RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes from the November 17, 2014 meeting are available online at:
Meeting Minutes
This document details the proposed changes to the bylaws with track changes. Please contact Beth Cron with any questions bethany.cron@nara.gov.
Vice Chair/Chair Elect Candidate Statements
Roxanne Dunn
I am currently employed as the Special Collections and Archives Librarian at Southeast Missouri State University. Having recently been elected to serve on SNAP's steering committee, I have enjoyed the limited time I have worked "behind the scenes" with SNAP and feel I can step up to help lead our RT. I have gained much experience during my first year of employment and I feel that will translate well to assist others with job hunting...
Statistics about Key Contact/SAA membership distribution is now available under About this Subcommittee.
The Key Contact subcommittee recently revised the FAQ document and it is now available via the link under About the Subcommittee.
As archivists and special collections librarians, we are becoming increasingly mindful of the need to gather, analyze, and share evidence concerning the effectiveness of the operations we manage and the impact of the services we provide. Yet the absence of commonly accepted statistical measures greatly impedes our ability to conduct meaningful assessment initiatives and the evaluation and establishment of best practices. Recognition of this two-pronged challenge has manifested itself in a...
EAD3
Seek clarity in relationship with the Technical Subcommittee on EAD (TS-EAD) and how we can work productively on the release of EAD3 this winter. Communication and lowering barriers to adoption the focus of this group.
Assigned to this initiative: Ruth Kitchin Tillman, Suzanne Maggard
EAD3 Study Groups
Link to groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ead3-study-group
Part of laying groundwork for EAD. Priority project for fall-winter.
Assigned to this initiative: Jodi Allison-...
Serving in a leadership role on the Roundtable is a wonderful way to become more involved with SNAP and SAA and get to know other archivists. Our proposed SNAP bylaws require, to ensure adequate student representation in SNAP leadership, that at least two candidates on the slate must be students at the time of the election.
In order to hold a position as an officer and/or member of the Steering Committee, you must be both a member of SAA and the SNAP Roundtable. The term for each office is one...
http://snaproundtable.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/saa-2015-session-proposals/
These case studies are drawn from real life. They address one or more of the areas covered by the Code of Ethics for Archivists: professional judgment in carrying out basic archival tasks, protecting records authenticity, access to and use of records, professional relationships with donors or users, privacy issues, ensuring security against theft, and questions of trust in archivists’ conduct. (For information on how to submit a case study, see our Call for Case Studies.)
Case 1An Online...
As archivists and special collections librarians, we are becoming increasingly mindful of the need to gather, analyze, and share evidence concerning the effectiveness of the operations we manage and the impact of the services we provide. Yet the absence of commonly accepted statistical measures greatly impedes our ability to conduct meaningful assessment initiatives and the evaluation and establishment of best practices. Recognition of this two-pronged challenge has manifested itself in a...
Do you have a great idea for a session proposal for SAA 2015, but you aren't sure where to find other participants? Looking for a like-minded group with which to form a lightning talk? Or are you interested in presenting your work, but you're not sure that it will work as its own session?
The Electronic Records Section is aggregating SAA 2015 session ideas with electronic records/digital preservation themes into this Google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/...
RAAC Annual General Meeting minutes from August 13, 2014 are available online at:
Meeting minutes
At the annual meeting, Frank Boles of SAA's Committee on Archives and Public Policy (CAPP) led a discussion before the roundtable on the archival implications of the NSA mass surveillance. The undated draft document produced by CAPP outlines a possible reponse by SAA to issues raised by this controversy. It is based on a memo from April 2014 by the leadership of the P & C and Issues & Advocacy Roundtables.
Both documents are available here.
Candidate statements for 2014 Human Rights Archives Roundtable elections follow below. Please remember to vote!!!
JUNIOR CO-CHAIR
Jr. Co-Chair Candidate Statement: Emily Gibson
I learned about human rights from my mother. Through her activism, she showed her love, and through her example I learned to have compassion for the marginalized and underserved. As a library and information science student, I focused on serving poor and urban communities. Internships at the Walter P. Reuther...
Thank you to all who attended our roundtable meeting, both in person and online. If you missed it, here is a link to the recording. The Powerpoint presentations that go along with it are available on Slideshare:
Ryan Edge, Preservation Self Assessment Program
Mark Greek, DC Punk Archive
Christina Moretta, Social media at the San Francisco History Center
Katie O'Connell, City of San Bruno Centennial timeline
A reminder: if you have any photos from your local history collection that you would...
Labor Archives Roundtable to Participate in Labor and Working Class History Association Conference in May 2015
by Conor Casey, LAR Co-Chair
LAWCHA Conference 2015
Another exciting thing to think of on the horizon: In 2015, LAWCHA's conference will be in Washington, DC. I've been talking with LAWCHA's incoming president James Gregory about the LAR collaborating and having a strong presence at the conference. He is enthusiastic about the idea. I think this will provide one other way to promote...
LaborOnline Call For Submissions
Conor Casey, LAR Co-Chair cmcasey@uw.edu
I approached Rosemary Feurer and Ryan Poe, editors of the Labor and Working Class History Association's LaborOnline newsletter, about LAR members contributing articles about our collections to their publication. (Similar to the special issue of LAWCHA's Labor History journal from 1990 on labor archives repositories) This is a great opportunity for us to market our collections to our most frequent users directly. It...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 1:00-2:30pm
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington DC
Room: Virginia A, lobby level
Note: This meeting is being held during SAA's conference for convenience, but you do not need to be registered for the SAA meeting to attend our RAAC meeting.
Agenda:
1.) Brief review of 3 year plan
2.) Subcommittee overviews / reports
3.) Subcommittees working in small groups with reps to flesh out relevant goals in 3 year plan
4.) Wrap-up discussion / questions
RAAC...
Feeling peckish? Graze the Idea Snack Bar during the RAO meeting at SAA! We'll be tweeting throughout our meeting on Thursday, August 14 from 3:30pm - 5:30pm using the hashtags #SAA14 and #SAARAO14. The Idea Snack Bar is a virtual component of the meeting--a place where you can post questions and contribute ideas about the RAO work and issues that frustrate or inspire you! Whether you're at the meeting in DC or following along at home, we invite you to share your expertise and experience...
By Chris Livingston, California State University, Bakersfield
In 1979, California State College, Bakersfield was awarded a special projects planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for “Rural Americans in the Depression: A California Odyssey.” This was a multi-year project where six oral history interviews were conducted with those who migrated from the Midwest to California during the Dust Bowl Era. The planning grant led to another proposal that was submitted to the N.E...
By Michael Montalbano, MA, MLIS, CA – University Archivist and Special Collections Manager
The American Public University System (APUS), a leader in distance-education, was founded in 1991 by retired Marine Corps officer James Etter, as American Military University (AMU) with the goal of serving the education needs of service members. In 2002, seeing the need to extend the same high-quality education to the public, the American Public University (APU) started. Today the university boasts more...
