Minutes: October 15, 2009

When: October 15, 2009
Where: Unknown
Attendees: Unknown
Recorded by: Unknown

  1. Introductions
    • Officers
  2. Job and Career Panel
    • February 25th in the Kotzen Center, 7pm
    • Archivists in the field discussing how to get jobs and important in the know information about the profession
  3. Ethics Panel
    • March 25th in the Kotzen Center, 7pm
    • Discussing issues relevant to privacy and ethics
  4. Internship Coffee Chat
    • February 2nd in Java City
    • For people are interested in finding out more about internship experiences
  5. Social Chair
    • Colleen and Stacy are current nominees for position
    • Survey will be opened on survey monkey this week for voting
  6. Job Shadow
    • NEA to possibly help with Job Shadow program
    • Co-chairs opened it up for discussion about the ethical implications of SCoSAA Co-Chairs matching internship sites
    • More info will be sent out in March about the program
  7. NEA Conference
    • Held at UMass Amherst, March 19-20
    • SCoSAA is planning to attend
    • A link will be posted on the SCoSAA website about rideshare options
  8. SAA Annual mtg
    • To be held in Washington, D.C. in August
    • See archivists.org for more info
  9. Officer Elections
    • Elections to be held at the end of the semester
  10. Faculty Introductions
    • Jeanette Bastian
      • Director of Archives Program
      • Mentioned possible new course ideas; if people feel there are gaps in the program, they should contact an archives professor for input on course offerings
    • Ross Harvey
      • Visiting Professor, staying longer
      • Digital stewardship is a new class
    • Martha Mahard
      • Specializes in photographic archives
      • Introducing new course on concepts in cultural heritage information found in libraries, archives, and museums; will be offered in Fall 2010
    • Tywanna Whorley
      • Teaches archive foundational courses and intellectual freedom; spent 2 years working at BU processing MLK collections
    • Kathy Wisser
      • Teaches descriptive standards; chair of a working group on new archival standards focusing on creators
      • Students interested in archival standards and greater involvement in SAA should contact Prof. Wisser
      • Emphasized the benefits of being involved in professional organizations