Women Archivists Roundtable

Annual Report to SAA - 2008
 

Officers (Co-Chairs)

Former:
Ginny Kilander, University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center 2006-2008
Christine Schmid Engels, Jacob Rader Marcus Center of American Jewish Archives, 2007-2008

Current:
Robin LaCombe Secco, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago 2008-2009
Elizabeth Newsome, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colorado-Boulder 2008-2010

Steering Committee

2007-08:
Kathleen Feeney, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Eileen Ielmini, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Kathie Johnson, University Archives and Records Center, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville
Ginny Kilander, University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center
Christine Schmid Engels, Jacob Rader Marcus Center of American Jewish Archives
Robin Secco, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Andrea F. Sheehan, QVC, Inc.
Jennie Thomas, Special Collections, Albion College (Web Liaison)
Karen Walton Morse, Special Collections, University Archives, SUNY at Buffalo

2008-09 (*New member):
Eileen Ielmini, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Katherine Burger Johnson, University Archives and Records Center, Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville
*Elizabeth Newsome, Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colorado-Boulder *Deborah Rice, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Robin Secco, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Andrea F. Sheehan, QVC, Inc.
*Sandy Swan, Phil Johnson Historic Archives and Research Library of the Resource Center of Dallas
Jennie Thomas, Special Collections, Albion College (Web Liaison)
Karen Walton Morse, Special Collections, University Archives, SUNY at Buffalo

Report from Annual Meeting

• Number of attendees at joint meeting/reception: approximately 29 total
• Election results: Nominations were held at the meeting, elections were held after the meeting over the Web (see attached minutes for nominations). Two new co-chairs and two new steering committee members were elected (see above).
• Summary of meeting activities: Neither co-chairs could be present at annual conference to run the meeting this year, so Karen Walton Morse and Robin Secco volunteered to stand in for them.

Completed Projects/Activities

• WAR sent a call for submissions for section endorsement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, and chose to endorse: "Sustaining Identities: Women Archivists and Work/Life Balance" submitted by Caryn Radick, Processing Archivist at Rutgers University.

Ongoing Projects/Activities

• Continue to support the Navigator Program at the SAA Annual Meeting
• Encourage active involvement of individual roundtable members and plan to assess the effectiveness/satisfaction with the roundtable initiatives
• Review and update WAR Web-resources as needed (Women Archivists literature review, Women's archives, Workplace Issues, Relevant Websites)
• Continue to participate in the nomination process of SAA Fellows

New Projects/Activitites/Ideas

• Conduct a review of section bylaws (adopted in 1998)
• Utilize listserv to generate more excitement and involvement in roundtable
• Try to make an annual assessment of the gender balance for both elected and appointed positions within SAA and the Annual Meeting Program
• Create transcripts of any sessions/workshops/lectures we sponsor so that they can be made available to those who cannot afford to travel to the meetings
• Hold networking get-togethers with women archivists
• Conduct workshops on professional issues

Diversity Initiatives

• Gender diversity and equity is the main concern of our roundtable and is at the heart of most everything we do. We hope to increase our participation in SAA's broader diversity initiatives
   

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