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CHICAGO—Congratulations to the 34 new Digital Archives Specialists (DAS)! These archivists, who represent a variety of repositories around the country, earned a DAS Certificate from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) after completing required coursework within twenty-four months and passing a comprehensive examination in September 2023.
October 24, 2023—In a remarkable leadership shift, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) welcomes Conor Casey, Head of Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington Libraries, as its new Council member for the 2023-2024 term. This transition follows the departure of Stephen Curley, who had been instrumental in advancing SAA.
October 6, 2023—SAA has joined the Access to Knowledge Coalition (A2K), which represents educators, researchers, students, libraries, archives, museums, other knowledge users, and creative communities around the globe, to urge the 44th session of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) to evaluate certain agenda items for their upcoming session in November 2023. The letter specifically identifies agenda items 5, 6, 7, and 8 as areas where further scrutiny and revision are required.
October 2, 2023—Join Society of American Archivists President Helen Wong Smith on October 17 at 12:00 p.m. CT* for a conversation with Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan about the value of archives and the importance of the archivists and records managers who care for them. Their conversation will be followed by a brief Q&A.
*An earlier version of this page mistakenly listed the time as 1:00 p.m. CT. The time has been corrected.
September 15, 2023—SAA has joined the Coalition for International Education and 32 other organizations in a letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies urging the Committee to fund the U.S. Department of Education's International Education and Foreign Language Studies account at the same level as FY 2023 at the very least.
#AskAnArchivist Day takes place this year on October 11, and SAA wants your help to celebrate archives across the country!
August 23, 2023—At this year's Joint Annual Meeting of SAA and CoSA in Washington, DC, the SAA Preservation Section raised $4,440 for the National Disaster Recover Fund for Archives (NDRFA) through their annual silent auction.
August 21, 2023—The SAA Foundation Board is pleased to announce that more than $15,000 was awarded this July to 12 archivists to support their attendance at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2023. Congratulations to all!
