We are soliciting volunteers to stand for election to roundtable leadership. We need candidates for Vice Chair and at least four candidates for steering committee.
A. Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is composed of between six and eight members willing to serve, including the officers (a Chair and a Vice-Chair).
The Steering Committee directs and coordinates the activities of the Roundtable and approves appointments made by the Chair and the Vice-Chair if vacancies occur....
We're pleased to announce the winner of the latest bloggERS! Caption these Bits! contest. Thanks to everyone who participated!
The 2015 Preservation Week Poster is now available for download (see attachment below). Please post and share!
The Mercy Heritage Center—a museum, education center, and the National Archives for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas -- has published its first digital exhibit, titled Civil War Sisters: Healing the Wounds of the Nation.
It focuses on the role of the Sisters of Mercy in the American Civil War. It also explores the context of that time period—what was medicine like in the 1860s? What was Catholic American life like in the 1860s? What was the American Civil War? How did the history of the...
Once a month, bloggERS! invites readers to submit captions for images related to electronic records and the history of technology, sourced from archives around the world. Submit your caption below by 4/22. Digital archives, preservation, and curation humor are encouraged.
We’ll choose three finalists and invite readers to vote for the winner.
RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes from the March 9, 2015 meeting are available online at:
Meeting Minutes
Thank you to everyone who was able to us at the Museum Archives Section Business Meeting at the CoSA - NAGARA - SAA Joint Annual Meeting that took place on Friday, August 15 at 12:30PM (Marriott Wardman Park, Room Washington 2 [Exhibition Level])
Business Meeting Agenda:
12:30 – 12:35 p.m. Greeting and Introductions – Outgoing Cochairs Heidi Abbey and Jennie Thomas
12:35 – 12:50 p.m. Survey Results – Heidi Abbey
12:50 – 12:55 p.m. Ballot Results and New Officer Introductions – Incoming...
John Rees, Archivist and Digital Resources Manager at the National Library of Medicine, discusses the challenges for archivists of identifying and redacting personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI) in born-digital content. The topic is based on a breakout session during the Electronic Records Section meeting at the 2014 annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists.
Thanks to everyone who cast a vote in bloggERS! inaugural caption contest!
Check out the winning caption.
With an expanding capacity to store information in the digital age, do archivists still need to consider the size of collections in making appraisal decisions? Is it more compelling to accept a collection that can be held on a few CDs than one that occupies 30 cubic feet of climate-controlled compact shelving? Should archivists make different acquisition decisions for digital and physical collections? These questions were the topics of a break-out discussion at the 2014 Electronic Records...
Last week, we kicked off the bloggERS! caption contest, Caption These Bits!, by asking readers to submit captions for our first image. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas -- the witty electronic records humor out there is inspiring!
The bloggERS! editorial team voted for the top three captions and now we need your help to choose the winner. Cast your vote for your favorite caption by 3/23 and then we'll announce the winner.
We’re excited to kick off a new repeating bloggERS feature: Caption These Bits!
Once a month, bloggERS will invite readers to submit captions for images related to electronic records and the history of technology, sourced from archives around the world. Submit your caption below by 3/17. Digital archives, preservation, and curation humor encouraged.
We’ll choose three finalists and invite readers to vote for the winner.
Check out the latest bloggERS! post, Big Data and Big Challenges for Archives, by Glen McAninch. It's based on a breakout session at the ERS section meeting of last year’s SAA annual meeting.
The RAAC Steering Committee is happy to announce that we are making progress toward our goals for 2014-2015.
We will send follow-up emails soon regarding upcoming elections, our annual meeting, and more detailed announcements regarding our works-in-process as they reach new stages of completion.
In the meantime, we wanted to share highlights of RAAC’s work to date. Below is a sampling our mid-year accomplishments!
Disaster Planning & Recovery Subcommittee:
How do regionals help their...
The AHS's Bibliography of Archival History is now available! Please find the PDF attached at the link. A group of core texts from the Bibliography can be found here: http://www2.archivists.org/groups/archival-history-roundtable/core-bibliography-of-archival-history.
In the latest post on bloggERS! Nat Wilson, Digital Archivist at Carleton College, discusses the need to move towards automation in descriptive metadata creation. What are your thoughts?
In its efforts to learn more about how archives and special collections repositories are currently quantifying their holdings, the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries is seeking examples of survey instruments, worksheets, methodologies, etc. that have been used to:
Provide a number for collections [of archival and/or manuscript material], titles [bibliographic units], and/or...
RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes from the January 12, 2015 meeting are available online at:
Meeting Minutes
BloggERS! is the blog of the Electronic Records Section. Developed as a forum to share information, resources, and ideas within the electronic records community, bloggERS! will feature news, research, and writings as well as opportunities for discussion and collaboration. Initial topics include digital preservation, electronic records management, and issues related to born-digital and digitized content.
Are you ready to get involved? BloggERS! needs both contributors and editors....
In the November/December "Archival Outlook" (see "A Call to Action: The Cultural Heritage Working Group Seeks Your Input," page 11) we highlight the recent work of the CHWG and encourage all members to take a brief survey to gather baseline data about your largest concerns and needs regarding cultural heritage archives to determine new initiatives and projects.
UPDATE: Due to other SAA surveys underway, the CHWG survey has been postponed to Fall 2015. The link to the survey will be included...
Send a scan of the photo, your name, and the citation information to Jennifer Sharp.
RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes from the November 17, 2014 meeting are available online at:
Meeting Minutes
