Welcome to the Electronic Records Section!
The Section functions as a locus of expertise, leadership, and information sharing for SAA regarding management and preservation of records in electronic form.
ERS Steering Committee Roster
News & Announcements
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
We are pleased to announce the launch of bloggERS!, the blog of the Electronic Records Section. Developed as a forum to share information, resources, and ideas within the electronic records community,
