Institutional membership is open to institutions or agencies responsible for or substantially interested in the custody, study, teaching, control, or use of archives, records, and/or private papers. Institutional members are eligible to receive the benefits of the Society's programs and services. Each institutional member may also identify a "primary contact" person who is eligible to vote, hold office, and serve on appointed groups.
Annual dues for institutional members are:
- $595 for sustaining institutional members
- $340 for regular institutional members
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Types of Institutional Membership
SUSTAINING INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS receive:
- Full access to American Archivist Online, authenticated via your institution’s IP range*;
- Two print copies of Archival Outlook, delivered via first-class mail to recipients in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; delivered via air mail to all other countries;
- One complimentary copy of every book published by SAA during the membership period;
- Discounts for non-member employees on SAA books, and courses/webcasts and Annual Meeting registrations;
- Institutional member discounts on job vacancy announcements posted in SAA's Online Career Center;
- The option to designate a "primary contact" for the institution. (See below.)
REGULAR INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS receive:
- Full access to American Archivist Online, authenticated via your institution’s IP range*;
- One print copy of Archival Outlook;
- Discounts for non-member employees on SAA books, and courses/webcasts and Annual Meeting registrations;
- Institutional member discounts on job vacancy announcements posted in SAA's Online Career Center;
- The option to designate a "primary contact" for the institution. (See below.)
* Authentication via your institution’s IP range(s) means that any user connecting to American Archivist Online from your institution’s computer network will have access to the journal.
The Role of the Institution's "Primary Contact"
Member institutions may designate one primary contact who is or has been engaged in the custody or control of archives, records, or private papers at the institution, or who wishes to support the objectives of the Society. This individual receives the following benefits on behalf of the institution:
- Eligible to hold office in the Society; serve on appointed groups; and vote for officers, members of Council, and members of the Nominating Committee, and on all matters requiring a vote that come before the Society as a whole;
- Receives individual password access to the online membership directory;
- Receives full member discounts on SAA publications;
- Receives full member discounts on registration for the Annual Meeting and continuing education courses and webcasts;
- May join an unlimited number of SAA Sections as an official Section member.
