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I. Welcome and Introductions
II. SAA Council updates (Eira Tansey)
○ Statements in response to current events available on SAA site
○ Next leadership meeting: September 25th
III. STHC Business*
IV. MAS Chair’s Report (Laura Uglean-Jackson)
○ Thanks to 2024-2025 MAS leadership: Kelly Schulz (Newsletter Editor), Lena Hansen (Web Liaison), Kim Bradshaw (Recording Secretary), Celia Emmelhainz (Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect)
○ Review of 2024-2025 pop-up sessions
1. Malia Van Heukelem - disaster response after Maui wildfires
2. Al Stanton-Hagan - processing exhibition files
3. Informal MAS conversation hour (new/pilot program, will continue in future)
○ Membership: steady at about 700 members, with active listserv
○ Election results
1. Newsletter Editor - Madelaine Davis
2. Vice-Chair/Chair Elect - no candidates - reach out to Laura or Celia if interested
V. MAS Newsletter Report (Kelly Schulz)
○ Call for submissions: saamasnewsletter@gmail.com
○ August deadline
VI. Presentations
○ Laura Weis, PhD (Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University), From Concept to Content: Exhibit Curation using Science,Technology, and Medicine Collections. Laura shared how she endeavored to convey both the breadth and depth of WashU’s contributions to the evolution of computers in medicine, as well as how she approached communicating scientific, technological, and medical concepts to a non-specialist audience.
○ Abigail Guay (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), Exhibiting the Archives at Crystal Bridges. As part of a strategic vision and plan for the library and archives, Abigail successfully advocated for the inclusion of library and archival collections materials (presented and interpreted on the same level as artwork) in every permanent collection gallery.
○ Q&A with presenters
Recording available on STHC microsite#mce_temp_url#
Compiled by Kim Bradshaw, MAS Recording Secretary
*STHC business missing due to recording delay
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