2017 January - Chicago

Society of American Archivists
Publications Board Meeting

LOCATION: 
17 N. State Street (or 16 N. Wabash) – Room 820
Chicago

Sunday, January 29: 6:00pm–9:00pm
Monday, January 30:  8:30am–4:30pm
Tuesday, January 31: 8:30am–Noon 

AGENDA

I. Welcome + Introduction – Chris Prom

II. Reports

A. Council and SAA Updates – Nancy Beaumont

B. Publishing Program Overview – Teresa Brinati

C. Dictionary Working Group – Margery Sly

D. The American Archivist – Greg Hunter

E. To-Do List from August 2016 Minutes – All

F. Project Status – All

III. Reimagining the Book Publishing Enterprise

A. Sales Data – Teresa Brinati

                i. Sales of Select Titles (2008–2016) 

                ii. Who’s Buying Books: Members vs. Nonmembers

iii. Sales Reports (Print & eBook)

B. The Survey Said . . . 

i. Task 1: Current and Past Reading Habits

ii. Task 2: Future Reading Habits and Marketing Strategy 

iii. Task 3: Exploring Publication Models 

 Breakout groups to discuss all three tasks: 

 - DeRidder, Milano, Prom, Shallcross, Thomas, Christian

 - Caldera, Cary, Hunter, Purcell, Beaumont

 - Demb, Rademaker, Sly, Trammell, Brinati

C. Putting It All Together: Outlining Next Steps

IV. Other Business

A. Archives Book for General Public (any follow-up discussion on 2017 proposal vs. 2016 board ideas)

B. Podcast Proposal – Colleen McFarland Rademaker and Nicole Milano

C. "Essays in Honor of . . ." projects 

D. Translation of Brochures and Implications for Future Projects

E. Out of Stock: Convert to eBook or Release to HathiTrust?

i. Planning New and Remodeled Archival Facilities (2007)

ii. Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice (2007)

F. Anything Else 

V. Adjournment