Society of American Archivists

Earlier today I sat in on a session dedicated to addressing the barriers to EAD implementation. According to a soon to be published OCLC- RLG survey only 70% of archives currently encode using EAD. So why is that??? As the session chair Jacquelyn Ferry observed at the close of the session- she’s been hearing about […]

This morning began with a new member breakfast, where in addition to fellow Simmons GSLIS students, I chatted with Deputy Director of the JFK Library Jamie Roth and outgoing NAGRA president Tracey Barezanky. After the breakfast I moved over to the mentoring meet and greet and saw some of the current job opportunities that are […]

This afternoon I had the pleasure of participating in the Women’s Collection round-table at SAA. The session began with two presentations. One by Allida Black who spoke about the work being done as the Project Director and Editor of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Papers. Then we heard about the new initiatives at Alexander Street Press. During the […]

In case you’re missing the SAA 2010 conference, you can follow my experiences as I navigate through the amazing sessions, round-tables and after hours events through my blog updates… Look for the first post tomorrow!