The Society of American Archivists (SAA) will honor the accomplishments, innovations, and over-the-top efforts made by professionals in the archives field at a ceremony on August 26, 2011, during the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Chicago. Various awards will recognize outstanding contributions to the archives profession, advocacy and public awareness, and writing/publishing excellence. In addition, scholarships for university study will also be awarded. A summary of recipients follows.
- Fellows
- Sister M. Claude Lane, OP, Memorial Award
Malachy R. McCarthy, Claretian Missionaries Archives
- Spotlight Award
Teresa Kiser, Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County
- Council Exemplary Service Award
Mary Jo Pugh, Editor, The American Archivist
- J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award
“Who Do You Think You Are” Television Series
- Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries March On Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project
- C.F.W. Coker Award
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- Waldo Gifford Leland Award
Archives: Principles and Practices by Dr. Laura A. Millar (Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2010)
- Preservation Publication Award
Digital Curation: A How-to-Do-It Manual by Ross Harvey, Simmons College (Neal-Schuman, 2010)
- Preservation Publication Award - Special Commendation
Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, Richard Ovenden, Gabriela Redwine, with research assistance from Rachel Donahue (CLIR 2010)
- Fellows' Ernst Posner Award
Paul Conway, University of Michigan, for his article “Modes of Seeing: Digitized Photographic Archives and the Experienced User,” American Archivist 73:2
- Theodore Calvin Pease Award
Lora Davis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, for her paper, “Providing Virtual Services to All: A Mixed-Method Analysis of the Web Site Accessibility of Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Member Repositories"
- Mosaic Scholarship
Rose Chou, San Jose State University, Master of Library and Information Science
Helen Kim, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information
- Josephine Forman Scholarship
Nidya G. Gonzalez, University of Pittsburgh, Master of Library and Information Science
- F. Gerald Ham Scholarship
Eric Willey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award
Patrick Ansah, University of British Columbia, Master of Archival Studies
Umi Asma’ Mokhtar, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Department of Information Science, Faculty of Technology and Information Science
- Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award
Melvin J. Collier, Robert W. Woodruff Archives Research Center-Atlanta University Center
Kelly Lau, University of British Columbia, Master of Archival Studies and Master of Library and Information
- Donald Peterson Student Scholarship
Brittany Turner, New York State Archives
