Winter 2015 - Chicago

Society of American Archivists
Publications Board Meeting 

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

TIMES:
Sunday, February 8: 6pm–9:00pm
Monday, February 9:  8:30am–4:30pm
Tuesday, February 10: 8:30am–Noon 

A G E N D A 

I. Welcome and Introduction – Chris Prom

II. The New Face of Book Publishing at a Professional Association: Intellectual Capital versus Revenue Generation

READINGS: Open Access and Professional Societies | Putting Society Publishing in Context | The Membership Business Model for Scholarly Communicatons | Sustaining Scholarly Publishing

A. Revisiting the Publishing Mission and SAA’s Strategic Goals

B. Clarifying Business Objectives 

C. Exploring Business Models and New Strategies for Product Development/Distribution

III. Reports

A. Council Update – Michelle Light

B. Financial Overview – Peter Carlson

C. The Publishing Enterprise – Teresa Brinati

i. Program Update (Jul. 2014–Jan. 2015)
ii. AFSII Revenue History (2007–2014)
iii. Typical Production Expenses

D. Publications Board Subcommittees

i. Acquisitions: Strategies for Author Recruitment – Lisa Mix
 ii. Marketing – Tawny Ryan Nelb
iii. Funding – Margery Sly

E. Dictionary of Archives Terminology – Margery Sly

 F. The American Archivist – Greg Hunter

IV. Updates on Program Activity

A. Action Items from Minutes

B. Project Status

i. Trends in Archives Practice: Shepherds Needed
ii. Archival Fundamentals Series III
iii. Case Studies – CEPC | Diversity | Campus
iv. Other Projects

C. Inventory Status + e-Titles

D. Continuing Education Program Collaboration – Solveig De Sutter (Monday @ 10:30am)

V. Any Other Business

A. Proposal: "Community Archives"