Public Library Archives & Special Collections Section Meeting
Society of American Archivists
September 19, 2025
Zoom link:
Agenda:
- Google docs sharing: are we all able to connect?
- Section Leader Orientation, Oct 23 12:00-1:15 pm. Find on SAA Connect or Register here: ---
- Presenting on public library archives; what works, what doesn’t work.
- Strong interest in programming (via survey); inspiration on how to keep folks engaged in scalable ways, especially for smaller repositories
- Cole @ Cobb County public library ; murder mystery & local mystery
- Erinn’s library program: after hours tour for Halloween, tour of the library space and of the archives, vignettes of scary & bizarre stories of regional history
- Coffee Chat, Possible date: Friday, November 7 @ 12pm ET
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- Presenting on public library archives; what works, what doesn’t work.
- Strong interest in programming (via survey); inspiration on how to keep folks engaged in scalable ways, especially for smaller repositories
- Cole @ Cobb County public library ; murder mystery & local mystery
- Erinn’s library program: after hours tour for Halloween, tour of the library space and of the archives, vignettes of scary & bizarre stories of regional history
- Desire to connect with other archivists who are having similar experiences with working for an institutional that’s public, so many colleagues don’t understand what you are doing and why you are doing it
- Structure: informal, what is new in the world of Public Library Archives & SC, not really formal presentations. Chance to connect, but also need presentation aspect to get people to come & learnAADL - local history and archive section? Ask them about summer games; is there an archivist that can talk about this
- Walking tours (i.e. LGBT town walking tour)
- Blog: Content ideas (Heather)
- Blog post in august, 120 views
- Past chairs, update of what they’re doing at their institution since leaving the PLASC steering committee; Q&A format
- Visibility wise: does content go on blog and also microsite?
- End of year report, due Oct 1
