Agenda:
1. Subcommittee reports
2. Final version of 3-year plan
3. Archival Outlook article draft
4. Discussion of RAAC activities at SAA in August
5. How to handle new membership year and required subcommittee participation
The Research Libraries Roundtable is requesting nominations for Vice Chair/Chair Elect! The Vice Chair/Chair Elect serves a two-year term, serving in year one as Vice Chair and in year two as Chair.
The mission of the RLRT is to promote discussion and collaboration on initiatives and research projects that affect archivists working in a research library context.
Here’s the information we need for each nomination:
candidate name
brief bio
statement of interest
photo (optional...
The Archival History Roundtable invites nominations for individuals to help lead the Roundtable's activities for 2014-2015. We are seeking candidates for the following positions:
Vice Chair
Steering Committee member (three positions available)
The Vice Chair/Chair elect serves a one year term as Vice Chair (2014-2015) and then will serve as Chair for 2015-2016. Steering Committee members serve a one year term.
Candidates must be members of SAA and the Archival History Roundtable. This is a...
Want to make a difference? Want some great networking opportunities while you're at it? This is the second call for nominations! The deadline is May 30th, less than a week away.
We have a 3-year opening and one single year opening on the MDOR steering committee, and a 2-year opening for the Co-Chair position (with a possible 3rd year on the steering committee).
Who's interested? Feel free to nominate yourself. If you nominate someone else, please be sure they are amenable to serving.
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In honor of Preservation Week this week, the Section's Poster is now available. Please download and share!
How to deny scholars access to historical archives in the digital age
China's Foreign Ministry curtails access to declassified historic archives
China restricts academic access to historical archives
RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes from the April 8, 2014 meeting are available online at:
Meeting Minutes
Agenda:
1. Updates on obtaining volunteers/ which subcommittees still need volunteers? (5 minutes)
2. Subcommittee reports required one week prior to call for all future conference calls (5 minutes)
3. Updates from Subcommittees re: contacting SAA component groups (10 minutes)
4. Updates from chairs re: Archival Outlook, SAA Conference RAAC meeting, Steering Committee meeting at SAA (5 minutes)
5. Discussion of what to do with survey data (5 minutes)
6. Discussion of 3-year...
The Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC) Subcommittees are looking for volunteers for their first projects!
To volunteer, please contact the Subcommittee Chair listed after each Subcommittee description.
For any other questions regarding the RAAC, please contact the RAAC Co-Chairs Rachel Chatalbash (rachel.chatalbash@yale.edu) and Amanda Focke (afocke@rice.edu).
Advocacy Subcommittee (Tessa Beers, New England Archivists, chair)
Description: The role of the...
The Winter 2014 issue of Descriptive Notes, the newsletter of the Description Section, is now available online.
Meeting Agenda:
1. Presentation of microsite web plan (Lynette) (5-10 minutes)
2. Discussion of coordination with other SAA component groups (5-10 minutes)
3. Discussion of short-term goals for each subcommittee (each subcommittee description was unanimously approved by online Steering Committee vote) (30 minutes)
4. Call for volunteers: procedure and timeline (5 minutes)
5. Goals for co-chairs re: creation of strategic three-year plan (5-10 minutes)
RAAC Steering Committee meeting minutes are online now at:
Meeting minutes
Highlights include the creation of terms and structure of the steering committee, the assignment of chairs to sub-committees which align with our Statement of Purpose. These chairs will be calling for general RAAC member participation in our upcoming efforts starting in January 2014. Next Steering Committee meeting to held in early January 2014, with work going on in the background until then.
Questions:
use the RAAC...
The RAAC steering committee will hold its first meeting on November 7, 2013 at 2:00 EST, over the phone, with results to be shared on this site.
Meeting Agenda:
introductions (5 minutes)
determine steering committee structure (i.e. nominate steering committee chair or co-chairs; webmaster; chairs of ad-hoc committees, etc.) (10-15 minutes)
self-identify steering committee members serving for 2 vs. 3 year terms (5 minutes)
discuss plan for splitting other (non-...
On Friday, October 11th the Issues & Advocacy Roundtable sent a Letter to Target Corporation's CEO, Gregg Steinhafel, regarding the recent annoucement that Target had discontinued its corporate archives. Please read the letter attached below.
On Wednesday, October 16th the Issues & Advocacy Roundtable received a Response from Target Corporation's, Senior Vice President, Communications and Reputation Management, Susan Kahn regarding changes in Target's Archives. Please read the...
Annual Meeting Minutes, August 14 2013
If you submitted a session proposal with an archives history component or theme, don't forget to ask for endorsement from the Archival History Roundtable.
To request endorsement, send a copy of your proposal form to AHRT Chair Melissa Gottwald (melissa.gottwald@gmail.com) by Friday October 11 at the latest.
The Roundtable may endorse up to two proposals. Endorsement does not guarantee session acceptance, but it is one of the factors that the Program Committee considers.
All endorsement...
The SAA Council adopted the motion to approve the Military Archives Roundtable bylaws on 30 Sept 2013! Thanks to the MART for your hard work, and a special thanks to Dr. Jim Ginther for his diligence with this project!
The membership of the MART adopted the Bylaws, with an online ballot with 100% approval, on 16 July 2013. Congratulations to MART! We now have excellent guidelines to help us accomplish our work!
The approved bylaws will be posted to the MART microsite.
SNAP 2013 Special Elections
Candidate Statements
Vice-Chair
Liza Booker
I am an alumni at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and I began my library career by working in an academic library at the University of Illinois for three years. I have complied bibliographies, webliographies, and organized various research projects. I am currently working as a Research Librarian in Fayetteville, NC for Operation Services Inc., under the jurisdiction of the Centers for Disease Control...
Comment categories included: Amenities, Awards, Content, Cost, Hotel, Location, Plenaries and Presidential Address, Program structure and deadlines, Research Forum, Sections and Roundtables, Shorter meeting, Timing, Vendors / Exhibit Hall, Wifi and Online access
