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SAA seeks volunteers for Archives in Context

Join SAA’s Podcast Team!

Love a good podcast? Have a charming on-air presence? Excel at managing deadlines? Come join us!

SAA’s podcast is looking to add three people to its volunteer team: two Co-Hosts and one Project Coordinator. Archives in Context—now in its eighth season and sponsored jointly by the Publications Board, American Archivist Editorial Board, and Committee on Public Awareness—hosts dynamic conversations with archivists contributing to the archival literature, to SAA and the profession, and to public access and awareness of archives. The podcast team—made up of a project coordinator, four co-hosts, three producers, and SAA staff—release at least six episodes annually.

Co-Hosts are the voices you hear on the podcast. They prepare for interviews by suggesting topics, becoming familiar with the work of guests, and drafting questions and introductions. After conducting interviews virtually, co-hosts listen to the audio and recommend edits to the sound engineer.

The Project Coordinator serves as the “chair” of the team, setting a vision for a season, refining workflow, and bridging the work of the two sub-teams who create the episodes. The Project Coordinator:

  • Considers broadly the scope of the podcast, overarching themes for the season, diversity of topics and guests, order of episodes, and anything that comes up between planning sessions.
  • Leads monthly check-ins with the producers and keep both teams apprised of new developments via email.
  • Sets a timeline for episodes moving through the production process, keep teams on schedule, and liaisons with the sound engineer to finalize episodes. 

All candidates should have excellent project management and people skills and be an SAA member. Previous podcasting experience is preferred. The time commitment is about 5-10 hours per month.

To apply: send a letter indicating why you are interested in the position, your favorite podcast, and your résumé to podcast@archivists.org by September 15, 2023.

New Issue: American Archivist

American Archivist vol. 86 no. 1

FROM THE EDITOR
Mirror, Mirror
Amy Cooper Cary

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
“Show? To Who?”
Courtney Chartier

A*CENSUS II
A*CENSUS II Building a Baseline of Archival Data with A*CENSUS II
Jennifer Gunter King; Beth Myers

A*CENSUS II: All Archivists Survey Report
Makala Skinner; Ioana G. Hulbert

ARTICLES
“Sometimes I feel like they hate us”: The Society of American Archivists and Graduate Archival Education in the Twenty-first Century
Alex H. Poole; Ashley Todd-Diaz

The Academic Enclosure of American Archivist
Eira Tansey

College and University Archivists: Doing It All for Less
Michelle Sweetser; Tamar Chute; Elizabeth James; Jane LaBarbara; Krista Oldham

Adapting for Distance: A Perspective on Team-based Archival Processing during a Pandemic
Sarah Jones; Ryan DiPaolo

REVIEWS
Archives in Conversation
Rose Buchanan; Stephanie Luke

What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom
Sara Lyons Davis

Engaging Undergraduates in Primary Source Research
Kayla Harris

Exhibiting the Archive: Space, Encounter, and Experience
Claire Du Laney

Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS
Marissa Friedman

Rescued from Oblivion: Historical Cultures in the Early United States
Amber Glen

Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries
Heather Mulliner

Cultural Humility
Jessica Tai

SAA Publishing Award Recipients

Congratulations to James Lowry, recipient of the Waldo Gifford Leland Award; Alston Brake Cobourn, Jen Corrinne Brown, Edward Warga, and Lisa Louis, recipients of the Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award; and Sony Prosper, recipient of the Theodore Calvin Pease Award. 

New Episode: Archives in Context

In the latest episode of Archives in Context, co-hosts Nicole Milano and Camila Zorrilla Tessler speak with editors Rachel Chatalbash, Susan Hernandez, and Megan Schwenke about their recent book Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy (Society of American Archivists, 2022). Chatalbash, Hernandez, and Schwenke discuss museum archives and archivists, the genesis of the publication and its connection to the Museum Archives Section of SAA, and what they hope readers will learn from the volume. Listen today!

Apply for Associate Editor for Case Studies on Teaching With Primary Sources

The Teaching with Primary Sources sub-committee of the Reference, Access and Outreach Section of the Society of American Archivists is accepting applications for the role of Associate Editor for the Case Studies on Teaching With Primary Sources series. For more information about the series, visit: https://www2.archivists.org/publications/epubs/Case-Studies-Teaching-With-Primary-Sources.

The Associate Editor works with the Editor to maintain the Teaching with Primary Sources Case Studies as a contribution to the professional scholarship and illustration of the application of the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy. The position, in collaboration with the Editor, coordinates the review process and works with peer reviewers. The Associate Editor role shall become the Editor when their term expires, requiring a two-year commitment. The expected start date for the Associate Editor is August 1, 2023.

Duties:

  • In consultation with the Editor, identify potential authors and solicit proposals
  • Assist in coordinating the peer review process, and work with peer reviewers to provide timely feedback
  • As directed by the Editor, communicate reviews and feedback to authors
  • Promote recently published case studies to the RAO membership and broader community of practitioners

Applications will be accepted to twps-casestudies@archivists.org until July 7, 2023. Applicants should submit a short statement of interest explaining their experience editing; their ideas for including more diverse voices, institutions, and/or case studies; and a resume/CV. Questions may be addressed to current editors, Blake Spitz and Mary Feeney, at twps-casestudies@archivists.org.

CFP: SAA Women’s Collections Section Meeting

The Women’s Collections Section (WCS) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) are seeking panel proposals and presentations for the WCS section meeting to be held June 20, 2023 at 1PM CST/2PM EST!

This year we are seeking proposals that focus on creative strategies and innovative means repositories are using to highlight stories of women and gender non-conforming individuals. This call extends to repositories that may fall outside traditional bounds and collections that are not traditionally seen as being “women’s collections.”

We especially invite proposals that highlight stories of Queer and Trans individuals and people of color. Please email your proposal to wcrt.saa@gmail.com.

Proposals will be reviewed by the WCS section steering committee. They will be prioritizing proposals that intentionally address critical and anti-oppressive research and practices.

The deadline for all proposals is Friday, May 19, 2023. Notifications will be sent out by Monday, May 29, 2023.

Feel free to email the WCS co-chairs at wcrt.saa@gmail.com with any questions or concerns!

Free event: Navigating the IRB Process with the Society of American Archivists Committee on Research Data and Assessment

Navigating the IRB Process with the Society of American Archivists Committee on Research Data and Assessment

  • What: This is a 1-hour panel discussion about the process of getting approval from an institutional review board (IRB) for research on the archival field and related topics.
  • When: Monday, April 17, 2023, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm CDT. A recording of the event will be made available online for those unable to attend.
  • Registration (limited to 500 attendees): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrcuqsrjMvGtbnunBAqQqZNVFdVv9sbhrX

The Society of American Archivists Committee on Research, Data and Assessment (CORDA)  is excited to present a free, one-hour panel discussion on navigating the IRB process for research on the archives and library professions. The process of seeking approval from an IRB is often perceived as a barrier to undertaking research that may contribute valuable knowledge to our field. With this discussion, we hope to answer the following questions:

  • What is an institutional review board and why do they exist?
  • Which types of research require approval from an IRB?
  • How does the IRB process look at different types of institutions?
  • What are some common mistakes people make when submitting their research to an IRB?

While the above questions are meant to guide the conversation, our goal is for this to primarily be an opportunity for attendees to get their questions answered by other professionals who have been through the process, as well as people responsible for reviewing research proposals. 

We are grateful to the panelists who agreed to participate in this event:

  • Susan Askren, Research Compliance Office, Smithsonian Institution
  • Adam Bailey, Senior IRB Manager, Social & Behavioral (Non-Medical) IRB, Stanford University Research Compliance Office
  • Amanda Hawk, Public Services Manager for Distinctive Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Margaret Hoogland, Margaret A. Hoogland, Clinical Medical Librarian, University of Toledo

As part of its mission, CORDA seeks to make the research process accessible to archival professionals, academic researchers, SAA group members, and others. We hope you will join us for this event!

Call for Proposals: RAO Marketplace of IDEAs and Webinar Series

The Reference, Access, and Outreach Section (RAO) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) seeks proposals for the 2023 Spring/Summer IDEAS Webinar Series (April-July) and Annual Meeting Marketplace of IDEAs on Friday, July 14, 2023 @ 4pm EDT/3pm CDT/2pm MDT/1pm PDT.

Topics focused on the RAO sub-committee areas of Teaching with Primary Sources, Exhibits and Events, and Public Services Assessment are encouraged. Proposals addressing topics or themes related to the following will be prioritized: 

  • evolving the archival profession, public services, new ideas, fresh perspectives
  • orienting reference, access, and outreach efforts in a more Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, and Accessible way
  • collaborations/co-sponsorships with other Sections

Submission Due Dates:
    For Webinar proposals, please submit at least 4-5 weeks in advance of your preferred date(s), but no later than Friday, June 2, 2023
    For Marketplace of IDEAS proposals, please submit by Friday, June 2, 2023

Submission Form: forms.gle/kWnehC2ymVnvfLq46

Please send any questions to current RAO Chair, Jay-Marie Bravent,  jmbravent@uky.edu or any member of the Steering Committee. 

American Archivist Call for Microreviews

Are you interested in reviewing the latest archives resources for your colleagues? The American Archivist wants to hear from you!

We are actively seeking microreviews of archives-related books for our Reviews Portal. Microreviews are short, informal contributions (about 100–400 words) that summarize a work and share your reaction to it. An example is Samantha Cross’s 2022 microreview of the podcast The Magnus Archives.

Microreviews are a great way to contribute to the archival literature no matter where you are in your professional journey. Never written a review before? No problem! Our Reviews Editors, Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke, are available to answer questions and guide contributors through the entire review process.

For more information about writing a microreview, please see our guidelines for preparing a microreview. If you’re interested in writing a review, please contact us at ReviewsEditor@archivists.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Rose Buchanan & Stephanie Luke
Reviews Editors, American Archivist

SAA RAO Section April Article Discussion Group

Please join us on Thursday, April 20th at 3pm EST for the next Article Discussion Group. We will be reading Teaching with Ephemera by Julia Gardner and David Pavelich, which is available freely online.

For this month’s selection we want to try something new. Following the group discussion portion, we would like to have a show-and-tell, where participants are encouraged to share their favorite objects and/or ephemeral collections to teach with. Come with examples and tell us what ephemera have been a hit (or miss) in your instruction sessions! We hope that this will be an interactive session.

  • When: April 20th, 3pm-4pm EST
  • Register in advance for this meeting: bit.ly/3mvGNu3