SAA OHS Steering Committee Nominations: Meet the Candidates 2023
It is that time of the year again, SAA election season! Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Oral History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
This year our membership will be voting for: One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect; for a three year term; Two Steering Committee members; for two year terms.
Ballots...
The Reference, Access, & Outreach section of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominees 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 2023 Annual Meeting. Nominations can be made via our 2023 Nominations Form by the end of the business day on June 16, 2023. For more information and details on roles and responsibilities you can review the...
Registration is now open for the joint annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists Encoded Archival Standards (EAS) Section and the Technical Subcommittee on Encoded Archival Standards (TS-EAS). The meeting will be held via Webex on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CT).
Please visit the event listing on SAA’s website to register. There are no costs to attend the session and it is open to all; SAA membership is not required. While you do not need to register for the...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Accessioning, Acquisitions, & Appraisal Section 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:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect for a three-year term; and
[2] 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...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archivists of Religious Collections Section 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:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms)
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!...
Oral History Section Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
12 - 1:30 EDT / 9 - 10:30 PDT / 11 - 12:30 CDT
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
In the spirit of creating connections, let's get to know each other through our oral history projects. We invite you to submit a proposal for a 10-15 minute presentation on oral history projects you have worked on over the past year. What topics are your oral history projects centered on and why? What projects have been the most meaningful for you? What new...
Nominees for Vice-Chair
Hope Dunbar, University Archivist, State University of New York at Buffalo
I would like to nominate myself for the position of Vice-Chair/Chair Elect for the SAA Web Archiving Section. I am currently the University Archivist at State University of New York at Buffalo. My role requires me to balance multiple priorities including departmental outreach, advocacy, acquisition, processing, and exhibits. A large part of moving into this role has been balancing physical and...
The following candidate is running for the Co-chair position:
Vakil Smallen
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Archivist, George Washington University
Since 2019, Vakil Smallen has been the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Labor History Archivist at the George Washington University, where he works closely with the Teamsters to preserveand ensure access to the records of their history and the history of American labor more broadly. Prior to taking this position, he was...
2023 Election: Candidate StatementsThank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Preservation Section 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:One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (1 year term as Vice-Chair; following two years as Chair and Past-Chair)
One Member-At-Large (Two-year term)Ballots will be managed by SAA staff. Ballots opened Monday, June 26, and...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-elect, for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, each for a three-year term
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff through Survey Monkey; please keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (select one)
Name: Deborah Smith
Professional title, institution, or affiliation: Executive Director, Jones Memorial Library
Biographical Information:
Deborah Smith is Executive Director of the Jones Memorial Library in...
Read candidate statements for the 2023-2024 election.
Thank you to all who considered standing as a candidate for standing in the 2023 Military Archives Section election. Please take some time to review the candidate statements and get to know them so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
One Communications Liaison, for a two-year term.
The new Chair of the MARS Section will be Beth Ann Koelsch, who was elected as the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect in 2022. Jennifer Milani will...
Thank you to everyone who shared and participated in the 2023 Accessibility & Disability Section election call for candidates! We appreciate all of the nominations that we received. The names and statements of the candidates standing in the election are posted below. Please take a moment to review them.
Section members will be voting for:
3 Steering Committee members (three-year terms)
1 Early-career member (one-year term)
Ballots will be sent by SAA through Survey Monkey — keep an eye on...
Thank you to our candidates for standing for the 2023 Manuscript Repositories Section election.
Section members, please review their candidate statements and get to know the candidates so you can make an informed choice.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, for a two-year term; and
Four (4) 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...
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a three-year term (2023-2026); and
Two Steering Committee members (three-year terms) (2023-2026).
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 (1 open seat)
Tyler Cline
Digital Archivist, University of North Carolina Charlotte
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Over the past decade as a digital archivist, I've seen the field grow,...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archival History Section election. Please take some time to review th following candidate bios and statements and get to know them.
The ballots themselves will be managed by SAA staff. Keep an eye on your inbox for the official ballots to all sections.
You will be voting for:
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One Vice Chair (for a one-year term, who will move to Chair next year)
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Three (3) Steering Committee members, for one-year...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Archival History Section election. Please take some time to review their candidate statements and get to know them.
You will find their bios and statements in both our newsletter and in another note that will follow this one.
2023 Election: Candidate Statements
Thank you to all of the candidates for the 2023 Description Section election. Please read below for candidate biographies and statements of interest.
You will be voting for:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
One (1) Steering Committee Member-at-Large
Ballots will be managed by SAA staff; keep an eye on your inbox for when the ballot opens!
Vice Chair / Chair-Elect
Betts Coup
Bio:
Betts Coup is the Interim Head, Manuscript Section at Houghton Library at Harvard...
Thank you to all of our excellent candidates for standing in the 2023 Congressional Papers Section (CPS) 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:
One Chair (two-year term),
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (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!...
Thank you to all of our wonderful candidates for volunteering to run for open SAA Collection Management Section positions.
You will be voting for:
One Vice Chair/Chair-Elect (or Co-chair), for a two-year term
Two Steering Committee members, for a two-year term.
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 Candidate (1 position)
Alexis PeregoyDirector of the Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health...
Many thanks to all of our excellent candidates for putting themselves forward in this election cycle. Please read and consider their statements carefully before submitting your votes.
The positions up for election this cycle are:
Vice Chair / Chair Elect for a 2-year term (1 position)
Steering Committee Member / Member-at-Large with 1-year terms (3 positions)
Secretary with 1-year term (1 position)
SAA will be sending the ballots out to all members via Survey Monkey, so watch your inbox and...
In 2023, the SAA Lone Arrangers Section (LAS) will elect new leadership to fill the following positions: Vice Chair/Chair, Newsletter Editor, and Regional Representative.
Meet the 2023 Candidates:
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
Hilary Swett
Archivist, Writers Guild Foundation
Bio: I am a solo archivist at the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit entertainment special collections library and archive in Los Angeles. Like all of us in small shops, I wear many hats and juggle shifting priorities and...
Mark your calendars! The LAS Annual Meeting will be on Monday, June 12th from 1-2:30 PM Pacific / 2-3:30 PM Mountain/ 3-4:30 PM Central/ 4-5:30 PM Eastern.
During the meeting, we will introduce important updates, initiatives, and future plans from our Steering Committee. We will also be welcoming Christina Zamon, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Alone in the Stacks. In celebration of our 20th anniversary as a group...
Steering Committee Roster
Please find the 2023 IAAS election slate of candidates below:
Junior Co-Chair (2-year term):
Karen Trivette
Head of Special Collection and College Archives, Gladys Marcus Library,
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York
Candidate Statement: I wish to express my sincere interest to serve the SAA International Archival Affairs Section (IAAS) as Junior Co-Chair. Since becoming a professional archivist, I have taken on leadership roles within my...
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)
1 Newsletter Editor (2-year term)
SAA staff administer ballots through Survey Monkey and will email you the ballot when voting opens.
Co-chair
Kimberly Villafuerte BarzolaDigital Archiving Educator, LGBTQ Religious Archives...
