News and Notices

• SSA will hold Maps: What Archivists Should Know on Friday, April 13, 2012. Click here for more information and registration instructions.

• SSA is offering free registration to the SAA Workshop entitled Legal Issues with Digital Archives, to be held at the SSA annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2012. Click here for an application form.

• 2012 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ is being planned now! You can find information about the meeting here, as well as a form to submit a session proposal. 

• Attention Students:  Proposals for the Student Poster Session are being accepted at http://bit.ly/ojEeVj from now until April 1, 2012.Information on creating a student poster can be found at http://ssarchivists.wikispaces.com/Student_Poster_Sessions on the SSA wiki.

• Now is the time to renew your membership. If you would like to renew using Paypal, please click here. If you are a new member, please visit our members page for more information.

• Our Facebook page is now using a custom URL. You can go to http://www.facebook.com/southwestarchivists to see our fanpage.

The Society of Southwest Archivists is a professional organization established to:

• stimulate and make available research in archival administration and records management

• promote sound principles and standards for preserving and administering records

• foster opportunities for education and training of archivists, records managers, and custodians of private papers, and

• strengthen relations with others in allied disciplines and with organizations and institutions having mutual interests in the preservation and use of our recorded heritage.

The SSA serves over 500 archivists, special collections librarians, preservationists, conservators, records managers, and others interested in the preservation of our documentary heritage. The six states in our region are Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, but our members come from almost every state and several countries. We look forward to working with you to improve and promote the archival profession.