#GivingTuesday—a global day of giving to charities, nonprofits, and foundations—is December 3. The SAA Foundation invites you to include a gift to the Strategic Growth Fund as a way to give back—and help grow the archives profession!

Make your gift go further! When you make a gift on December 3, the SAA Foundation will be matching donations—your gift really does make a difference!

October 25, 2019—Citing the impact of climate crises and technological obsolescence on archival collections around the world, Bill Maher, SAA’s long-standing representative to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, asked delegates, “But how can archives, libraries, and museums preserve and protect knowledge in the face of floods, wildfires, and obsolescence when our hands are tied by exclusive rights?” His statement continues:

Rachel Vagts, SAA Vice-President/President-Elect

During my first semester of library school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, I took my first archives course from Rick Pifer. Rick taught me a lot about being an archivist—in that class and by giving me a work-study job at the Wisconsin Historical Society.