SAA’s Communication Channels

SAA offers lots of opportunities to stay updated on news and current trends, connect with SAA members and leaders, and share what you’re doing within the profession as an individual or group representative. Whether you join a listserv or read every issue of Archival Outlook, keep abreast of what’s happening in the profession and participate in the community discussion!

Publications

Browse these print and online publications—and write for them, too!

Archival Outlook: SAA’s bimonthly magazine features articles on best practice and how-to pieces on timely and relevant topics.

The American Archivist: A semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal featuring research articles, case studies, and perspective pieces on current and international archives trends.  

The American Archivist Reviews Portal: An online space for reviews of software, tools, digital projects, services, websites, and resources. Your contributions welcome!

In The Loop: SAA’s biweekly e-newsletter for updates on activities, events, and news from SAA and around the profession.

Archives in Context: SAA's podcast about archives and the people behind them explores archival literature and profession-wide trends and issues. 

Word of the Week: A weekly e-newsletter shares new and updated archives terms from the Dictionary of Archives Terminology, developed by SAA's Dictionary Working Group. Share your feedback and suggest new terms! 

SAA Connect

Join one of SAA’s Sections, our special interest groups. Each section has it's own discussion list and steering committee that guides their work.

Social Media

Find SAA on social media! 

Facebook: Find us at www.facebook.com/archivists. Share updates, events, photos, and news stories on the SAA page.

Twitter: Find us at @archivists_org. Share links and follow hashtags such as #AskAnArchivist or #try5saa.

LinkedIn: Follow us as a company and as a shared interest group.

Instagram: Find us at @saarchivists. Share photos and stories, and link them by using hashtags.

Click on the icons at the bottom of SAA’s home page to see SAA’s social media sites.

Blogs

Follow current events and news with SAA’s blogs:

Off the Record: An informal conversation about SAA activities and interests with SAA leaders. The principal blogger is the SAA president, with guest posts from other leaders (e.g., Council members and component group chairs). Suggest a blog post or topic for the SAA leadership list—send suggestions to president@archivists.org.

ArchivesAWARE!: A space to share experiences of and ideas for raising public awareness of archives and the value that archives and archivists add to business, government, education, and society. Contribute your experience!