27 Earn Digital Archivist Specialist Certificate from the Society of American Archivists

CHICAGO—Congratulations to the 27 new Digital Archives Specialists (DAS)! These archivists, who represent a variety of repositories around the country, earned their DAS Certificate from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) after completing the required coursework within twenty-four months and passing a comprehensive examination in September 2024.

The innovative DAS curriculum, developed by experts in the field of digital archives, is structured around seven core competencies: understanding the nature of records in electronic form; defining for a variety of audiences the requirements, roles, and responsibilities related to digital archives; formulating strategies and tactics for appraisal, description, management, organization, and preservation; integrating technology to provide access to digital collections; planning for the integration of new tools for successive generations of technology; curating, storing, and retrieving original masters and access copies of digital archives; and providing dependable organization and service to designated communities across networks. Participants complete nine required courses from four tiers addressing these competencies.

The new Digital Archives Specialists are:

Alan Rowe; Alecia Giombolini; Alexa Goff; Amy Basen; Ana McGrath; Anya Pantuyeva; Brice Bongiovanni; Bryan Salazar; Chi Ho Wan; Christina Kasman; Daniel Kellam; Daniella Flores; David Kennaly; Dinah Miles; Emily Ahlin; Jesse Keel; Joshua Klar; Katie Lockwood; Kerry Bowden; Lindsey Mick; Lori Miculka; Melissa Lawton; Milo Carpenter; Pam Welch; Patrick McCall; Paul Sutherland; Sasha Ceart

A total of 934 people have earned Digital Archives Specialist certificates since the program began in 2011. For more information, visit www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das or contact SAA Education (education@archivists.org).