Candidate Statement for Web Liaison
I am currently a student at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science in the Archives and History dual-degree program. In addition to being a full-time student, I am the Social Media Intern with the Archives and Archivists of Color Roundtable, as well as a founding member of the Core Working Group for Archivists without Borders, U.S. Chapter. My interest in human rights developed prior to my entry into the information science field,...
The American Library Association (ALA) celebrates Preservation Week , next Spring April 21st through April 27th, 2013. Libraries and other institutions can use Preservation Week to connect and reach out to their local communities through events, activities, and resources. It's a great opportunity for the general public to learn how library collections are preserved, and how libraries can help the public preserve their personal collections. For more information please visit us at http://www....
In keeping with the Content Subcommittee’s assignment to review the current and past formats of SAA annual meetings, the subcommittee undertook a review of SAA meeting programs for the years 1997-2012. The subcommittee looked at quantifiable aspects of the meeting—number of education sessions, attendance, etc.—as well as when specific events were held. The data was compiled in two spreadsheets. Observations and information that could not be presented in a spreadsheet appear in a word...
SNAP Appointed Officers
Liaison Coordinator: Amanda Strauss
Website Coordinator: James Northway
Social Media Coordinator: Helen Schubert
Blog Coordinator: Lisa Huntsha
Newsletter Coordinator: Gloria Gonzalez
With fall unfolding, now is a great time to focus on developing wonderful RAO-related session proposals to submit for the 2013 SAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. For information about how to do this, see: http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2013/new-orleans/call-for-session-proposals-archives-new-orleans-2013.
The deadline to submit your proposal to the SAA program committee and to sections and roundtables for endorsement consideration has been extended and is now Monday, October 8,...
Thanks to all who participated in the first-ever Marketplace of Ideas at the 2012 SAA Annual Meeting in San Diego. Please take a moment and respond to a brief survey the 2012-13 RAO program committee developed to evaluate the RAO 2012 Marketplace of Ideas program offered as part of RAO’s regular membership meeting. If you missed the RAO meeting, there are just a couple of questions we’d love to have you address, if you attended the Marketplace, then we would appreciate your feedback on the...
Introduction
In 2007, Marist College Archives & Special Collections received a grant from National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) to arrange, describe, preserve and make the collection of one of our nation’s best known journalists and explorers, Lowell Thomas accessible to all interested researchers and educators. The Lowell Thomas Papers consists of approximately 36,000 photographs, hundreds of hours of audio, thousands of feet of motion picture film, numerous...
Please nominate yourself or others for a SNAP appointed position! You must be a SNAP member to be eligible, but you do NOT need to be an SAA member. Please write a separate paragraph for each position you're interested in. (For example, if you'd like to nominate yourself for Liaison Coordinator and Website Coordinator, fill out the first two paragraph boxes in the form.)
Nominations are due by 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, September 5. The Steering Committee will meet the weekend of September 8-9...
Thank you for the enthusiastic feedback received at the Annual Meeting Task Force information table and forum in San Diego! We welcome any other comments from those who could not make the meeting - or from those who have additional thoughts. Just add a comment below....
(The following was originally posted on my personal blog, Of Bicycles and Archives.)
This week the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting is taking place in San Diego. When participants first arrived, a Dole container ship was docked quite nearby and generated a lot of excitement. It’s departure saddened many, but last night’s arrival of the Green Bay Packers at the conference hotel livened things up again. All of this I know from Twitter. Though a member of the Annual Meeting Task...
Archivists’ Toolkit/Archon Roundtable 2012 Annual Meeting Agenda
August 8, 2012 3:15-5:15pm Location: San Diego Hilton Bayfront Room: Sapphire MN
3:15pm- 3:30pm Business Meeting Introductions of Steering Committee By-law changes summary/process Update from SAA Council Liaison Bill Landis Election Results/Installation of SC members
3:30pm-3:45pm Updates and Announcements from the Field Update on Archivists’ Toolkit Update on Archon OCLC Research on linked open data NWDA/CDL AT training...
SNAP congratulates the winners of our 2012 elections.
Polina E. Ilieva and Jody L. DeRidder were elected co-chairs for 2012-2013. Congratulations!
Research Libraries Roundtable Annual MeetingWednesday, August 8, 20121:00 – 3:00 pm Room Sapphire GH
AGENDA
Program1:00 – 2:15 pm
Are Archives and Special Collections becoming central to the mission of research libraries?
The Roundtable will explore the centrality of archives and special collections to the mission of research libraries featuring lightening talks from a variety of institutions providing evidence of the direct involvement of archivists in the changing academic environment,...
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect:
Cecilia L. SalvatoreDominican University
Steering Committee 2012-2014:
Jackie CoutureEastern Kentucky University
Rachel TelfordVeterans History Project
Buy an Apron to Support the Natural Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives!
At the upcoming Annual Meeting in San Diego, the Preservation Section of SAA will be selling aprons at the registration area on Wednesday and Thursday from 8am-6pm to benefit the National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives. Aprons bear the SAA logo and the infamous Archivists Make It Last Longer slogan. The cost is $20, and available colors are blue and green. A limited quantity of 100 will be sold--first come,...
2012 Annual Meeting Information
Use the tabs in the spreadsheet to find a ride, offer a ride, find a roommate, or offer crash space in your home near San Diego. This spreadsheet is editable by anyone. If you no longer need a ride, rider, or roommate, please come back and update your information. SAA attendees who are not SNAP members are welcome to use this spreadsheet!
This spreadsheet is intended for informational use only. It is not a matching service; you need to use the information on the spreadsheet to find people to...
What is your experience like at the SAA annual meeting? Is it overwhelming? Fascinating? Alienating? One big party? If you have found it more alienating and overwhelming than fascinating, I have some interesting ideas for you. Patrick Sweeney, a librarian from California wrote a blog post called "How to be Awesome at Going to Library Conferences" in early June, just before the ALA annual meeting (http://pcsweeney.com/2012/06/05/how-to-be-awesome-at-going-to-library-conferences/) Since I...
Recently Twitter was all a-buzz with tweets from the RBMS preconference in San Diego. I noticed that a lot of attention was paid to the plenary speakers. This is a topic I have seen on Twitter before, and I know people have opinions about it. As we are trying to get opinions, and make recommendations about, the entire Annual Meeting, we would love to hear on this site what those opinions are. Do you jump out of bed at the prospect of hearing a NPR personality? Would you prefer to hear...
Local Government Records Annual MeetingPlease join us to discuss topics of interest to local government records. We will have liaison reports, the unveiling of our new directory (we hope), and a featured speaker. Please check back here for more details. Agenda will be posted soon.
If you have any items for inclusion on the agenda, please contact John Slate, Dallas Municipal Archives, at 214-670-5270 no later than July 27, 2012.
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect:
Cecilia L. Salvatore Dominican University
Steering Committee Candidates:
Jackie Couture Eastern Kentucky University
Heather Fox The Filson Historical Society
Rachel Telford Veterans History Project
Cecilia Salvatore
Cecilia L. Salvatore. C.A., MLS, Ph.D (University of Texas at Austin, 2000), coordinates and teaches in the Archival and Cultural Heritage Studies Program at Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science (River Forest, Illinois...
Election Results
MDOR co-chairs are elected for a term of 1 year, not to exceed 3 terms. This year 2 members are standing for election, Polina Ilieva (re-election to a 3rd term), UCSF Archivist, and new candidate Jody DeRidder, Head, Digital Services, University of Alabama Libraries.
1. For Co-Chair (vote for two)
Polina Ilieva
Jody DeRidder
Electronic balloting will begin in July and will be conducted by SAA staff. Election results will be announced at the annual meeting.
Candidates...
