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CFP: Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting

The Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting Program Committee proudly presents the theme for the 2025 annual meeting: Archivists “Macon” It Happen: Back to Basics.

The Committee invites you to attend the meeting, to be held at Middle Georgia State University in Macon, Georgia on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

Our 2025 program invites session proposals that will encompass presentations, working groups, interest groups, skill labs, mini workshops, and demonstrations on a broad spectrum of archival work as we take it back to the basics. Presentations will examine how archivists accomplish their work without reinventing the wheel – how do we leverage existing tools, workflows, and archival community connections?  While proposals on all aspects of archival practice and research will be considered, the Program Committee is especially interested in the following key topics:

  • Access, outreach, and instruction
  • Acquisitions, i.e. donor relations, deeds of gift, transfers, collection development policies, and donor guides
  • Career resources, i.e. advancement, resume & cover letter building, interview skills, conflict resolution, and salary negotiation 
  • Digital stewardship, i.e. digital scholarship/digital humanities projects, born-digital preservation
  • Preservation
  • Processing
  • Trainings, i.e. disaster planning, in-house conservation, and volunteer & student training
  • Workflows/Documentation/Project Management

The committee welcomes proposals from anyone involved with archives, including archival staff and volunteers, students, new professionals, community organizers, researchers, and allied professionals. 

The following are the session types we are accepting this year:

  • 50-minute mini workshops. A mini workshop on topics of interest that includes concrete practical tools and lessons for a smaller group of attendees. 
  • 50-minute working group/interest group. For working groups, facilitators and up to 5-7 discussants grapple with a shared concern. Before and during the meeting, working groups articulate a purpose they are working toward or a problem they are actively trying to solve. Proposals are submitted by facilitators, who will confirm discussants after acceptance. For interest groups, facilitators determine a topic of interest to host a structured discussion forum where attendees can engage in open-ended discussions, share ideas, and debate issues related to the topic of choice.
  • 50-minute panel (2-5 presenters). A complete session made up of formal presentations coordinated around a single theme.
  • 25-minute skills lab, tutorial, or case study (1-3 presenters). Show attendees how to use or apply a specific tool, technique, workflow, or concept. Visual aids and/or handouts are encouraged. 
  • 7-minute “Lightning Talk” (1-2 presenters). Briefly highlight recent projects, works in progress, or ideas for future collaboration.
  • Poster Session. Briefly highlight recent projects, works in progress, or ideas for future collaboration.

Proposals can be submitted through the online submission form. The deadline for proposal submissions is May 30, 2025.  

The Program Committee has created a Google spreadsheet to connect individuals seeking ideas and/or collaborators for session and poster proposals. The document is not monitored by SGA or the Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.

For more information about the 2025 Annual Meeting, contact a member of the planning team:

CFP: SEAA/SGA Summer Symposium

The Southeastern Archives Association and the Society of Georgia Archivists are pleased to share a call for proposals for a virtual summer symposium to be held July 10-11, 2025. This year’s theme is “Note to Self: Find Joy”. The program committee invites proposals for lightning talks (5-10 minutes) on topics related to aspects of your archival practice that bring you joy. We want to hear your success stories!

Potential topics include:

  • Successes in the archives
  • Connecting archives and communities
  • Unexpected connections and learning opportunities
  • Your repository’s hidden gems (including materials, events, partnerships etc.)
  • Personal archiving (how do you archive your personal life and/or what’s your collection development or deaccession policy)

Tell us a story, but also tell us what you learned. What questions did you answer, what problems did you solve, and what advice would you give to someone else in the same position? The committee welcomes proposals from anyone involved with archives, including archival staff, new professionals, students, and allied professionals. We encourage potential presenters to consider how their proposed session will support the SGA Statement on Diversity and Inclusion.

Proposals can be submitted through the online submission form. The deadline for proposal submissions is March 21st, 2025 at 5:00PM EST.

Link to submit proposals: forms.gle/x4Nc4ei1PMuodUu56

Call for Applications: Associate Editor of Provenance

—- SGA is still accepting applications

Interested in harnessing your editorial skills and passion for organizing fellow writers to serve as the associate editor or book reviews editor of a well-established open source archival journal?

The Society of Georgia Archivists’ Nominating Committee is accepting applications for the roles of Associate Editor and Book Reviews Editor for Provenance. For more information about Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, visit: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/. The application deadline is August 11, 2023.

Candidates do not have to reside in the state of Georgia but must be members of the Society of Georgia Archivists. Information about membership can be found here: https://soga.wildapricot.org/membership

The Provenance Associate Editor assists the Editor in soliciting, editing, and production of Provenance. The position is a three-year term. Appointed by the Provenance Editor with SGA Executive Board approval. The time commitment: 5-8 hrs/month on average, with additional work required around publication.

DUTIES:

  • Solicits articles for inclusion in Provenance. 
  • Reviews articles as assigned by the Editor. 
  • Assists in copy and final editing considering content, quality, and style set by journal requirements. (could be done by a separate copy editor)
  • Works with contributors as assigned. 
  • Assists Editor with use and management of Bepress system.
  • Oversees marketing of Provenance, including advertising and exhibiting at professional meetings. 

The Provenance Book Review Editor solicits critical assessments of books, software, websites, and other tools useful to the archival profession. The position is a three-year term. Appointed by the Provenance Editor with SGA Executive Board approval. The time commitment: 5-10 hrs/month on average, with additional work required around publication. 

DUTIES: 

  • Solicits and selects, with advice from the Editor, publications or other relevant content to be reviewed for inclusion in each issue of Provenance. 
  • Arranges for reviewers of each identified publication or other content. 
  • Coordinates with reviewers; provides guidelines and determines deadline for submission. 
  • Edits the text of all reviews submitted for inclusion and submits final product to the Editor. 
  • Sends PDF copy of each review to the author and the publisher of the book. 

Applications will be accepted to nominating@soga.org until August 11, 2023. Applicants should submit a statement of interest explaining their experience editing; a writing sample; and a resume/CV. Questions may be addressed to nominating@soga.org. Thank you, 

2023 SGA Nominating Committee

–Cathy Miller, Chair

–Alex McGee, Georgia Tech

–Laura Starratt, Emory University