PLASC meeting - SAA 2014

SAA Public Library Archives/Special Collections Roundtable Annual Meeting

2014 SAA Annual Meeting—Washington, D.C.

August 15, 2014 - 4:00-5:30 PM  (EST) Washington 3

*Watch the live stream!

Welcome (Anke Voss)

Report from  SAA 2015 Program Committee (Carl Van Ness, co-chair)

Report from SAA Council  (Geof Huth)

Introduction of Incoming Officers/Election Results (Anke Voss)

Lightening Round Presentations (Leslie Carol Waggener):

Preservation Self-Assessment Program (PSAP)

All of us working in archives and special collections are responsible for the management of paper documents, photographs, or audiovisual media. These materials often require great care and forward-thinking preservation action. Learn about a free web application being developed by the University of Illinois to make this effort simpler, faster, and more consistent—particularly for small to mid-sized organizations!

-Ryan Edge, Project Manager, Preservation Self-Assessment Program

University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Collecting punk in DC 

A look at the collaborative effort to document the punk movement in dc music and how this seed has spawned a genre based collection.

-Mark S. Greek, CA, Interim Special Collections Manager  

DC Public Library, Special Collections

Channels, Pages, Profiles…Like, Share, Follow, Tweet – What To Do & When 

Over the last 4 years, the San Francisco History Center in the San Francisco Public Library has been using a variety of social media tools for the Center and the Book Arts/Special Collections. Efforts became more focused two years ago when SFPL began a Social Media Task Force that developed policy and team approaches to social media tools.  Learn what has worked and what hasn’t worked for SFPL. 

-Christina Moretta, Photo Curator, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco History Center / San Francisco Public Library

City of San Bruno Centennial: Creation of an Interactive History Timeline

To celebrate the City's 100th anniversary, the San Bruno Public Library created a local history timeline using the web application Timeglider. Using images, text, audio and video clips pulled from our local history collection, we built an interactive timeline that spans more than 160 years and is comprised of more than 70 discrete events.

-Katie O’Connell, Centennial Project Archivist, San Bruno Public Library, San Bruno, California

*Watch the live stream!   To watch the live stream go to http://ustream.tv/channel/plasc. When we are broadcasting, the word "Live" will be in the lower right corner of the viewing area. There will be some advertisements, including one right when you tune in. Please use the chat box within Ustream to communicate with us. You do not need to sign in to watch the meeting, but you will need to sign in (options are to use Facebook or your email address) to chat. We also plan to record the session, so if you miss part, you should be able to catch it later. If you have questions before or after the meeting, please contact Jennifer either by email (jrsharp@gmail.com) or on Twitter (@cyclinarchivist).