Women's Collections Section 2019 Ballot

Meet our wonderful slate of candidates for the 2019 WCS election! The two individuals receiving the most votes will serve as Co-Vice Chairs during 2019-2020 and as Co-Chairs of the section in 2020-2021.

Enid Ocegueda 

Biography

Enid Ocegueda is currently serving as an Archival Specialist at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University. She is a recent graduate from the San Jose State University MLIS program. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Riverside. She has built extensive archival work, intern, and volunteer experience while pursuing her degrees. Most recently she was an Archivist/Records Analyst for the County of Riverside Archives for two years, a Digital Asset Specialist Intern for Edwards Lifesciences, and an intern for the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, DC. She has also interned and volunteered at the National Archives at Riverside and the California Museum of Photography (CMP).   

Statement of Interest 

As a student, we learn and understand the importance of the accessibility of collections that already exist within our institutions. However, as a new professional within the field, it is apparent that there is a lack of documentation of diverse communities. I want to be a part of the effort to change that and improve the documentation and discovery of women in both our histories and in our communities. I think it speaks volumes to have a platform such as this, to gather and strive towards inclusivity of women in collections and further improve the collecting and preservation of women’s voices for years to come. For this reason, it would be an honor to be considered to work as Vice Co-Chair for the Women’s Collections Section.  

Chloe Pfendler

Biography

Chloe Pfendler is currently serving as a Processing Archivist for Manuscripts in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University. She is particularly interested in born-digital preservation, ethics in archival description, and post-custodial theory. She received her M.S.I.S. with a concentration in Archives from SUNY Albany in 2013. She also recently became a member of the Archives for Black Lives in Philly group, which is a cohort of information professionals working to address issues raised by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Statement of Interest

As archivists, I firmly believe it is our foremost responsibility to ensure equal representation and inclusivity for all narratives, communities, and identities within our repositories and our field. I have been very fortunate to participate in several initiatives at my home institution that seek to address issues of inequity and injustice within archives, including the Princeton Archives, Research, and Collaborative History (ARCH) Program and a working group which focuses on creating guidelines for inclusive description. Oppression and marginalization are intersectional in their approach, and thus, so must be our efforts to combat them. I am interested in being considered for a Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair position for the SAA Women's Collections section so that I may continue efforts to promote access and visibility for all marginalized communities in archival collections (including women), in collaboration with a wider swath of the profession.