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December 2020
Fall/Winter 2020 American Archivist - Table of Contents + Going Digital
SAA Books Reviewed in JCAS
NEW! Guide to Integrated Technical Ecosystems for Digital Archives and Libraries
A*CENSUS II Working Group To Begin Work
Contact Senators about History and Civics Education Bill
SAA Council + Foundation Board November Meeting Minutes Available Now
Applications Open for SAA Career Counselors
Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group To Begin Work
Version 2019.0.3 of Describing Archives: A Content Standard Available for Free Download
Call for Member Comments: Revisions to SAA Constitution and Bylaws
Read the November/December Issue of Archival Outlook!
SAA Collaborates on Recommendations to Biden Transition Team
November 2020
SAA Council Conducts Strategic Planning Session, Reviews Proposed Revisions to Constitution and Bylaws
Archivists Are Up For Any Challenge!
SAA Forum: It’s Volunteer Season, Archivists!
SAA's 2020 Holiday Book Sale
Letters to Senate and House FSGG Subcommittees in Support of NHPRC Funding in FY 2021
SAA Membership Survey: Dues
October 2020
It’s Volunteer Season, Archivists! Volunteer for SAA Appointed Groups
SAA Foundation Board October Meeting Minutes Available Now
Panel Discussion of Defining a Discipline at ICHORA 2020
New from SAA and MLA: Archival Description of Notated Music
Read the September/October Issue of Archival Outlook
September Council Virtual Meeting Minutes Available
September 2020
SAA Council Approves Guidelines on Access to Research Materials, Plans Upcoming Listening Sessions
Make Your Archival Engagement Fun and Effective!
August 7 Council Meeting Minutes Available
Want an Inclusive Profession? Support the Mosaic Scholarship Fund!
Call for Volunteers: New Crisis, Disaster, and Tragedy Response Working Group
SAA Foundation Board August Meeting Minutes Available Now
August Council Virtual Meeting Minutes Available
August 2020
SAA Education's Inaugural DEI Unconference to Explore Actions for Improving Inclusivity in Archives
Her-Story of the Vote: Archives Celebrate the Nineteenth Amendment’s Centennial
Listen to Season 4 of Archives in Context
Amy Cooper Cary Is Next Editor of American Archivist
SAA Council Approves Revised Core Values and Code of Ethics for Archivists
Congratulations to SAA's 2020 Appointees!
Just Added! SAA October Courses!
July 2020
June Council Virtual Meeting Minutes Available
SAA Receives IMLS Grant for A*CENSUS II
Read the July/August Issue of Archival Outlook
SAA September Education Courses!
Black Lives and Archives Listening/Strategy Session
SAA Forum: Investing in Your Membership
139 Archival Workers Supported by AWEF
National Archives Releases Digital Preservation Framework
Council Approves FY21 Budget
Volunteer for the SAA Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Subcommittee
SAA Supports Library Stabilization Fund Act
June 2020
May Council Virtual Meeting Minutes Available
Preservation Publication Award: Lisa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris
Fellows' Ernst Posner Award: Keith Pendergrass, Walker Sampson, Tessa Walsh, and Laura Alagna
Harold T. Pinkett Student of Color Award: Carol Ng-He
Donald Peterson Student Travel Award: Jeanie Pai
Theodore Calvin Pease Award: Bridget Malley
Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award: Klavier Jie Ying Wang
Mosaic Scholarship: Mya Ballin
J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award: CIC’s Humanities Research for the Public Good Program
J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award: Brad Pomerance and CJ Eastman
F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship: Elena Hinkle
Diversity Award: Rebecca Hankins
Distinguished Service Award: Orange County Regional History Center
C.F.W. Coker Award: Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia (A4BLiP)
SAA Fellow: Michael Rush
Spring/Summer Issue of American Archivist Online
126 Archival Workers Supported by AWEF
SAA Community Reflection on Black Lives and Archives
New Book Explores Archival Contributions of Canadian Scholar Terry Cook
Tropical Storm Cristobal Preparation & Recovery Resources
Archival Collecting Practices During the Pandemic Survey
SAA Council Statement on Black Lives and Archives
May 2020
Philip M. Hamer–Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award: Laura Wagner
Josephine Forman Scholarship: Ishmael Ross
Spotlight Award: Michelle Ganz
Read the May/June Issue of Archival Outlook
New Blog Post: "Zooming"
Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award: Lydia Tang
112 Archival Workers Supported by AWEF
Brenda S. Banks Travel Award: Victor Betts
New Blog Post: "We Are Resilient!"
SAA Foundation Awards Four Strategic Growth Grants
Read At Home with SAA Books
Sister M. Claude Lane, OP, Memorial Award: Ellen Pierce
SAA Fellow: Lisa Mangiafico
SAA Council Approves Revisions to Statement on DEI and Recommendations to Create SAA Data Repository
Archivists Rally to Document COVID-19
SAA Fellow: Geof Huth
Waldo Gifford Leland Award: Jean-Christophe Cloutier
Archival Innovator: Invisible Histories Project
Breaking News: ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2020 is Going Virtual!
Early-Career Members: Volunteer for SAA Appointed Groups
77 Archival Workers Supported by AWEF!
April 2020
SAA’s New Dictionary of Archives Terminology Launched
Leading Library, Archives, and Museum Organizations Call on WIPO to Help Safeguard Cultural Heritage
We Made the Match! Thank You for Supporting AWEF
New Issue of American Archivist Online
Double Your Donation TODAY to the Archival Workers Emergency Fund
Sign On! Advocate for Removing International Copyright Barriers In Light of Climate Change
Donate Now to the Archival Workers Emergency Fund
Archival Workers Emergency Fund Launched by SAA Foundation
New Blog Post: "How Do You Measure a Volunteer?"
Go Green with SAA!
March 2020
New Blog Post: "Knowing What Shapes Us and Working Toward Equity"
Message from the Archivist of the United States
Thanks for Taking Action!
Listen to Season 3 of Archives in Context
2020 SAA Election Results
Archival Compensation Task Force To Begin Work
March Council Conference Call Minutes Available
New Blog Post: "The Ongoing Effort of Creating an Inclusive Profession"
Take Action Now! Support Supplemental Funding for the Humanities
SAA Council Statement on Impact of COVID-19 Health Crisis on Archives Workers
New Blog Post: "Making Room for Everyone"
SAA Education Courses and COVID-19
SAA Council Approves Guidelines for SAA Fellow Nominations, Plans for 2020 Annual Meeting
SAA Systems Testing for COVID-19 Preparedness
Small and Diverse Archival Organization Needs Assessment Survey
New Blog Post: "The Five-Ton Elephant: How Student Loans Are Crushing Our Profession"
Stacie Williams Appointed SAA Publications Editor
Take Action for NARA and NHPRC Funding!
SAA Joins Call to Revise Federal Rule on Grand Jury Records
New Book Champions Archival Science
Vote Now in SAA's 2020 Election
February 2020
Call for Member Comments: SAA Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
New Blost Post: "Tangible Outcomes from SAA's Strategic Plan"
SAA Seeks Editor of American Archivist
32 Earn Digital Archives Specialist Certificates from Society of American Archivists
Council Statement on SAA 2020 Election
January 2020
Take Action! Questions for U.S. Presidential Candidates
Joint Memorandum to OMB on Closing of NARA Seattle Facility
Letter of Apology from David S. Ferriero
SAA Statement: NARA Exhibit on 2017 Women's March in Washington, DC
Update to the 2020 SAA Election
SAA Statement on Targeting of Cultural Heritage Sites for Destruction
December Council Meeting Minutes Available
Volunteer for SAA Archival Compensation Task Force
SAA Comments on Proposed Hike in USCIS Records Access Fees
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