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Endorsement of the Statement on the Risk to Research Collections at the Birmingham Public Library
The Society of Southwest Archivists opposes budget cuts that threaten the access to the research collections of the Birmingham Public Library. The Officers and Executive Board endorse the following letter of support. SSA will send our endorsement to the Mayor…
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Society of Southwest Archivists endorse the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
The Society of Southwest Archivists leadership is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials. The Protocols for Native American Archival Materials were developed by archives professionals and Native American community stakeholders to promote best…
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SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST ARCHIVISTS STATEMENT CONDEMNING RACIAL VIOLENCE
The Society of Southwest Archivists condemns the continued racist acts of violence committed against members of our Black communities by law enforcement across the country and abetted and supported by public officials at all levels of government….
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SSA donates $5000 to the Archival Workers Emergency Fund
The Society of Southwest Archivists board voted to donate $5,000 towards the Archival Workers Emergency Fund (the AWE Fund) to financially support archival workers impacted by the COVID-19 global pandemic. We urge SSA members and archival workers in the…
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SSA endorses “Open Letter to Council on Job Postings Decision”
The Society of Southwest Archivists has endorsed an open letter written by the Ad-Hoc working group on salary transparency, a working group of the Society of American Archivists. The salary transparency working group advocates that Council require job postings to…
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Call for Proposals: 2020 SSA Annual Meeting (Denton, TX)
Call for Program Proposals Visionary Archives 2020 Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting Submission Deadline: November 15, 2019 The 2020…
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SSA Elections 2020: Call for Nominations
If you would like to serve, or know an ideal candidate, please submit your nominations for the following positions: Vice-President/President Elect (three year term-one as VP, one as President, and one as Immediate Past President) Executive Board (3 positions,…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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