SAA Student Chapter at UA

03/20/2023

Season 3 Episode 3 is now live!

03/20/2023

Join us for Episode 3 of Season 3, where Kyley Thompson interviews Mark Bell, Senior Digital Researcher with the UK National Archives.
03/20/2023

03/06/2023

Join us for Episode 2 of Season 3, where Kyley Thompson interviews David Mize, Head Audiovisual Specialist of the Paul W. Bryant Museum.

03/06/2023 at 1pm CT.

The mission of the is to collect, preserve and exhibit items, and to disseminate information relating to the sports history of the University of Alabama.

03/05/2023

Join us tomorrow for Season 3 Episode 2!

02/20/2023

Season 3 Episode 1 of Archives & Communities

https://anchor.fm/saauapodcast/episodes/Ep--1-The-Mukurtu-CMS-Project-with-Trevor-Bond-and-Lotus-Norton-e1v91dn

02/20/2023

Join us for the start of season 3! Episode 1 premiers at 1pm CT.

02/18/2023

Join us for our season 3 kick-off (February 20, 2023) as Laura Daly interviews Trevor Bond and Lotus Norton of the Washington State University Mukurtu CMS project for episode 1 of the series. The Mukurtu CMS software focuses on outreach and connection with Indigenous communities in an effort to support indigenous communities and their digital archives in ways that support and respect their wants and needs.

Episode 1 will be posted to all current and previous platforms, including Omeka! In addition, episodes in season 3 will also utilize our newly added transcription service for better and more accessible listening.

10/10/2022

October 12 is Ask an Archivist Day. Come with questions and learn what it takes to be an archivist today. Details here:

Society of American Archivists

10/01/2022

October is Archives month. Check out this post from Society of American Archivists regarding collaboration:

Society of American Archivists

09/27/2022

Don't forget, October is American Archives Month: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/american-archives-month

A message from Dr. Riter: "One of our activities includes a Highlighting SLIS Archival Studies Research forum. This session will include brief research presentations [5-10 minutes] from SLIS community members. All are welcome to participate [students (MLIS, MFA, PhD) and faculty]. Research is broadly defined [as is archival studies] and we welcome overviews of beginning/ongoing/completed projects, class research projects, summaries of recent presentations and/or publications, and case studies of archival interventions performed in your work practice, internships, and other experiential learning activities."

Please contact Dr. Riter if you are interested.

The National Archives is celebrating American Archives Month throughout October. Join us to learn more about how our staff make your history accessible to you!​ Follow us on social media and share your archives stories using the hashtag . Pieces of History has a collection of blog po...

09/17/2022

Constitution Day and why it is observed.
https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/constitutin-day/