Welcome to the SSA's home on the web.
News and Notices

• The SSA Annual Meeting begins May 23rd. Click here for more information.

• The new SAA Students and New Archives  Professionals (SNAP) Roundtable will hold an impromptu happy hour in the hotel lobby at the SSA Annual Meeting. Click here for more information.

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.


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.