Minutes: December 02, 2008

When: December 02, 2008, 5:40 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.
Where: Special Functions Room (MCB)
Attendees: SCoSAA officers; twenty-one other attendees
Recorded by: Abraham Miller

  1. Welcome
  2. Announcements
  3. ARMA Reports
    • Last e-discovery meeting recreated trial with an actual judge
    • December 11, 2008 lunch meeting on data destruction
  4. NEA / SCoSAA Job Shadow Program
    • Program seeks to pair students with current professionals
    • Eight professionals / institutions will host, with some including:
      • Tufts Digital Collections
      • Jewish Women’s Archive
      • American Textile History Museum
    • Visits can last a whole day or a half day
    • Goal of the visit is to experience the profession outside “the bubble” of Simmons College, with a chance to network and “pick the brain” of another professional.
    • NEA is excited about the program and would continue the pilot if successful
    • SCoSAA intends to pair students and hosts by end of February, 2009
  5. NEA Membership
    • Few GSLIS archives students are NEA members
    • Cost is $30, with a potential $15 reimbursement through the LISSA professional development program
    • NEA wants to reach out to more archives students
    • Key is to gain publicity for SCoSAA and the NEA to show how students can benefit
  6. Potential Events for Next Semester; Brainstorming
    • JFK Library
    • Boston Public Library Open Archives Initiative
    • Mount Auburn Cemetery Archives
    • Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with Panopticon
    • Mark Greene, SAA president emeritus, video conference
  7. Upcoming Events and Field Trips
    • Panopticon Ethics Panel