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May 6, 2022—The Society of American Archivists has joined Learn from History—a coalition of organizations that stand for fact-based and accurate history education across the United States. Learn from History supports educators, students, and concerned Americans who seek a better society in the face of censorship, book banning, and increasing amounts of legislation designed to omit troubling events from our history.
May 5, 2022—A new blog post has been added to Off the Record, the SAA Leaders blog hosted by the SAA President. In " Got Archives?
If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to the behind-the-scenes publication of an SAA book or American Archivist article as a peer reviewer, attend the Peer Review Forum on May 19 at 12:00 p.m. CT!
April 11, 2022—Join Jennifer Meehan, head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University, for a conversation with author Scott Cline about his new book, Archival Virtue: Relationship, Obligation, and the Just Archives, published by SAA, on Thursday, April 21, at 12:00 pm CT.
April 11, 2022—The SAA Foundation Board seeks comments by April 29 on a draft of the new SAA Foundation Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2023–2025.
The Foundation Board began drafting its first strategic plan in fall 2021, following recommendations from development consultants to further the foundation's growth. This proposed draft gathers both ongoing and new activities, with many connections to the SAA Strategic Plan and the new SAA Work Plan on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility.
April 5, 2022—A new blog post has been added to Off the Record, the SAA Leaders blog hosted by the SAA President. In "Community is Not Neutral," Courtney Chartier shares her President's Message, which appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of Archival Outlook. Read the blog post here.
April 5, 2022—Does your archives have an infrastructure project or a major initiative that needs federal funding support? Last year, Congress brought back “earmarks” as part of the appropriations process and at least two projects put forth by SAA members were successful in seeing their projects (totaling $1.1 million!) directly funded by Congress. Members of Congress can once again direct spending to specific projects or entities in their states and districts this year.