"In the Loop for Tuesday, December 22, 2009
In the Loop is an electronic newsletter distributed via e-mail bi-weekly
to provide
members with an update on SAA activities. Please contact the SAA office at
866-SAA-7858 (toll-free) if you have any questions.
Upcoming Deadlines
• January 5: Agenda items due for February 2-4 Council meeting.
• January 15: Self-nomination deadline for SAA committee and board
service beginning
in August 2010.
• January 19: Archives Leadership Institute application deadline.
• January 22: Submission deadline for student poster and platform
presentations at
ARCHIVES*RECORDS/DC 2010.
Archival Haiku Collection: Read Today
More than 50 haiku written by archivists about the profession are captured
in this
clever collection. Haiku—a Japanese poetry form using five syllables, seven
syllables, five syllables—was a featured segment in the “Archives After
Hours: The
Light, Literary, and Lascivious Side of Archives” session at Sustainable
Archives:
AUSTIN 2009. The session explored the many ideas and interests of
archivists that
expand far beyond the walls of traditional archival thought. Read the
collection
today.
New Bookstore Now Open!
The new online SAA Bookstore is open for business. The store brings you
the same
great titles but with more tools to make your browsing easier. Now you can
search by
topical keyword, author, title, publisher, and product code. There’s even
an author
bios area. Check out the latest books (and CDs) today at
www.archivists.org/catalog.
SAA Council to Meet in Washington, D.C., in February
Agenda items for consideration by the SAA Council at its February 2–4,
2010, meeting
in Washington, D.C., are due January 5. Email your request to SAA
President Peter
Gottlieb or Executive Director Nancy Beaumont.
Join the Group Reading of Archives Power
Kate Theimer, creator of the ArchivesNext blog, has started a group read
of Archives
Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice by Randall C. Jimerson,
published
by SAA. If you’d like to participate, just do the reading, subscribe to
the blog (or
bookmark it), and join the conversation. The first discussion begins
January 11,
2010. For a look at the tentative reading schedule and recent posts, click
here.
Have a “Hard Times” Story to Share?
Has your institution successfully weathered the hard times over the last
year?
Archival Outlook is looking for strategies you have employed to successfully
navigate obstacles such as staff or budget cuts to keep programs alive. Or
even
better—have you been able to grow existing programs while preparing for
the future?
Send your story to Jenny Schooley.
Call for Student Paper and Poster Presentations
The 2010 Student Program Subcommittee is accepting proposals for two special
sessions dedicated to student scholarships at ARCHIVES*RECORDS/DC 2010,
The Joint
Annual Meeting of CoSA, NAGARA, and SAA in Washington, D.C., August 10–15.
Submission deadline is January 22.
Get Involved! A Call to Service in SAA
Serving as a committee or taskforce member is one of the greatest benefits of
membership in the Society of American Archivists. SAA's Appointments
Committee
invites self-nominations for appointments to commence in August 2010. For
more
information or to volunteer by January 15, visit
http://www.archivists.org/membership/volunteer/index.asp.
Continuing Education
The 2010 Education Calendar includes 13 workshops between February and
June, with
another 11 to be added soon. With so many topics to choose from, this is a
great
time to invest in your professional future with continuing education from
SAA! Take
a look at the course listings and registration.
Archives Leadership Institute (July 18–24, 2010)
Save the date for the University of Wisconsin–Madison 2010 Leadership
Institute for
archives professionals, July 18–24, 2010, in Madison. The week-long event
will
feature presentations by dynamic leaders in the archives field and outside
the
profession. The goal of the NHPRC-funded institute is to examine the
leadership
needs of the archives profession and prepare participants to influence
policy and
effect change on behalf of the profession (and, ultimately, on behalf of
the public
served now and in the future). The program is directed primarily at
mid-level to
senior staff—archivists who aspire leadership roles in their organizations
and/or
professional associations. Click here for information and application
documents.
Applications are due by January 19, 2010.
Web Seminars
• If you missed live presentations of SAA’s topical Web seminars,
they’re now
available Online On Demand! Access the Education Calendar under the
Education and
Events menu on the home page and register to gain access for two months.
• Save the Date: March 30 at 1:00 p.m. (US CT) for the “Basic
Records Management”
web seminar (working title) with Geof Huth of the New York State Archives.
Attention Job Seekers!
Check out the following career opportunities recently posted to SAA’s
Online Career
Center:
• Archivist
Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee (Goshen, IN)
• Archivist Technician
City of Greater Sudbury (Sudbury, ON, Canada)
• Asst Professor/Asst University Archivist & Special Collections
Librarian
Adelphi University (Garden City, NY)
• Digital Archivist
The Walt Disney Family Museum (San Francisco, CA)
• Documents Rehabilitation Supervisor
Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Washington, DC)
• Electronic Records Archivist
Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, WI)
• Electronic Records Consultant
Office of the Secretary of State (Olympia, WA)
• Lilly Library Manuscripts Archivist
Lilly Library, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
• University Archivist and Director of Records Management
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
* * *
For more news of interest, see the SAA home page at www.archivists.org or
SAA’s
Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/archivists.
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