Minutes: September 14, 2011

When: September14, 2011, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: GSLIS Student Lounge
Attendees: SCoSAA officers (Amanda Strauss, Camille Torres, Jasmine Jones, Sarah Donovan, Alessandra Morgan); roughly 30 other attendees.
Recorded by: Jasmine Jones

  • Fall Events
    • Coffee Hours: SCoSAA will be hosting two coffee hours amonth at Java City;there will be one in the afternoon and one in the evening so that everyone has achance to come.Coffee hours serve as a forum for networking, discussions, andcreatingrelationships with your colleagues at GSLIS.
    • Thursday, 22 September, 5 to 6:30 pm:This coffee hour is a chance for archivesstudents, at all stages, to talkabout their experience in the GSLIS program.You canalso address any questions or concerns about 438 and the internship or give advice if you’ve already taken the course.
    • Monday, 26 September, 12:30 to 1:30 pm:Curious about SAAs annual meeting?Want to share your SAA experiences?Come for an informal discussion about it.
    • Archives Month: October is National Archives Month!And we have a lot ofexciting eventsplanned.
    • A Night with Amy Benson
      • Wednesday, 5 October, 4:30 pm in P-206
      • SCoSAA andALASC co-host a Night with Amy Benson, Librarian/Archivist for DigitalProjectsat Harvards Schlesinger Library.Benson will share insight on digitalarchives work.
    • Join SCoSAA members at NEAs Fall Meeting
      • 14 15 October
      • Since thisfalls meeting will be held at Dartmouth, which is not directly accessible bypublic transportation, SCoSAA will post a rideshare wiki in the comingweeks.Lookfor that soon.
    • Tour at the Harvard University Archives
      • Thursday, 21 October, 1 to 2 pm
    • Emerging Practices in ArchivalDescription
      • Wednesday, 26 October, 6:30 to 8:30 pm inthe Special Functions Room
      • Panelistswill talk about emerging trends in archival description and EAD.Speakersinclude Aaron Rubenstein ofTufts, Erica Boudreau of the JFK Library, and KateBowers of the HarvardUniversity Archive.
    • Contests
      • We will behosting contests surrounding archives advocacy, such as an elevatorspeechcontest.So start planning youranswers!
    • Website
      • At ourmeeting, we officially launched ourwebsite.On it, you will find news, blogposts, event info, academicand professional resources, and so much more. Check itouthere!(Thanks to Allie, our awesomewebmaster, for such an amazing site!
  • Want To Get Involved?
    • Studentgroups are a great way to start getting involved in the profession.We have anumber of ways to do so:
      1. Want tobe an Archivist? We have anopening for the position of Archivist.Tasksinclude maintaining and preserving SCoSAA records; photographingSCoSAA events;contributing to the SCoSAA blog; assisting with finding contentfor the websites newspage; and assisting the co-chairs as needed. An email requesting nominations for this positionwill be sent out shortly.
      2. Blogging:Would you like to share your experiences about classes or work?Orwould like to contribute about anengaging article youve read or an interestingrepository youve visited?If so, we would love to have you as aguest blogger on ournew website.Contact us if this interests you!
      3. Byattending events, youre getting involved.Also let us know if youd like tovolunteer with flier design or distribution, etc.
      4. Email usyour ideas! Is there an eventyoud like to see SCoSAA host?Letus know,and well try our best to make it happen!
      5. Lastly, likeus onFacebook and follow us onTwitter (@SCoSAA).We will postinformation about events, contests (and winners!), and other cool things theretoo.
If you haveany questions about the meeting or would like to volunteer, feel free tocontact Amanda ([email protected]) or Camille([email protected]).