History Section
The Acquisitions and Appraisal Section will be holding a runoff election during its annual  meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, August 4th from 3:30-5pm.  Due to a tie in the regular election, this runoff election is for one of the member-at-large positions on the steering committee.  The two candidates who tied are Mat Darby and Juile I. May.  Their candidate statements are below. Mat Darby Biographical statement:  Education M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin (2000) B.A., English,...
Meeting date & time: Wednesday, August 3 from 6-7:30 PM Location: Off-site. Email rmseale@iastate.edu to confirm attendance & get meeting location.  Agenda Approve last year’s minutes  Introduce new officers Council liaison (Pam Hackbart-Dean) Discuss mission & name of Security RT & its future Call for volunteers  Discussion of retention periods for video surveillance Discussion of case studies Election Results Junior Co-Chair: Miranda Mims Secretary: Jaime Marie Burton...
Jul 28, 2016   Security Section
Collection Management Tools Roundtable Meeting AgendaWednesday, August 3, 20164:00 - 5:00 PMSalon C Hilton Atlanta, 255 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303  4:00-4:05: Welcome and Announcements 4:05-4:20: Review of Year’s Activities 4:20-5:25: Presentations and Q&A 5:25-5:30: Council Liaison Announcements Mark Custer (Yale University) and Susan Pyzynski (Harvard University), ArchivesSpace public interface Come hear an update about the new ArchviesSpace Public Interface, which is...
We are pleased to announce the new members of the CMTRT Steering Committee for 2016-2018: Vice Chair / Chair-Elect: Stephanie Bennett Web Liaison: Carolyn Runyon They will join Jasmine Jones, who is transitioning to Chair in August, and Steering Committee members Martha O’Hara Conway, Daniel Weddington, and Caitlin Wells.
The results are in, and we are pleased to announce that Chloe Raub (Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University) and Rosemary K. J. Davis (Amherst College) will be serving as co-vice-chairs in 2016-2017 and co-chairing the roundtable in 2017-2018. We were delighted with the great turnout and thank all the candidates who ran. Please contact Chloe, Rosemary, or your new co-chairs Jenny Gotwals and Holly Smith with any ideas for the future of the roundtable.
Jul 27, 2016   Women's Collections Section
The Archives Management Roundtable is proud to host an informative presentation at its upcoming meeting on Wednesday, August 3rd, at 6:00 pm: The program will be a career-focused panel from Beth Myers of Smith College, Christina Zamon of Emerson College, and Steven Booth of the National Archives. To open, Beth will share about salary negotiations, then Christina will speak about hiring, and finally, Steven will discuss career planning in general. After 20-30 minutes of quick highlights, the...
Jul 26, 2016   Archives Management Section
In the third post in our series sharing the results of the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries, we review responses to questions about reference metrics. Overall, the qualitative responses regarding reference reflected very similar themes as those found in theresponses to patron-centered data. Respondents overwhelmingly count the number of reference transactions at...
Please be sure to vote for the Labor Archives Roundtable Co-Chair.  Deadline for voting is July 22nd. If you have not received your ballot, contact Felicia Owens at fowens@archivists.org to get a new one. For more information, see candidate statement under Recent News and Announcements on the LAR group page. - Catherine Powell, outgoing co-chair
Jul 20, 2016   Labor Archives Section
Documenting Diverse Women There are numerous collections in Georgia that highlight the experiences of women across race, class, sexual orientation, and neighborhood. A panel of four dynamic speakers will discuss archival collections across different repositories as well as various outreach and advocacy efforts aimed at increasing awareness of these resources.   Speakers: Beverly Guy-Sheftall Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and...
Jul 19, 2016   Women's Collections Section
In the second of our series exploring the results of a survey issued last fall on behalf of the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries, we delve here into questions of patron-centered metrics. These posts are intended to prime some of the thinking about how we, as a profession, currently collect, work with, and think about data in a public services context. Regarding...
Upon request, SAA will put Annual Meeting registrants in contact with child care service providers. SAA will subsidize the cost for child care and will plan an appropriate amount in each year's Annual Meeting budget. See this page for more information. A lactation room will be available for attendees behind the Registration desk. The room will have a refrigerator and SAA staff will ensure that anyone working the registration desk (on Level 1) will be able to direct attendees to the lactation...
Jul 17, 2016   Women Archivists Section
The SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Statistical Measures for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries is currently developing a new standard defining appropriate statistical measures and performance metrics to govern the collection and analysis of statistical data for describing public services provided by archival repositories and special collections libraries. In August-September 2015, the Task Force disseminated a survey...
Elizabeth Surles (co-chair, 2016-2018) Elizabeth has been Archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies since January 2014. Prior to joining the Institute, she was Digitization Archivist and then Library Director at the American Alpine Club Library in Golden, Colorado.  She formerly worked at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music and the Office of Collections in the library of the University of Illinois, where she earned master’s degrees in musicology and library and information science...
Jul 8, 2016   Performing Arts Section
Below are the candidates for the 3 vacant positions to serve on the GRS Steering Committee for the 2016-2018 term. Following standing tradition, the candidate with the most votes will be asked to serve as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. Name: Ingi HouseInstitution: U.S. Navy Seabee MuseumGovernment Sector: Federal Statement of Interest: As a long-time federal archivist, I am interested in serving on the Government Records Steering Committee because I enjoy promoting their usage and assisting...
In preparation for the upcoming SAA Oral History Section election, a full slate of candidates has stepped forward to take part in the election for new leadership positions. Each candidate's bio and statement of interest can be viewed at this link on the Oral History Section's microsite. SAA Staff will create all ballots by the first week of July and share them with respective section/roundtable chairs, who are responsible for publicizing the ballot to their membership. Ballots will be open for...
Jun 27, 2016   Oral History Section
Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Jody Hoks I am the Digital Archivist for the Archives, Local History, and Genealogy Unit at the Fort Worth Library. I am responsible for developing and promoting digital collections, and preserving and providing access to the Archives’ digital materials. Previously, I was the Assistant Archivist for the Bernard Rapoport Legacy Project at the Briscoe Center for American History, and a Project Archivist at the Milwaukee Public Library. I earned an MA in...
Meet the Candidates for the 2016 CMTRT Election
View the Brooklyn Historical Society's Oral History Metadata Synchronizer Guide here.
View the ArchivesSpace Repository Profile for UC Irvine here.
Martha Bace is our candidate for Vice-Chair/Chair-elect: Biography:Although I’ve lived in Alabama for a significant portion of my adult life, I am a Texan by birth and heritage.  After graduating from Vestavia Hills High School in Birmingham, in 1973, I received my bachelor’s degree in history from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, in 1977.  After graduation I worked at the University of Alabama in Birmingham in the bookstore for a year and a half before entering library school at George...
Jun 21, 2016   Description Section
My name is Keith Reynolds, I'm self identified cisgender gay male. and I was born and raised in Wyoming. I earned a master’s degree in public history from the University of Wyoming in 2011 and worked as an archivist at the American Heritage center for five years. I currently live in Utah and work for the Salt Lake City government doing records management. I spent two years working at the Utah AIDS Foundation, first as the HIV prevention coordinator and later as the client services...
Thank you to everyone who answered the call for nominations for the upcoming Preservation Section Steering Committee Elections! Here is the slate of nominees for the 2016 elections: VICE CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT Janet CarletonJanet Carleton is Digital Initiatives coordinator for Ohio University Libraries where she is responsible for the digitization and digital preservation of the Libraries unique resources, and promoting their use through social media. She is active in SAA and regional and state...
Jun 17, 2016   Preservation Section