Annual Report
Name of Section/Roundtable: Women’s Collections Roundtable
Date: November 15, 2012
Officers:
- Alexandra Krensky, Co-Chair, 2011-2013
- Elizabeth Novara, Co-Chair, 2011-2013
- Tali Beesley, Co-Vice Chair, 2012-2014
- Helice Koffler, Co-Vice Chair, 2012-2014
Report from annual meeting:
Number of attendees: 16
Election results:
Tali Beesley, Co-Vice Chair
Helice Koffler, Co-Vice Chair
Summary of meeting activities:
See attached meeting minutes. Minutes are also posted online at:
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/womens-collections-roundtable/meeting-minutes-august-8-2012-san-diego-ca
Completed projects/activities:
- Election of Vice Chairs 2012.
- Planning program and soliciting a speaker for 2012 annual meeting; collaborating with the Human Rights Roundtable on the program/speaker.
Ongoing projects/activities:
- Continuing to update the WCRT website and blog with new information about women’s collections.
- Continuing to solicit blog stories and news from the WCRT membership.
- Continuing to keep members up-to-date with WCRT news through the WCRT listserv.
New projects/activities:
- Endorsed two sessions to the Program Committee for the 2013 SAA annual meeting:
“The Personal is Political: Documenting Social Movements in the Papers of Elected Officials,” chaired by L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin
“Artifacts, Ephemera, Relics & Remains: Archiving Material Culture in Collections,” chaired by Lucinda Manning
- Began planning for the 2012 annual business meeting in New Orleans.
- Collaborating with WCRT members (Susan Tucker, Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Anke Voss, Karen Mason) to plan an SAA pre-conference workshop/seminar on women’s collections and the new Women’s Archives Reader at the 2013 SAA annual meeting.
- Formed a By-Laws Committee of 6 members (leadership + two members: Bethany Anderson and Kate Colligan) to draft WCRT by-laws as required by the SAA Council by the 2013 annual meeting.
- Began creating a bibliography of scholarly articles on women’s collections to be published on the WCRT website (Liz Novara).
Strategic Priority - Technology initiatives:
- Investigating other social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter) to create more active discussions among the membership.
Strategic Priority - Diversity initiatives:
- Investigating possibility of an activity/web campaign on the blog or other social media for Women’s History Month (March 2013).
- Investigating possibility of collaborating with another roundtable at the 2013 meeting.
Strategic Priority - Advocacy/Public Awareness initiatives:
- WCRT blog and other social media.
Questions/concerns for Council attention:
