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2004-2005 Annual Report
Coordinators
Shawn San Roman, Coordinator
Stacey Erdman, Vice-Coordinator
Faculty Advisors
Rick Pifer
Ciaran Trace
Membership
Erin Augustine, Laura Sullivan, Cindy Lundey, Marguerite Moran, Ellen Jarosz,
Kelly Farner, Quinn Fullenkamp, Deirdre Joyce, Karen Peters, Sarah Schild,
Bobbie Harte, John Loud
The Student Chapter of the SAA (SAA-SC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
spent the 2004-2005 academic year reorganizing itself for active member participation.
For the previous two years, the Student Chapter existed in skeletal form. As
a result, the Chapter did not seek active participation nor did it partake
in its normal activities.
The 2004-2005 academic year saw the election of new officers. Shawn San Roman
was elected unanimously to the position of Coordinator. Stacy Erdman was elected
unanimously to the position of Vice-coordinator. These new officers replaced
Sarah Schild, who served as Coordinator during the hiatus period. The newly
elected officers dedicated themselves to increasing the visibility and activity
of the SAA-SC. The methods utilized to increase visibility were a website redesign,
reestablish an Annual Bake Sale, institute Happy Hour, and generally become
more active in the Library School’s activities.
As of the report, work on the website redesign has begun, but is moving slower
than anticipated due to other demands. The Fall Bake Sale was a huge success
bringing in over two hundred dollars. Additionally, the SAA-SC submitted two
poster proposals, which were accepted, to the 2005 SAA Annual Meeting. The
first poster was designed by the group and includes brief description of the
group’s activities. The second poster was submitted by Shawn San Roman
and Ellen Jarosz. This poster details some of the user studies research these
students are doing for the Wisconsin Historical Society. And, finally, a paper
proposal submitted by Shawn San Roman was accepted for the Graduate Student
Paper Session at the 2005 SAA Annual Meeting.
In spite of the achievements there is some room for improvement. The SAA-SC
Happy Hours have not been instituted, but this was due to the Coordinator’s
decision not to infringe upon other Happy Hours offered by other groups. The
effort to become more active with other UW student groups was not as successful
due largely to time constraints. Nevertheless, steps have been made to bring
the SAA-SC more up to date with its administrative duties. Future Coordinators
will be encouraged to improve upon the steps made this year.
The following is a brief description of SAA-SC activities for 2004-2005
September 13
First meeting of the 2004-2005 academic year. Sarah Schild (Coordinator), Erin
Augustine, Jiangwei Li, Shawn San Roman, Bobbie Harte, Ciaran Trace (Faculty
Advisor), Meredith Torre, Laura Sullivan, Rick Pifer (Faculty Advisor) were
all in attendance. This meeting was designed to introduce new SLIS students
to the SAA-SC.
October 1
Meeting held to elect new officers. Ciaran Trace (Faculty Advisor), Shawn San
Roman, Kelly Farner, Cindy Lundey, Marguerite Moran, Ellen Jarosz, Stacey
Erdman, Laura Sullivan were in attendance. Shawn San Roman was elected unanimously
to the Coordinator position. Stacey Erdman was elected unanimously to the
Vice-coordinator position.
October 16 and 17
Annual Bake Sale held in SLIS Commons. In honor of Archives Week, a display
of archival items was set-up in the SLIS Library.
November 12
Potluck held at Rick Pifer’s House. In addition to the social gathering,
Rick and
Ciaran Trace discussed job searching and interviewing techniques.
November 29 through December 5
SAA-SC display set-up in glass case outside of the SLIS Library.
January 28, 2005
Happy Hour held at Wonder’s Pub.
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