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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
Nov. 21 --
Lecture featuring Dr. Richard Cox and Social.
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Upcoming Events
November
21 -- Lecture and Social
Dr.
Richard Cox will be speaking on "Archives & Recordkeeping in
the Digital Era: Lectures and Ruminations," at 4:00pm in room 501
of the School of Information Sciences. A social gathering at the Church
Brew Works is planned following the lecture.
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Nov.
14 or 15 -- SAASC to Join Infinity on tour of Iron Mountain
Infinity is planning a trip to visit Iron Mountain's storage facility
and has graciously invited SAASC to join them. The tour is tentatively
scheduled for November 14th or 15th.
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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
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Recent
Events
2003-04 SAA Officers chosen at Oct. 10 Meeting
Congratulations to Amy Shaffer,
Hallie Jones, and Sophie Madej for being selected as the SAASC executive circle. They are each
gearing up for an exciting year of SAA student chapter events. For those of you curious who about who these people really are,
here is the latest on Amy, Hallie, and Sophie:
Amy -
- Background shrouded in mystery, but it involved attendance at seven
public schools in five different locations.
- Attended a small, fabulous college which (sadly) is not affiliated with the
Hendrix of musical fame and studied German, which (sadly) proved a satisfying but
largely impractical choice.
- Worked at a bookstore, but became disillusioned by the low demand for history
and literature versus the insatiable demand for Chicken Soup and myriad versions of Dr. Atkins diets.
- While working as a secretary at a small office, reorganized the filing system for FUN (and to improve function).
- Made unanticipated lateral stagger into the archives department at the Missouri Historical
Society and came to the conclusion (oddly) that windowless basement rooms are not so bad, and that
phase box presses are fun (despite the bruised shins inevitably incurred when walking past them). Was possibly
high on dust and mold during this period
- Currently studying archive track at Pitt library program and enjoying the classes, classmates, and city
a great deal.
- Other fun Amy facts: frightened by animatronic robots, wants to visit southern Spain, prefers using pre-digital cameras,
natural hair color is brown, hates St. Louis-style pizza and SUV's, and loves Cary Grant.
Hallie -
Hallie grew up in Dayton, Ohio and attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan. She
received her BA in Classics and minors in Latin and Anthropology in 2002. Hallie enjoyed
a semester in Rome, Italy and did her senior thesis on, "a fifteenth century
illuminated manuscript and was so impressed that I could see a 600 year old book that I decided
to see what I could do to preserve documents for the future. So now I'm doing the
preservation and archives concentration."
Sophie -
To Be Announced...
Panel Session on Collecting and Its Impact on Archives:
"Collecting, Collectors, and Collections"
On Friday, May 30, SAA@Pitt presented a panel session on the phenomenon
of collecting and how it affects archival practices. Panel members
included Amy McCrory of the Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University,
Randall Szott, M.F.A. and a collector, John Smith of the Andy Warhol Museum,
and Lee Stout of Penn State University. The panelists discussed
the psychology of collecting, how their collections have been affected
by collecting, and what they themselves collect.
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SAA@Pitt Contacts 2003-04
Dr. Richard Cox
Dr. Karen Gracy
saa@mail.sis.pitt.edu |
