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Public Library Archives & Special Collections Section Meeting
Society of American Archivists
August 18, 2021, 4pm EST
Minutes
Present: Heather Lanctot, Laura Carroll, Johanna Russ, Dylan Gaffney, Catherine Oseas, Matthew Peek, Angela Stanley
Approve July 21, 2021 meeting minutes. Approved unanimously.
Introductions of members
Updates -
Chair, Heather Lanctot - no updates
Vice Chair, Laura Carroll - no updates
Website, Johanna Russ - no updates, getting minutes up on website
Secretary & Social Media Coordinator, Dylan Gaffney - no updates
Survey Working Group, Catherine Oseas & Heather Lanctot
Outreach, Laura Carroll - no updates
Angela Stanley, outgoing chair, seeking input on SAA Annual Report. Would be helpful to get input on the three highlighted areas concerning overlap with other sections (Lone Arrangers, government records). Discussion of suitability of section to merge or affiliate with other sections. Might need some clarification about the impetus of asking these questions. What does an umbrella mean and what would it look like. We don’t feel the need to merge, do see overlap and would be interested in collaborating on programming. Do we want to request funding for next fiscal year?
Old Business
PLASC file transfers to publibarchives@gmail.com - Ensuring all files in Google Drive are owned by PLASC google account, not individuals. There are many duplicates, some of which were created by the downloading and re-uploading process. Heather will identify files with individual ownership that need to be changed.
New Business
Section Meeting Debrief - Reflecting on the difficulty of translating the message to administration and the folks who could actually fund and put plans in motion. Another takeaway was the value of seeing your PR staff/admin as an audience not just the patrons/public.
Brainstorm Goals/Projects for next year (putting off most of this discussion until next meeting)
Deadline for Funding Requests March 1, 2022 (for next FY) - There is a lot of money in the general pool, roughly earmarked $500 per section. We have not historically put in many requests.
Newsletter
Laura volunteered to spearhead the newsletter.
Action Items
Final Report to SAA for FY 2020/2021
Twitter Poll ideas - do we structure the polls around our goals as established at the next meeting? Can twitter function in some cases as replacement for what would have been content for the newsletter.
Adjourned at 4:58PM EST