PLASC Meeting Minutes 2023 March 16

Public Library Archives & Special Collections Section Meeting 

Society of American Archivists 

March 16, 2023, 2 pm EST 

Meeting Minutes 

Present: 

Biz Gallo 

Joanna Kolosov 

Matthew Peek 

Laura Carroll 

Catherine Oseas Champion

Approve February Minutes

Minutes Approved 

1) Blog

      Recent posts

                  March - Women’s History Month (Joanna)

Boost views by putting it on social media (fb, twitter, etc)

      Upcoming posts

                  Local History on Exhibit - Civic Empathy Through History 

                  April - National Arab American Heritage Month (Matthew)

Get to Know PLASC - Biz - will put into the shared drive 

2) Section Meeting Planning       

      Date and Time - Need to schedule meeting by April 1 

June 12-July 14; options are 11:00 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m. CT(90 minute slots

- JUNE 29 1PM CT - Laura will confirm with speakers and SAA

All section meetings are virtual. Recorded can be available on demand!

Webex - accommodates up to 200 people - breakout room functionality - live captioning 

PRESS RECORD!!

Newspaper Digitization  - Project spreadsheet divided by quadrant and TX.

TX- Matthew

SE - Catherine

NE- Laura

West - Joanna

Midwest - Biz

Catherine will email everyone their states, except Matthew!

                  Justin Clarke - Digital Initiatives Director at Indiana State Library - 1st speaker

                  Lisa Gregory - Digital North Carolina - 2nd speaker

                  Laura Carroll - Ohio County Public Library / Advantage Archives experience

Tahe Zalal - possible additional speaker on the preservation side of newsprint. Joanna    will reach out

Promote resource guide!!!! Reminder on listserv and social meeds

 3)

-     IA call for communitywebs. Deadline March 31. Training etc.

-     Twitter poll topics spreadsheet! Catherine will send 

-     Catherine will send out the SJ4A practitioner-mentor information