What is SAA?

SAA stands for Society of American Archivists, a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of archival theory and practice in the United States. Founded in 1934, SAA is considered to be one of the premier professional organizations in the archives field. The student chapter of SAA at the University of Pittsburgh was established in 1993, making it the first in the nation.

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Upcoming Events 

Apr. 17 - Max Evans Colloquium

May 30 - Collecting Panel

Recent Events

Panel Session Featuring Pitt Alumni
On Friday, April 4, SAA@Pitt presented a panel session of Pitt alumni, our peers who have entered the "real world." The panel members reflected on their experiences in the job market, their respective fields, and how their Pitt education has worked for them. Panelists included Jim Gerencser, '95, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Dickinson College; Dr. Bernadette Callery, '02, Museum Librarian at Carnegie Museum of Natural History; and Holly Mengel, '02, Project Assistant on the Dick Thornburgh Archives at the University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center.

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SAA@Pitt Contacts 2002-03

Matt Eidson (grad. 12/02)
Jennifer McGillan
Mike O'Malley
Deirdre Scaggs
Michele Tourney

Dr. Richard Cox
Dr. Karen Gracy

saa@mail.sis.pitt.edu

Upcoming Events

Colloquium: Max Evans (NHPRC)
On Thursday, April 17, Max Evans of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission, will give a talk entitled "Back to the Future: Archives as Time Machine." The colloquium will be at 2:30 pm in SIS Room 405.

Summary: Historical records have power to transport through the temporal dimension.  We go back in tim by studying records left by our predecessors and we use records to carry evidence of our age to our successors.

Archival institutions are the clockworks that drive the machines.  None are perfect, but some work better than others.  How well they succeed may depend on how much we are willing and able to constantly reexamine and reengineer the works, repsonding to changing social, political, economic, and technical environments.

Panel Session on Collecting and Its Impact on Archives
On Friday, May 30, SAA@Pitt will present a panel session on the phenomenon of collecting and how it affects archival practices.  Panel members will discuss the psychology of collecting, how their collections have been affected by collecting, and what they themselves collect.

Links

The Society of American Archivists

National Archives and Records Administration

Association of Records Managers and Administrators

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archivists Conference

Midwest Archives Conference

New England Archivists

School of Information Sciences News

Registration for the Summer 2003 semester will begin on Monday, February 17.  Registration forms are available outside of SIS 633 and from the Registrar on the 5th floor.  Archives students are reminded that the three courses required for the Archives track are:

LIS 2215 Preservation Management
LIS 2970 Museum Archives
LIS 2970 Moving Image and Sound Archives

Course descriptions and schedules are available at the SIS website.