2015 Cleveland

Location:
Garfield Room (Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square)

SAA Awards Committee 

AGENDA

I. Welcome and Introductions - Steven Booth, Chair 

II. What’s going on this week?

A. Thursday, August 20, 9:00am-10:30am | Plenary I (Grand Ballroom AB, Cleveland Convention Center)

• SAA Fellows (3 named) presented by Committee on the Selection of SAA Fellows
• J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award presented by President Kathleen Roe
• Distinguished Service Award presented by President Kathleen Roe      

B. Friday, August 21, 8:30am-9:45 am | Plenary II (Grand Ballroom A, Cleveland Convention Center)

• Council Exemplary Service Award (3 recipients) presented by President Kathleen Roe
• ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows acknowledged by President Kathleen Roe
• SAA Student Awards (8 recipients) presented by Awards Co-Chair Steven Booth:
  - Theodore Calvin Pease Award
  - F. Gerald Ham & Elsie Ham Scholarship
  - Josephine Forman Scholarship
  - Mosaic Scholarship
  - Donald Peterson Student Travel Award
  - Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award
  - Oliver Wendell Holmes Award

C. Friday, August 21, 6:00pm-7:00 pm | Awards Ceremony (Grand Ballroom A, Cleveland Convention Center)

Presented by Awards Co-Chair Steven Booth:

• Philip M. Hamer – Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award
• Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award
• C.F.W. Coker Award
• Preservation Publication Award
• Sister M. Claude Lane, O.P., Memorial Award
• Spotlight Award
• Diversity Award
• Archival Innovator Award
• Emerging Leader Award

III. What happened this awards cycle?

• Received 146 nominations, 24% increase from last year; every award had at least one nomination
• Proposed revisions to the nomination form
• Coordination with ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Selection Committee
• Revised language for student scholarships and travel awards (Pinkett, Holmes, Mosaic, and Ham)
• Considering revising language for cash prizes (e.g., award is X amount)
• Committee communication
• Your feedback!

IV. Revisiting Subcommittee Tasks

• Publicize awards
• Actively seek nominations
• Coordinate evaluation of nominees
• Communicate with nominators and with committee co-chairs
• Prepare the citation about your award winner
• Incoming subcommittee chairs are responsible for contacting outgoing chairs to obtain copies of subcommittee work from previous year (citation, correspondence to recipient and nominees, and publicity and marketing materials)
• Your suggestions!