March 1, 2022—SAA is excited to share that the A*CENSUS II Archives Administrators Survey is now live! This survey aims to gather information about institutional characteristics, resources, strategic directions, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) from every archival institution in the US. If you can respond to questions about staffing, budgets and allocation of resources, organizational strategy, changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and DEIA is

February 24, 2022—At its February 2022 virtual meeting, the SAA Council:

SAA member Gabrielle M. Dudley was confirmed by the US Senate on February 17 to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board. Dudley, Instruction Archivist at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, was recommended by SAA and nominated by President Biden in June 2021.

February 15, 2022—SAA has endorsed a statement prepared by the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) regarding the essential characteristics of the Archivist of the United States, in light of David S. Ferriero announcing his retirement this spring. As the primary organization representing the custodians of state records, CoSA is obligated to articulate its expectations for the role and relationship between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the various state and territorial archives.

A recording of this event is now available here.

Tune into C-SPAN this Sunday (Feb. 13) from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ET. Lee White, executive director of the National Coalition for History (NCH), is being interviewed by Greta Brawner, host of the daily call-in show Washington Journal.

The Society of American Archivists mourns the passing on February 5, 2022, of Anne R. Kenney, 72, a Fellow of SAA who served as 48th president in 1992–1993. An influential leader in digital preservation, she enjoyed a long career at Cornell University.

February 10, 2022—A new blog post has been added to Off the Record, the SAA Leaders blog hosted by the SAA President. In "The Struggle of Change," Courtney Chartier shares her President's Message, which appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of Archival Outlook. Read the blog post here.