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SNAP AND BAS PRESENTATION — INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ARCHIVES: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

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Introduction to Business Archives: A Roundtable Discussion
Date/Time: November 3rd, 2023 on Zoom @7:30 am Hawaii-Aleutian/ 10:30 am Pacific/ 11:30 am Mountain/ 12:30 pm Central/ 2:30 pm Eastern

Registration: https://bit.ly/3FD9ZW5

Panelists: 

  • Virginia Angles, Archives, Records, and Media Hotline Manager, WK Kellog Co.
  • Claire Danna, Archivist, P & G Heritage Center 
  • Jennifer Sirotkin, CA, Document Archivist, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
  • Michael Zaidman, Senior Archivist and Corporate Historian, JM Family Enterprise, Inc.

Join the SAA Students and New Professionals (SNAP) and SAA Business Archives Section (BAS) to learn about what it is like to be a business archivist, from business archivists.

Business archives are an arena in the field that, at times, does not get mentioned in readings or classroom discussions. However, one can find ample opportunities and pathways to become a business archivist. To prepare students and new professionals for this possible field, this roundtable discussion with four business archivists is determined to demystify multiple things revolving around working for companies in an archival context. In this panel, you will learn how the panelists got into this field, what their position does, and what it is like to preserve the history of a company for internal and external use. Please join us!

Panelists Bios:

[Virginia Angles]”I am a cultural heritage professional with ten years of archive and museum experience in university, business, and non-profit settings. With a Master’s in Art History and Archival Studies, I have a passion for learning and storytelling. I am always finding new and exciting ways to connect people to the world around them through narratives, interactive experiences, and tactile learning. For the past five years, my focus has been on establishing new corporate archives and records management programs. By tailoring these programs to fit the needs and culture of the organizations they serve I help connect people with the brands they know and love.”

“Claire Danna (they/she) is a corporate archivist and historian at Procter & Gamble. They have a master’s degree in information science with a focus on digital curation from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of California – Berkeley. Their work in the archives has earned them the Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize, two UMSI Exposition Awards, and the Joyce Bonk Fellowship at the William L. Clements Library, where they digitized collections containing tens of thousands of records. They were a student scholar at ARMA’s Managing Electronic Records conference and presented at the University of Sheffield’s People of Print conference. Their other projects include work for the Buddhist Digital Resource Center, the Beverly Hills Public Library and Fine Arts Commission, and the Henry Ford Museum. Outside of work, they love swing dancing, drinking copious amounts of tea, and participating in too many book clubs.”

Jennifer Sirotkin has been the archivist at Chick-fil-A, Inc. since 2016.  She has a Masters in Archival Studies from Clayton State University and is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists.  Her previous employment includes twenty-one years at Emory University’s Oxford College Library and internships at the National Archives in Atlanta and the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room.  

Michael Zaidman has been the Senior Archivist and Corporate Historian at JM Family Enterprises since 2016. Prior to this position, he was the Senior Archival Administrator at The Jim Moran Foundation. Although Zaidman has been involved in the archive profession since 2005, his resume also included museum positions at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, the National Museum of Roller Skating, and The Art Institute of Chicago.

SNAP Webinar—Archives as a Second Career [Recap and Recording]

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On May 31, 2023, SNAP welcomed three speakers who decided to leap into archival practice after starting their careers in non-archival fields. Presenters included Rob Hudson, MSLIS, Assistant Director, Carnegie Hall Rose Archives; Catherine Dayrit Mayfield, MLIS, CA, Associate Director, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland; and Steve Schaffer, MLIS, Archivist, Milwaukee County Historical Society.

During the session, each presenter discussed their career journeys and current work, what drew them to the archival field, how they navigated the transition, and how their skills and experiences helped them in their new profession. The presenters also gave advice to those seeking to make (or who are currently in the midst of) a mid-career transition, which we hope you will find helpful!

Webinar Highlights

00:50 Welcome and Speaker Introductions

– Michelle D. Novak, MI, SNAP Steering Committee Member

05:05 How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

– Presentation by Rob Hudson, MSLIS

20:55 Archives as a Second Career 

– Presentation by Catherine Dayrit Mayfield, MLIS, CA

43:30 The Milwaukee County Historical Society

– Presentation by Steve Schaffer, MLIS
1:08:23 Q&A

Rob Hudson, MSLIS

Rob Hudson, MSLIS, has been an archivist at Carnegie Hall since 1997, where he works to ensure discoverability and access to Carnegie Hall’s archival resources and collections by creating, structuring, and interpreting authoritative records on the institution’s history. He spearheaded the publication of the Hall’s performance history as Linked Open Data and has served as a delegate to the Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums (LODLAM) Summits in Venice, Italy (2017), and Los Angeles (2020). In addition to his MSLIS, Rob has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education and performance. He is a member of the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York (ART). Email: rhudson@carnegiehall.org; Twitter: @hudrobson

Catherine Mayfield, MLIS, CA

Catherine Dayrit Mayfield, MLIS, CA, is a Certified Archivist and Associate Director of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland College Park. Her work focuses on growing access to information and collections, in the library and online. As an undergraduate, Catherine studied Journalism and Mass Communications at New York University, then began her career as a writer and editor before transitioning into the library and archival fields. Catherine received her MLIS degree from San Jose State University and has since worked in the public library, government archives, a historical society, and academic library. Email: cdm@umd.edu

Steve Schaffer, MLIS

Steve Schaffer, MLIS, has been a professional archivist for nine years. Prior to that, he was a master electrician in the IBEW Local 494 and owned his own electrical contracting firm. He received his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008. During that time, he interned with the Milwaukee Archdiocesan Archives, and after graduation, had been a volunteer at the Wauwatosa Historical Society, the Wisconsin Naval Ship Association in Sheboygan, and Marquette University. Email: SSchaffer@milwaukeehistory.net

SNAP Artists Archives Webinar [Recap and Recording]

On April 11, 2023, SNAP welcomed a wonderful panel of speakers representing different archival repositories for an informative talk on artist archives, looking at unique collections documenting photographic, concrete and visual poetry, the performing arts, and dance.

Presenters included Stefanie Caloia (MLIS), AFSCME Archivist, Wayne State University; Rich Dana (MFA, MLIS), Sackner Archive Project Coordinator Librarian, University of Iowa; Judy Tyrus, founder and CEO of ChromaDiverse, Inc.; Bob Diaz (MLIS), Associate Librarian and Archivist, University of Arizona. This event was co-hosted and planned in collaboration with the Visual Materials Section of SAA — many thanks to VMS chair Stefanie Caloia for helping to bring this event to fruition. 

This session will be of particular interest for students and early career professionals who are interested in pursuing employment in artist archives, collaborating with artists as donors, or working with unique artifacts/objects and archival collections related to art and artists, performing arts groups, dance companies, and more.

Speakers

Stefanie Caloia, MLIS, is the AFSCME Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University. She has an MLIS from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree in photography from Grand Valley State University. Stefanie previously worked as the American Federation of Teachers Project Archivist at the Reuther Library. Before coming to the Reuther Library, she worked for History Associates, Incorporated on archives-processing projects at Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park. As a graduate student, she completed an internship at the Yellowstone Research Library. She is chair of the Visual Materials Section of SAA and Secretary of the Michigan Archival Association.

Rich Dana, MFA, MLS, is Sackner Archive Project Coordinator Librarian at the University of Iowa. He holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Center for the Book and an MLS from the School of Library and Information Science. In addition to his work with the Sackner Archive, Rich is the author of Cheap Copies! The Obsolete Press Guide to DIY Mimeography, Hectography and Spirit Duplication. When he’s not immersed in the Sackner’s vast collection of concrete and visual poetry, Rich is crisscrossing the country with his dog Winifred in a car filled with obsolete copy machines, teaching workshops on DIY publishing.

Judy Tyrus is the founder and CEO of ChromaDiverse, Inc. and is the 2023 recipient of Dance/USA’s Ernie Award, which is given to an individual working “behind the scenes” within the national dance community, who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, and advanced the work of artists and supported their creativity. Formerly a principal ballet dancer at Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH), Tyrus was the curator for DTH’s materials in Taking the Stage at Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and served in the same capacity for other successful exhibitions. In 2019, Tyrus founded ChromaDiverse (CD), Inc. whose mission is to assist diverse dance organizations to protect, preserve and present their legacies online. In addition, Tyrus is a coauthor with Paul Novosel of a book, Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, 50A Celebration published in October 2021, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work Non-Fiction. ChromaDiverse — A Dance Arts Digital Vault

Joseph (Bob) Diaz, MLS, is a native of Tucson, Arizona, and the Associate Librarian and Archivist at the University of Arizona. He received his BA degree in Psychology in 1982 and his MLS in 1986, both from the University of Arizona. After graduation, Bob worked briefly at the Nogales Santa Cruz County Library. From there, he served as undergraduate services librarian at the University of Michigan, where he worked for over five years. In 1992, Bob was hired by the University of Arizona Library and has since held a variety of jobs there, including that of Assistant to the Dean for Staff Development, Recruitment and Diversity (1992–1999), music, dance and theater arts librarian (1999–2011), and coordinator of exhibits and events for the Special Collections department (2011–2018). He is currently the curator for the performing arts and architecture and coordinator of reference services for Special Collections. Bob has been a member of SAA for approximately seven years, and is currently co-chair of the Society of American Archivists Archives and Archivists of Color section.

Other resources

Memphis Sanitation resources:

  • I AM Story podcast – just released by AFSCME documenting the strike and tying it to modern day struggles: www.iamstory.com and on all podcast platforms
  • The Root videos: great series on the strike produced for the 50th anniversary (Richard Copley collaborated on this project): www.theroot.com/tag/1300-men

Reuther Library web exhibit from 2011:

SNAP 2023 Webinar: SAA Orientation

2023 SNAP Webinar Series | SAA Membership Committee

SAA Orientation:
Your SAA—Ways for You to Get Involved and Start using SAA’s Great Network
Daniel Hartwig, MA, MLIS, and Theresa Berger, MLIS, CA, DAS
SAA Membership Committee

Monday, April 24, 2023, Online!
9am Hawaii–Aleutian / Noon Pacific / 1pm Mountain / 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern
Register at http://bit.ly/3MhC9dP

Join SNAP as we welcome Daniel Hartwig and Theresa Berger from SAA’s Membership Committee.

This presentation will provide a brief overview of SAA, focusing on: SAA’s mission, vision, and organization; Your SAA — ways for you to get involved and start using SAA’s great network; Professional Development offerings; and additional resources created or provided by SAA.

Daniel Hartwig, MA, MLIS

As Director of Digital Services, Daniel Hartwig, MA, MLIS, is responsible for developing enterprise strategies for the stewardship, integrated discovery, and preservation of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s (WHS) digital collections. Prior to joining WHS, Daniel served as Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Iowa State University from 2019-2022; University Archivist at Stanford from 2010-2019; Records Services Archivist at Yale University from 2006-2010; and, from 2004-2006, Archivist and Digital Projects Developer at Ball State University.

Theresa Berger, MLIS, CA, DAS

Theresa Berger, MLIS, CA, DAS (she/her/hers), is Digital Library Services Librarian and Head of Digital Library Services (DLS) at the University of Minnesota Libraries within the Cataloging, Metadata, and Digitization division. As head of DLS, Theresa helps lead the Libraries’ efforts to develop, grow, and sustain a complement of digital library services, including digital conversion, digital collection development, and metadata management applications in support of researchers’ needs. She has held Archives and Digital Collections-related positions throughout her career, including those at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the California State Library, and the Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University. 

The National Archives and Records Administration: An Introduction [Recap and Recording]

Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section 2023 Webinar Series
The National Archives and Records Administration: An Introduction
Meg Phillips, MA, MLS

Learn more about the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA’s External Affairs Liaison—and longtime SAA member—Meg Phillips will discuss NARA’s mission, its offices and functions, both those that are traditional parts of archives and those that aren’t. She’ll also talk about how the Federal Records Act and Presidential Records Act shape the National Archives’ holdings.

Meg Phillips, MA, MLS NARA External Affairs Liaison
Meg Phillips, MA, MLS NARA External Affairs Liaison

Meg Phillips, MA, MLIS, (she/her) has been NARA’s External Affairs Liaison since August 2013. She joined NARA in 2002 as a Senior Records Analyst in the Mid-Atlantic Region and she is still based in Philadelphia. Since joining NARA, Meg has assisted federal agencies in managing their records and coordinated NARA electronic records projects. Before joining NARA, Meg ran the archives and records management program for the American College of Physicians. She has a BA and MA in history and an MLS. archives.gov

Recorded on Thursday, March 23, 2023

SAA Archivists and Archives of Color (AAC) Section & Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section

SAA Archivists and Archives of Color (AAC) Section & Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section

Writing and Publishing for Archivists
Joyce Gabiola, MSLIS; Sharon Mizota, MLIS, MFA; Yvette Ramirez, MSI; and Kristina Santiago, MLIS

Monday, February 20, 20239am Hawaii-Aleutian / 11am Pacific / 12pm Mountain / 1pm Central / 2pm Eastern
Online! Register at bit.ly/409YoqI

Writing and Publishing for Archivists

This webinar will introduce attendees to some of the many opportunities and pathways archivists have to write and publish. Panelists represent a number of different publications, including ARTchivist’s Notebook and up//root: a we here publication, as well as the SAA Publications Board. If you want to learn more about ways you can write professionally for different audiences and organizations, this event is for you!

Joyce Gabiola (they/them) is the Archivist for the LGBTQ+ History Research Collection at the University of Houston and one of SAA’s newest Council members. They recently ended their 3-year term as one of the founding editors of up//root: a we here publication and currently serves as an editorial advisor. Joyce is the principal author of “It’s a Trap: Complicating Representation in Community-Based Archives,” published in The American Archivist (July 2022), and the sole author of “(En)countering the Archival Sidekick,” published in the Asian American Studies anthology, Q&A: Voices from Queer Asian North America (Temple University Press, July 2021). Joyce earned their MSLIS in Archives Management from Simmons University in 2016, escaped their PhD program at the end of 2018, and since then has been intentionally nurturing a practice to mitigate potential harms perpetuated in archival and academic environments.

Sharon Mizota, MLIS, MFA

Sharon Mizota is a DEI metadata consultant who helps archives, museums, libraries, and media organizations transform and share their metadata to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the historical record. She has over ten years of experience managing and creating metadata for arts and culture organizations, including Walt Disney Animation Studios, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Judy Chicago Research Portal, Curationist, and Outwords Archive. She is also an art critic, a recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers’ Grant, and a co-author of the award-winning book, Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes:Conversations on Asian American Art.

Yvette Ramirez, MSI

Yvette Ramírez is an arts administrator and archivist based in Detroit, Michigan. She is inspired by the power of community-centered archives to further explore the complexities of information transmission within Andean communities of Indigenous descent. Currently, she is working towards her PhD at the School of Information at The University of Michigan where she also holds an MSI in Digital Curation and Archives. Yvette is a member of SAA’s Publications Board and a co-founding member of the collective Archivistas en Espanglish.

Kristina Santiago, MLIS

Kristina Santiago (she/hers) is an early-career academic librarian with past professional experience working in the areas of libraries, education, and somatic practices. She is a continuing co-editor at up//root: a we here publication. Kristina is an alumna of the Knowledge River program at the University of Arizona, where she earned her MLIS in 2021. She also holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona.

Listening Session for Archival Educators, Students, and New Professionals

Title: Listening Session for Archival Educators, Students, and New Professionals

Facilitators: Rebecca Frank, Jessie Knoles, Nicole Font

Date: Wednesday, Feb 01, 2023

Time: 11am Hawaii-Aleutian / 12pm Pacific / 1pm Mountain / 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern Online!

Register at link: http://bit.ly/3H7RcTe

This listening session aims to create dialogue between the Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section and the SAA Archival Educators Section (AES). AES hopes to shape an agenda that encourages dialogue between educators and students and learn about the ways AES and SNAP might collaborate in the future. Potential topics, for example, include the evolving role of internships in archival education, establishing initiatives for diversity and inclusion within education, and professional development needs and opportunities. In particular, we hope that the session results in increasing communication between educators and students and recent graduates.  

This listening session is geared towards: (1) educators who would like to provide input to help shape the future agenda of the AES, (2) SNAP members who would like to share their experiences, feedback, and/or questions with educators and SNAP steering committee members, and (3) SAA members who would like to contribute to this dialogue. 

The session will not be recorded, but shared notes will be taken for both AES and SNAP to use in shaping future programming initiatives and strategic planning for their sections within SAA. 

About the Sections

The Archival Educators Section facilitates exchange of information about archival education programs throughout the United States and Canada and provides a forum for discussion of issues relevant to those who teach courses and workshops in archival administration and related topics, in both academic institutions and other settings.
The Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section advocates for and addresses the needs of those starting out or who are exploring a career in the archives profession. The section provides educational outreach and advocacy that furthers the career development of, and dialogue and engagement with, students and new professionals.

SNAP 2022 Section Meeting and Special Presentation: Inside The Jim Henson Company Archives!

SAA-SNAP 2022 Annual Section Business Meeting and Special Presentation
Inside The Jim Henson Company Archives
Friday, July 15th, 2022
8am Hawaii–Aleutian; 11am Pacific; Noon Mountain; 1pm Central; 2pm Eastern

Special Presentation by Karen Falk, Archives Director, The Jim Henson Company, and Vice President, The Jim Henson Legacy; and Craig Shemin, President, Jim Henson Legacy

Registration: https://bit.ly/3nVKx5z

JOIN US on Friday, July 15th at 2pm (Eastern) for SNAP’s 2022 Section Meeting!

We will begin our webinar with a brief review of the past year’s activities and thank you to all our 2021-2022 speakers and Committee Members.

Then we will welcome two very special guests—Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy; and Karen Falk, Archives Director for The Jim Henson Company and Vice President of The Jim Henson Legacy—for an informal discussion about The Jim Henson Company Archives… [Note: This portion of the webinar will NOT be recorded.]

Inside The Jim Henson Company Archives

For 30 years, Karen Falk has been preserving and presenting the work of Jim Henson. Join Karen and Craig Shemin, President of The Jim Henson Legacy for a chat about Jim Henson’s work, the origin of The Jim Henson Company Archives, and an inside look at how the collection was used in the creation of Craig’s new book, Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson’s First Television Show. 

Karen Falk

Karen Falk has served as the Archives Director for The Jim Henson Company since 1992, and is Vice President of The Jim Henson Legacy. She is the author of Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal and the main contributor to The Jim Henson Company website “Jim’s Red Book.” With The Jim Henson Legacy, she has organized numerous Henson exhibits. Falk works closely with the Worlds of Puppetry Museum at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta and collaborates with the Museum of The Moving Image in New York on their Jim Henson Exhibition and serves on their Board. 

Craig Shemin

Craig Shemin is a freelance writer-producer in all media and the President of the Jim Henson Legacy. He is the author of The Muppets Character Encyclopedia and an upcoming book about Henson’s first television series, Sam and Friends. A noted Henson historian, he produced and directed the award-winning documentary Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow, about the making of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas and curates the Henson screening events at Museum of the Moving Image. Shemin also produced the video content for the permanent Jim Henson exhibit at the Center for Puppetry Arts and wrote the scripts for the sold out Jim Henson tribute concerts in New York’s Carnegie Hall and New Zealand’s Michael Fowler Centre. craigshemin.com

Sam and Friends, Craig Shemin, 2022

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Business Archives: Perspectives on an Uncommon Career Path [Recap and Recording]

Students and New Professionals (SNAP) 2022 Webinar Series
SAA Business Archives Section (BAS)
Business Archives: Perspectives on An Uncommon Career Path
Presented by Eric D. Chin, MA; Sam Citarella, MA, MS; and L.J. Strumpf, MA, MSIS
[Recorded Thursday, June 2, 2022]

Organized by L.J. Strumpf, MA, MSIS; Michelle D. Novak, MI; and Marissa Friedman, MLIS

What does it mean to be a business archivist? Is pursuing a career in business archives the right path for me? In this virtual event, jointly sponsored by SNAP and the SAA Business Archives Section (BAS), participants will learn from experienced professionals who have held a variety of positions in the business archives field. Discover what makes their organizational records unique and how their career journeys into this facet of the archival world have been equal parts challenging and rewarding.

0:00Introductions
3:15Eric D. Chin, Manager, Archive Operations, NBCUniversal
18:45Sam Citarella, Assistant Archivist, Tiffany & Co.
34:00L.J. Strumpf, Assistant Corporate Archivist, IBM
46:00L.J. Strumpf—Career Advice
49:20Q&A (Lots of Questions!)

Some Key Takeaways from the Presentation

  • Business Archives are often overlooked and rarely discussed in archival coursework. But there is a very wide variety of archives, culture, collections, and media waiting to be explored.
  • In entertainment media especially, archival practice is rapidly evolving to keep up with new demands, including streaming, on-demand services.
  • Eric Chin also pointed out that the SAA is very supportive of corporate archives and SAA and BAS resources include:
  • Career advice from L.J. Strumpf (see the section beginning at about 46-minute mark for the full presentation) includes:
    • 1) Don’t be afraid to pivot—everything you do can build new skills
    • 2) “Introverts seeking extroverts”—archives can be a small part of a very large corporation, seek out allies (they’re there!)
    • 3) Sell yourself—you are your own number one advocate for your work as well as your profession

THANK YOU to Eric, Sam, and L.J. for a great presentation. Please feel free to reach-out to any of our speakers if you have additional questions and get to know the SAA Business Archives Section!

Eric D. Chin, MA

Eric D. Chin, MA, is the Manager, Archive Operations at NBCUniversal in Universal City, CA, and oversees the archival holdings and material culture for NBC Television, Cable, Streaming, and Animation productions and responsible for the acquisition, preservation, and exhibition of assets affiliated with these properties. Eric has over 18 years of major studio archives experience working at NBCUniversal and DreamWorks SKG. Through managing their historic collections, he constantly sought creative and innovative ways to build eminence and maintain the legacy for these companies within the entertainment industry. This led to numerous collaborative projects with world renown museums, cultural institutions, and curated events.

Eric is an active member in multiple professional organizations including the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and the Society of California Archivists (SCA). He currently serves on the Council of SAA and was previously the Chair of the Business Archives Section (BAS) within the organization. In the media industry, Eric is best known for pioneering an open knowledge sharing group for archivists working across all studios and institutions in the entertainment field. This allows for colleagues to meet and collectively host networking events periodically to share ideas, trends, and best practices to elevate the profession within the industry.

eric.d.chin@nbcuni.com

universalstudioslot.com/archives-and-collections
Instagram: @nbcuarchives
YouTube: youtube.com/universalstudioslot
Twitter: @UniStudiosLot
Facebook: facebook.com/UniversalStudiosLot

Sam Citarella, MA, MS

Sam Citarella, MA, MS, is the Assistant Archivist at Tiffany & Co., where she works to preserve the most important records documenting the company’s manufacturing and design history. In consultation with the Associate Archivist, she makes available archival collections that have the potential to be of the greatest value to the company’s business needs and inspire creativity among key company stakeholders. 

Sam received a MA in American Studies from George Washington University, a MS in Archives Management from Simmons University, and a BA in History from Monmouth University.

Samantha.Citarella@tiffany.com
linkedin.com/in/samanthacitarella

tiffany.com/world-of-tiffany

L.J. Strumpf, MA, MSIS

L.J. Strumpf, MA, MSIS, is the Assistant Corporate Archivist at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY, a position he has held since 2015. He originally joined the IBM Corporate Archives team in 2010 as their A/V specialist, handling Reference requests and overseeing a video digitization project pursuant to the company’s Centennial. 

Before joining IBM, L.J. worked in the curatorial department at The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) in New York City. In 2021, he was elected Education Chair for the Business Archives Section of SAA. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, earning master’s degrees in History and Information Science.

lstrumpf@us.ibm.com

ibm.com.history
archive1@us.ibm.com

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SNAP Webinars!

UPCOMING WEBINARS + REPLAYS

An Introduction to ArchivesSpace and the ArchivesSpace User Community—Recap and Recording

Webinar Recap by Nicole Font

SNAP 2022 Webinar Series:
An Introduction to ArchivesSpace and the ArchivesSpace User Community
Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, and Jessica Crouch, MLIS, DAS, ArchivesSpace

Hosted by John Claude Esh, MLIS, CA, SNAP Section Steering Committee Member;
Organized by Lourdes Johnson, MLIS, Provisional CA, Member-At-Large, SNAP Section Steering Committee

On April 6, 2022, SNAP welcomed Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, and Jessica Crouch, MLIS, DAS for an informative presentation about ArchivesSpace and the ArchivesSpace user community. We greatly appreciate Christine and Jessica for joining us to provide background on the ArchivesSpace information management system and sustainability model, the ArchivesSpace user community, and the resources available to learn more about using and implementing ArchivesSpace. From my experience using ArchivesSpace, many of the resources discussed (shoutout to the training videos!) are incredibly helpful, so hopefully you’ll find this presentation valuable as you begin your ArchivesSpace journey. 

You can view the recorded session below, but here are a few key points and takeaways from the webinar

  1. This presentation is meant to provide background and context on what ArchivesSpace is. It is not a system overview or walkthrough of the application.
  2. ArchivesSpace is an archives information management software application that supports a range of archival functions, including accessioning, arrangement, description, preservation, and access. It is not a digital asset management system – it can’t manage digital files. 
  3. ArchivesSpace is also a community of people working together to create and improve the application. It is free to download and use but has membership and community-led governance for sustainability. Using the application does not require membership, but members have the greatest say in the application’s future and get benefits that help them use it and participate in the wider community.
  4. Membership to ArchivesSpace is at the organizational level. If you work at an ArchivesSpace member organization you are entitled to certain benefits only available to members. If you are not affiliated with an ArchivesSpace member organization, there are still lots of resources available to learn more about ArchivesSpace. See the links below for member and non-member resources.

Webinar Highlights:

0:00 Welcome and Speaker Introductions
– John Esh, MLIS, CA, SNAP Steering Committee Member
– Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, ArchivesSpace Program Manager
– Jessica Crouch, MLIS, DAS, ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator

0:53 What is ArchivesSpace? 
– Presentation by Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS

14:00 Available Resources 
– Presentation by Jessica Crouch, MLIS, DAS

28:20 Q&A begins

Contact Information
Website: http://archivesspace.org 
Wiki: http://wiki.archivesspace.org 
Twitter: @ArchivesSpace
Contact ArchivesSpace: Contact us: ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org 

Resources for ArchivesSpace Members
– The ArchivesSpace Help Center: https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/917045261/ArchivesSpace+Help+Center 
– The ArchivesSpace Listservs: http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group 
– Technical Support: https://archivesspace.org/member-area/technical-support
– Member Match Program: https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ADC/pages/2198568994/ArchivesSpace+Member+Match+Program
– ArchivesSpace Events: https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/archivesspace-forums
– You can find a list of all member benefits at: https://archivesspace.org/community/member-benefits
– Educational Program Membership: https://archivesspace.org/community/educational-program-membership

Resources for Non-Members
– Getting Started Webpage: https://archivesspace.org/using-archivesspace/getting-started
– YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxR6D-UlSx6N6UWTeqHTjzA  
– The ArchivesSpace Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/archivesspace
– ArchivesSpace GitHub: https://github.com/archivesspace/awesome-archivesspace
– Video for Windows installation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sDok-eMFo

Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, ArchivesSpace
Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, ArchivesSpace
Jessica Crouch, MLIS, ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator
Jessica Crouch, MLIS, ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator

Christine Di Bella, MSI, DAS, and Jessica Crouch, MLIS, DAS, are both archivists with over 30 years of combined experience working in archives and libraries. On the ArchivesSpace team, they are involved in all aspects of ArchivesSpace development and outreach and work closely with the ArchivesSpace member community and governance to implement and execute goals for the application. 

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Rutgers SOURCE SAA Student Chapter Webinar: Developing Digital Editions [Recording]

Rutgers SOURCE SAA Student Chapter Webinar
Developing Digital Editions—The Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University
Presentation and Q&A with Dr. Paul Israel, Director and General Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers, Rutgers University

On March 22, 2022, Rutgers SOURCE welcomed Dr. Paul Israel, Director and General Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers, which encompasses a wide range of Edison’s business and personal documents, at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Israel is an expert in the history of invention and innovation and in patent history and for decades has led research on Thomas Edison’s work and life. Dr. Israel gave an overview of the collection (http://edison.rutgers.edu), and discussed ongoing development of its digital editions over the years, coordination with the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, and enhancing accessibility of documents for research and browsing in a digital space.

The webinar was organized by Rutgers SOURCE Executive Board—Monica Genuardi, President; Laura Melbourne, Vice President; Laurel Monks, Secretary; Riain Ross-Hager, Webmaster—and Faculty Advisor Dr. Marija Dalbello.

Rutgers SOURCE is proud to be a student chapter of the Society of American Archivists.

Academic and Institutional Employment—Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews…Oh My! [Recap and Recording]

Webinar Recap by Marissa Friedman, MLIS

SNAP 2022 Webinar Series:
Demystifying Academic and Institutional Employment:
Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews…Oh My!
Presentation by Jennifer Motszko, MA/MLIS, Head of Archives, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

Organized and Hosted by Marissa Friedman, MLIS, SNAP Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

On March 31, 2022, SNAP welcomed Jennifer Motszko, MA/MLIS, Head of Archives, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, for an informative talk on curriculum vitaes/resumes, cover letters, and interviewing for academic archives jobs. We’re very grateful for Jennifer’s insights into the hiring process at academic and institutional archives from her perspective as someone who has been both an applicant and hiring manager. 

This session is particularly useful for students and early career professionals who are interested in pursuing employment in academic and institutional archives, and who have questions about best practices and expectations for finding relevant jobs, formatting curriculum vitaes, and preparing for the (often lengthy) interview and hiring process. 

The recorded session is available for viewing below, but here are a few major tips and takeaways from the webinar:

  1. Customizing your application for each position is indispensable, but you don’t have to completely reinvent the wheel each time. Invest in building good templates for cover letters and curriculum vitaes, and always save your application materials. You never know which bits you can reuse in a future application. Curriculum vitaes are usually preferred for jobs in academic institutions. 
  2. Curriculum vitaes (CVs) are generally preferred for academic jobs. As they are much longer than resumes, you can really be creative in how you present your overall professional biography, including everything from continuing education and certifications to volunteer experience, presentations, publications, and more. Just remember to stick to easy to read formats and avoid things like color! Keep it simple, clean, neat, and easy for both OCR engines and human beings to read. 
  3. Make sure to follow application instructions exactly — if the institution requests three references, do not submit only two! Many institutions use software that might automatically reject or screen out your application if you don’t submit the required documents or submit material that is formatted oddly (i.e. using colorful fonts in your CV). 
  4. You are more than welcome to bring notes/notebook in with you for interviews; for some people, this is an excellent way of harnessing one’s thoughts and fighting off nerves. Taking notes during the interview is also fine — it can give you time to think through the question before responding, and can also demonstrate a candidate’s interest in the position. 
  5. Don’t be afraid to ask questions of the hiring committee! You’re also interviewing them. Jennifer’s favorite question as a hiring manager is, “What is your favorite thing about working at [X]? Ultimately, interesting collections alone will not likely make a job sustainable as much as quality colleagues and institutional support, so find out why people who work at an institution enjoy working there.
  6. Do basic research before going into the interview on the institution’s mission, collections, and priorities. You don’t need to be an expert, but demonstrate that you’ve done your homework and connect this knowledge to why you might want to work there.
  7. The hiring process at academic archives can take months — each stage of the process, from drafting job descriptions to posting jobs to interviewing to hiring an individual, requires multiple levels of review and approvals from bodies well beyond the hiring committee itself. So be patient and prepared for delays. 

Webinar Highlights and Links:
0:00 – Welcome and Speaker Introduction
– Marissa Friedman, MA, MLIS, SNAP Vice Chair/Chair-Elect
– Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
1:31 – Jennifer Motszko Presentation Begins
50:27 – Q&A begins

Job Searching Sites
– ALA JobLIST (http://joblist.ala.org/) 
– SAA Online Career Center (https://careers.archivists.org/jobseekers/) 
– Web crawlers (http://www.indeed.com/) 
– Archivesgig (https://archivesgig.com/)

Salary Transparency Resources
– US Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/Oes/current/oes254011.htm (note that salary data may be outdated; the SAA A*CENSUS Working Group is conducting a new survey)
– 2019 SAA Annual Meeting Salary Transparency spreadsheet: https://t.co/GT8t9ih3eM 

Interviewing
– Examples of good interview questions to ask as a candidate: https://twitter.com/kcrowe/status/1496329139451838466?s=20&t=-pU_YpxClDM1dUitxsXSlQ 

SAA Resources
– SAA Career Services Commons: Offers job listing (with listed salaries), resume reviews and mock interviews, mentoring, and more, https://www2.archivists.org/groups/career-services-commons   

Questions for Jennifer? Contact her at motszkoj@uww.edu. 

Questions for SNAP? Contact us at newarchivistsrt@gmail.com. 

Jennifer Motszko, Digital Scholar and Preservation, Archives at University Library, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (UW-Whitewater photos/Craig Schreiner)

Jennifer Motszko, MA/MLIS, holds a BA in History from UW–Madison and Master’s Degrees in History and Library and Information Science from UW–Milwaukee. She has over fourteen years of experience working in both corporate and academic archives. Jennifer began her archival career with the Harley Davidson Motor Company as a museum technician before taking a position as manuscript archivist for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2018, she moved back to Wisconsin to head the Archives and Area Research Center at UW–Whitewater where she manages university records, genealogical resources, and manuscript collections that document the agricultural, business, and supernatural history of Southeastern Wisconsin.

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SAA DAS (Digital Archives Specialist) Certificate Program [Recap and Recording]

Webinar Recap by Karlie Herndon

SNAP 2022 Webinar Series:
SAA DAS (Digital Archives Specialist) Certificate Program
Presentation by Sara Davis, MSLS, DAS; SAA Chair of DAS Subcommittee; Course Development Team member

JOINT WEBINAR: SNAP Section and SAA-University of Tennessee Knoxville Student Chapter
Organized and Hosted by Mikayla Wood, First Year Representative of the University of Tennessee Knoxville SAA Student Chapter, and Karlie Herndon, SNAP Student Chapter Coordinator

On March 23, 2022, the UTK SAA student chapter and SNAP welcomed Sara Davis (MSLS, DAS), Wyoming State Archivist and Chair of the SAA’s DAS Subcommittee, for an informative talk on the benefits of earning a Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate through SAA.  We are very grateful for Sara’s insights, and we were very happy to partner with the UTK SNAP section to make this session happen. 

This DAS primer session is particularly useful for students who are finishing their MLIS program, early career professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about the SAA DAS program. 

You can view the recorded session below, but here are a few tips and takeaways from the webinar:

  1. The DAS certificate is for anyone! It’s useful and informative for people with no experience with digital records. The program prepares people to manage digital records, including personal records.
  2. Courses don’t have to be taken in any specific order, unless a prerequisite (such as the first section of a 2-part course) is noted in the course description.
  3. For total beginners, it would be good to do the foundational courses first. Starting in August, SAA will begin offering a “prerequisites” tier, a foundational course on managing a digital workflow. It will be free to SAA members! This will be a great overview as well as a sample of what to expect from the overall certificate program. Stay tuned for more!
  4. Earning the certificate opens up opportunities for various jobs, but it’s also a great tool for networking and outreach. 
  5. Take advanced courses synchronously if possible. You can hear others’ stories and get to know the “why” behind certain actions. Plus, this is a prime networking opportunity!

Webinar Highlights and Links:
0:00 – Welcome and Speaker Introduction
– Karlie Herndon (she/her), MA, MLIS, PhD [ABD], SNAP Student Chapter Coordinator
– Mikayla Wood (she/her), University of Tennessee Knoxville SNAP Student Chapter, First Year Representative
Sara Davis (she/her), MSLS, DAS, Wyoming State Archivist, SAA DAS Subcommittee Chair
1:58 – Sara Davis Presentation Begins
4:40 – History/purpose of the DAS certificate
6:52 – Requirements for the Certificate
Complete nine courses from the four major tiers of the DAS program: Foundational (4), Tactical & Strategic (3), Tools & Services (1), Transformational (1); must take two synchronous courses; pass comprehensive exam (offered three times a year)
13:00 – Timeline requirements
– Complete coursework in 24 months; up to 5 additional months allowed to take comprehensive exam
– Certificate is good for 5 years
Renewal process: can take 1 course in the first year after earning the certificate, and 4 more in the next 4 years to renew (5 courses over 5 years to renew)
14:23 – Benefits to the DAS program
14:33 – Benefit 1: Opens Opportunities
16:55 – Benefit 2: Brings Old with the New
17:36 – Benefit 3: Digitization as Preservation (Sara’s favorite benefit!)
18:42 – Benefit 4: Maintain Integrity of Original Formats
19:14 – Benefit 5: Enhances Accessibility
19:36 – DAS Competencies
21:06 – Websites
– https://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das
– https://connect.archivists.org/home [SAA Connect—login required]
21:29 – Thank You; Question and Answer Session Begins
23:09 – Cost of certificate
Roughly $1250 out of pocket; synchronous courses are a little more expensive than the webinars
24:40 – Workload to complete the coursework
25:36 – Courses
https://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das/course-list
28:00 – Calendar of course offerings
https://mysaa.archivists.org/nc__upcomingevents?type=Class
34:15 – More on the renewal process
39:40 – Financial assistance ideas
42:20 – Reading list for the comprehensive exam
https://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das/examinations
42:58 – Closing remarks, thank yous, contact information

Sara Davis, MSLS, DAS, (she/her) is the Wyoming State Archivist as of September 2021. Prior to her current appointment, she was the university archivist for the University of Wyoming at the American Heritage Center and digital archivist/project manager for the National Association of Olmsted Parks at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. She has a MSLS with a concentration in archives management from Simmons University and holds a Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate from the Society of American Archivists. She is also currently the chair of the SAA DAS Subcommittee.

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Demystifying Government Jobs with The Gov Geeks [Recap and Recording]

SNAP 2022 Webinar Series:
Demystifying Government Jobs with The Gov Geeks, LLC
Javier Lopez, MSA, PCC, and Karen Lopez, Co-Founders, The Gov Geeks, LLC

Organized and hosted by Lourdes Johnson, MLIS, Provisional CA (Certified Archivist), Steering Committee Member-At-Large, SNAP Section, Society of American Archivists 

On January 28, 2022, the SAA SNAP section welcomed Javier Lopez, MSA, PCC, and Karen Lopez, Co-Founders of The Gov Geeks, LLC, who spoke about Federal jobs, including searching for jobs, resume tips, and the application process. We thank Javier and Karen for sharing their time and expertise with us!

The biggest takeaways of the webinar:

  1. Reformat Your Resume to Work with the Government ATS (Application Tracking System)—Applying for government jobs means you need to spend a significant amount of time reformatting your resume “Federal Style.” For example, if you are applying for government jobs on USAJobs, make sure you are using the resume builder feature.   
  2. Write Your Resume to Focus on Results—When writing your resume, focus on describing mission statements rather than producing bulleted lists.
  3. Use the OPM Handbook of Groups and Families—This one was the biggest golden nugget! Before writing your resume, check the OPM (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) first. Search the occupational family and group series that relate to the position you are applying for. For example, if you are applying for an archivist job, you want to go to group 1400 on page 98, click on the “Archivist” link to access “Position classification standard for archivists series GS1420”. You should aim to write a resume that is consistent with the position description from the OPM—the requirements are all there in black and white!

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Webinar Highlights and Links:
0:00 Welcome and Speaker Introductions 
Lourdes Johnson (She/Her), MLIS, Provisional CA (Certified Archivist)
Member-At-Large, SNAP Section Steering Committee
Javier Lopez, MSA, PCC, and Karen Lopez, Co-Founders, The Gov Geeks, LLC

5:15 — Why be a Federal Government Employee?
9:30 — OPM General Schedule of Salaries and Wages, opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2022/general-schedule
10:50 — A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies, usa.gov/federal-agencies
11:30 — Federal Pay Grades on Education Level
13:13 — Competitive Hiring Process
19:30 — Resumes at-a-Glance
28:30 — What Interests You?
34:15 — Find Your Job Series Number, OPM (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families, See page 98, number 1400—Library and Archives Group. Google “OPM occupationalhandbook.pdf” or go to
opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/classifying-general-schedule-positions/occupationalhandbook.pdf
35:30 — Resume Strategies
36:00 — Resume Strategies: 1) Use OPM’s Position Classifications, OPM (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families
42:15 — Resume Strategies: 2) Show Impact! The STAR Method
45:00 — Resume Strategies: 3) Formatting is Key
(A resume template is available by signing up for “Gov Geekdom” at thegovgeeks.com)
45:00 — Resume Strategies: 4) Use USAJOBS, USAJOBS.gov
54:40 — Summary
1:01:15 — Bonus: GSA Advantage, GSAAdvantage.gov
1:06:00 — Summary of ResourcesWebinar Q&A
1:08:00 Points for Grading Positions 
OPM.gov > Position Classification Standard for Archivist Series, GS-1420 (defines job roles and positions), 
OPM.gov > General Schedule Supervisory Guide (hiring factors and point levels)
1:13:30 Hiring Process Turnaround
Advice on expected timeframes, direct hire positions, and lateral transitions for existing Federal employees.

Javier Lopez, MSA, PCC

Javier Lopez, MSA, PCC, is the Geek in Chief and Co-Founder of The Gov Geeks LLC, a learning and professional development endeavor committed to helping public servants get in and get ahead in government. thegovgeeks.com



Karen Lopez is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Gov Geeks, LLC. A native Texan with a passion for public service, she combines her love of science and human behavior to successfully implement programs within the Federal Government. thegovgeeks.com

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