controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-12-02

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SAA News

Use of Non-government Email Accounts for the Conduct of Public Business

November 2-3, 2018, Council Meeting Minutes

Call for Pre-conference Workshop Proposals: 2019 Joint Annual Meeting

 

Other Professional Happenings

Directory of Archival Consultants Listing Price Reduced!

Apply for the 2019 Archives Leadership Institute

Archives and Archivists in the News

From Gates to Rockefeller, Wealthy Families Hire Personal Historians to Preserve Their Legacy

More than just a trip: pupils get rare access to Guardian archive

Greek-American genealogical experts join forces to support Greece’s archives

Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress

An archive honoring the voices and experiences of disabled people

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-11-11

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SAA News

Call for Student Paper and Poster Proposals: 2019 Joint Annual Meeting

Call for Volunteers: New Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment

Apply for an SAA Foundation Grant

SAA Council Affirms Strategic Goals, Creates Research Committee

 

Other Professional Happenings

Society of American Archivists Oral History Interviews Project, UWM Libraries

Archives and Archivists in the News

A Dallas artist turned archival 35mm films from SMU’s vault into an unlikely cinematic installation

‘I’m Not Just Looking Back… I’m Looking Ahead’: New Coca-Cola Archivist Justine Fletcher Says Company’s Rich History Informs Its Future

ASU Library archivists make marginalized history accessible to all

Writer Haruki Murakami Plans Archive at Japanese University

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-09-30

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SAA News

Ask an Archivist Day is October 3rd! 

October is American Archives Month! 

 

Other Professional Happenings

Business Archives… Establishing and Managing an Archives

Tool Selection and Management: Finding the Right Tool for the Job

Preserving Digital Archives

Archives and Archivists in the News

New archiving platform to preserve Indigenous culture and language

Exhibition Reflects on 1968 Olympic Protest and Its Legacy

After Brazil museum fire, debate over how, or if, to rebuild

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-09-09

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SAA News

Meet the SAA President, Dr. Meredith Evans

Be Prepared for Tropical Storm Gordon

Loss of National Museum of Brazil

Call for Program Proposals: 2019 Joint Annual Meeting

 

Archives and Archivists in the News

Burned National Museum in Rio Had Relics From Around World

Passionate Collector Donates Rare Olympic Treasure Trove

A club of their own: The story of a secret poker society started by pioneering African Americans

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-08-19

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SAA News

SAA Council Endorses Native American Protocols, Creates Vendor Guidelines TF

SAA Council Endorsement of Protocols for Native American Archival Materials

 

Annual Meeting – August 12-18th, Washington, D.C.

Video: Brad Meltzer accepts Jameson Award

Presidential Address

Conference Evaluation Form

Archives and Archivists in the News

Lost Neil Young and Joni Mitchell concert recordings uncovered by archivists

University launches project to preserve Julian Bond’s work

Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers

The Most Famous Lesbian Photographer You’ve Never Heard of — Until Now

Searchers find the sunken stern of a doomed World War II destroyer off the coast of Alaska

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-07-29

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Annual Meeting – August 12-18th, Washington, D.C.

ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018: Top 10 Tips for First Timers (FREE!) webinar – August 3rd at 11 am CDT

SNAP #snaprt Twitter Chat to prepare for #saa18 – July 31st, 8 pm EST

Sign up to write a session recap for the SNAP blog! 

August 17 Nationals/Marlins Baseball Game

Archives Event on the Hill: Guest Post by COPP Chair Dennis Riley

Donations for the SAA Preservation Section Silent Auction to support NDRFA!

Navigator Program Sign-Up

Schedule now available!

Other Professional Happenings

NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants – DUE AUGUST 1

A Q&A with Tanya Zanish-Belcher, President of the Society of American Archivists

Archives and Archivists in the News

Preserving Preservation Hall: Archivists work to make historical photos, documents available

Historical Society to Archive Public Policy Center’s Work

Missing Malcolm X Writings, Long a Mystery, Are Sold

 

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-07-15

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SAA News

ACRL/RBMS, SAA Release Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy

SAA Letter to the NYT Editor: Migrant Family Records

Congratulations to SAA’s 2018 Appointees!

SAA Signs On to Coalition Call for Urgent Investigation of Destruction of Records on Family Separation Crisis

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-07-01

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SAA News

Issue Brief: Net Neutrality

Thank You for Giving Back!

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-06-03

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SAA News

SAA Signs On to Joint NGO Letter on Proposed WIPO Treaty on Broadcasting

May Council Meeting Minutes Available Now

Participate in SAA Focus Groups for Market Research

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-05-20

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SAA News

 

SAA Foundation Awards Disaster Recovery Grant to University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón

Nominate yourself or a friend for a SNAP Leadership position! Nominations due by 11:59 CST May 30th. Information and nomination form here!

SAA’s Mentoring Program is in need of mentors! Apply here!

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-05-06

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SAA News

SAA Opposes Haspel Nomination for CIA Director

Call for Pop-Up Session Proposals for 2018 Joint Annual Meeting

2018 Fellows and Award Recipients

Mosaic Fellow Nadia Clifton Completes Rare Book Internship at Libraries

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-04-22

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SAA News

SAA’s Congressional Papers Section (CPS) Pre-Conference Scholarship – Apply by May 1

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-04-08

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SAA News

Teach for SAA! We’re looking for instructors interested in developing and teaching new courses on the topics of appraisal for A&D, authorities and RDF, linked archival open data, and long-term digital project management. If interested in this unique opportunity, email education@archivists.org.

2018 Joint Annual Meeting Travel Awards — SAA Foundation

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-03-25

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SAA News

SNAP is looking for a Blog Coordinator! 

2018 SAA Election – Ask the Candidates

Congress Passes FY 18 Budget; NARA, NEH, and IMLS See Funding Increases

SAA Foundation 2018 Joint Annual Meeting Travel Awards

controlaccess: Relevant Subjects in Archives and Related Fields 2018-03-11

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SAA News

SNAP is looking for a Blog Coordinator! 

Reserve your hotel room now for SAA 2018 in Washington, D.C.!