30 Earn Digital Archives Specialist Certificates from Society of American Archivists

Congratulations to the 30 new Digital Archives Specialists (DAS). These archivists, who represent a variety of repositories from around the country, earned a DAS Certificate from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) after completing required coursework within twenty-four months and passing comprehensive examinations in June and July 2017.

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: Richelle Brown, Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center; Pamela Campbell, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Dianne Carey, Olympic College; Cecilia Cho, National Archives and Records Administration; Katherine Christensen; Sara Davis, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site; Michael Dermody, Syracuse University; Brittney Farley, Dr. Francisco N. Garcia Medical Library; Susan Gillett, National Archives and Records Administration; Rory Grennan, Florida State University Libraries; Meghan Ryan Guthorn, National Archives at College Park; Bryce Henry, Portland State University; Heather Hultman, Montana State University; Max Johnson, City of Portland, Oregon; Clinton Johnson, Smithers and Viscient; Shannon Kravitz, Nisqually Indian Tribe; Emily Lapworth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Anna McCormick, University of Hong Kong; Ellen Mulligan, National Archives at College Park; Kelly Phillips, Northern Arizona University; Jonathan Pringle, Northern Arizona University; Evan Robb, Washington State Library; Dawn Rocha, National Archives at College Park; Rebecca Sells, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Mark Sgambettera, National Archives at College Park; Betty Shankle, The University of Texas at Arlington; Rachel Thomas, George Fox University; Victoria Triplett, National Archives at College Park; Shannon Christoffersen Vossepoel, Arctic Institute of North America; and Amanda Yesilbas, Florida Virtual Campus, Gainesville.