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.

Managing Business Archives, a new book edited by Sarah A. Polirer, CA, CRM, a Fortune 100 company archivist, and published by the Society of American Archivists, adeptly describes how archivists can apply archival theory and standards to corporate settings.

February 10, 2022—Available now! The SAA Crisis Collecting Assistance Team (CCAT) stands ready as a resource for archives workers, archival and cultural heritage institutions, and community members documenting or experiencing a crisis, disaster, or tragedy in their community or the community they serve.

February 9, 2022—Minutes from the November 10, 12, 2021, Council virtual meetings are available here. 

For highlights from the November 2021 meeting, see this news item. 

February 4, 2022—Responding to recent media reports, SAA President Courtney Chartier with the assistance of the Committee on Public Policy yesterday sent the following letter to the editors of the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, The Hill, and Chicago Tribune:

Ripped-Up Government Records and the Critical Role of the National Archives

The Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment (CORDA) is excited to launch the revitalized Facts+Figures (F+F) microsite. F+F is designed to provide users with quick and simple access to information resources important to archivists and their constituencies.