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Business Archives Section
MISSION & GOALS
The SAA Business Archives Section adopted the following mission statement at its business meeting in August 1984. The statement was drafted in 1983 by a sub-committee consisting of Jane Gibbs (Chair), Linda Edgerly, Manuel Jimenez, Bara Levin, Richard Lynch and Gary Saretzky.
The mission of the SAA Business Archives Section shall be to promote
the interests of business archivists and others concerned with the preservation
and use of business records, and to encourage the establishment and growth
of business archives in both profit-making and non-profit organizations in
the United States and Canada.
To fulfill this mission, the SAA Business Archives Section pursues
goals in three broad categories: membership services and growth; development
of information and communication; and education. The section has as its goals
the following:
Membership Services and Growth
- Promote SAA membership among business archivists and others concerned with
business records, and encourage professional development.
- Foster active participation on the part of business archivists in the affairs
of the Section and of SAA. Participation may include office-holding, policy,
program, and publications development, research and Task Force membership.
- Develop leadership through Section government, committee and Task Force
membership, and project management.
- Maintain contacts with professional organizations with similar interests,
such as ARMA, the Business Archives Committee of ICA, and the Business History
Conference.
Development of Information and Communication
- Identify and promote communication about areas of particular concern of
the Section members.
- Serve as a forum for discussion.
- Encourage mutual assistance among archivists that have similar goals, problems
and publics to serve.
- Represent within SAA the needs and interests of business archivists, including
making recommendations on positions, programs and policies to Council.
- Act as an information resource for the public, other archivists, and individuals
in the corporate world who seek to establish, improve, and/or utilize business
archives.
- Survey the section membership as needed to determine the state of business
archives.
- Exchange information concerning business archives with professional organizations
that have similar interests (see A-4).
- Sponsor, write, and edit publications and articles of interest to business
archivists and others concerned with business records.
Education
- Promote and help arrange SAA Business Archives Workshops in the United
States and Canada; encourage the use of well-qualified speakers and instructors.
- Encourage corporations and other institutions to establish and maintain
effective, well-managed archives, including recommending the hiring of archivists
and consultants whom have professional credentials.
- Each year, contribute to the SAA Program Committee suggestions that address
the issues and information needs of business archivists.
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