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
- strengthen relations with others in allied disciplines and with organizations and institutions having mutual interests in the preservation and use of our recorded heritage.
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. Join Us!
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Hey folks, Eira Tansey here borrowing the ProjectARCC twitter account to plug the fact that the RepoData project to gather information about the locations of US archives is now complete: https://t.co/9uiKS8p975
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SAA has announced the selected Pop-Up and Working Group Sessions that have been added to the schedule for the SAA Annual Meeting in Austin this August and three of them feature folks from our region! If you are heading to SAA, make sure to add these to your schedule!:
202 - Happy Endings Only, Please! Documenting Community Development in Governmental Archives
Natasha Kovalyova, University of Texas at Austin
Amy Padilla University of Texas at Austin
Haley Latta University of Texas at Austin
210 - Low Pay in Archives: Review of Recent Events, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Mark Lambert, Texas General Land Office
Sara DeCaro, Baker University
Talya Cooper, The Intercept
Samantha Dodd, Southern Methodist University
Rosemary Davis, Yale University
Rose Oliveira, Connecticut College
709 - Confederate Currency: The Ongoing Role of Government Archives in Public Monument Controversies
Jelain Chubb, Texas State Archives
Timothy D. Baker, Maryland State Archives
John H. Slate, Dallas Municipal Archives
Amanda Fallis, City Archives and Special Collections, New Orleans Public Library
Mike Miller, Austin History Center
See details and all the selected sessions here: archives2019.sched.com/overview/type/Education+Session/Pop-Up+%2F+Working+Group
ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2019 Schedule
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Archival Pay and SAA: Some Modest Proposals
By Mark Lambert, SSA President, 2018-2019 The Southwestern Archivist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2019): 5-6. I am pleased that my recent articles on low pay in the archives field and the recent SSA Board resolution adopted requiring salaries or salary ranges in all SSA job advertisements have been so well received in the archival […]
SSA Objection to a section of HB 1962, in relation to Texas State records
Rep. Stan Lambert Texas House, District 71 Room E2.814 P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768 Dear Rep. Lambert: The Society of Southwest Archivists (SSA) is a professional organization representing over 500 members in the six states of the American Southwest (TX, LA, AR, OK, NM, AZ) who work in or are interested in preserving our […]
Salary Information Now Required in Job Postings
At its 8 March 2019 meeting, the SSA Board voted unanimously to immediately stop accepting job advertisements that do not list a salary or salary range. This applies to all SSA media including the website forums, Facebook, and Twitter. Any request to post a job announcement that does not include salary information will be held […]
Poor Pay in Archives: How Our National Organizations are Failing Us
This is the second part of a two-part series. By Mark Lambert, SSA President, 2018-2019 The Southwestern Archivist, Vol. 42, No. 1 (February 2019): 5-6. See Part 1 of this column, “Top archives directors are failing the profession,” in the November 2018 issue of Southwestern Archivist. Our two national professional organizations, the Society of American […]