SAA has negotiated for concessions to be open during specific times in our section of the Oregon Convention Center. Full menus and maps are available at https://www.oregoncc.org/eat-now.
Portland Roasting Coffee (coffee, tea, pre-made turkey and vegetarian sandwiches, yogurt parfaits, and more): Tuesday, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm; Wednesday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm; Thursday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm; Friday, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm. (Average cost per menu item: $7.50.)
WEDNESDAY 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Stir (roasted beets with herbed chevre, Cubano sandwich, lamb gyro, apple salad, and more. Average cost per menu item: $12.20.)
THURSDAY 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Dragon Boat Grill (hot and cold sandwiches, salads, pizza, yogurt parfaits, and more. Average cost per menu item: $7.69.)
See the Host Committee blog for ideas about where to eat outside of the Convention Center.
AVPreserve (www.avpreserve.com) is hosting three back-to-back 45-minute workshops during SAA’s Annual Meeting in Portland. The workshops are free and open-to-the-public, but are on a first-come, first-served basis due to space constraints in the room.
Agenda:
2:00pm-2:45pm - Digital preservation planning (using ISO 16363, NDSA LoDP, and Nestor)
3:00pm-3:45pm - Embedded metadata basics and tools (using MDQC, MediaInfo, and Exiftool)
4:00pm-4:45pm - Acquiring and validating digital packages (using BagIt specification, Exactly)
All are welcome. Please feel free to come and go as you please. This is an informal event.
Please contact amy@avpreserve.com or bertram@avpreserve.com if you have any questions about the workshops.
Join us as we discuss student involvement in archival programs and SAA Student Chapters. We will have a four-person panel consisting of students and advisors who will discuss the positives and challenges they have faced at their own institution with their chapters. Audience participation would be encouraged throughout the session.
Panelists scheduled to present include:
The session will be moderated by Dr. Edward Benoit III, Assistant Professor, LSU
Join the Electronic Records Section and the Records Management Section for a panel on managing email. We will first have the panel with our presenters along with time for discussion followed by brief updates from the Electronic Records Section and the Records Management Section. We are pleased to be joined by the following panelists talking about different views on managing email records:
Join the Security Section for a brief business meeting followed by lightning talks and open discussion. We will have three presentations related to the theme, "Focus on Security: Archives in Ordinary and Extraordinary Circumstances." Jaime Burton will speak about implementing changes to make your archives more secure while not worrying your researchers about the changes. Beaudry Allen will present a case for why cybersecurity should be addressed from the start when creating an electronic records repository. And Bonnie Weddle will provide guidance about how archives should respond when an insider theft crisis arises. We will also hear about the SAA Security Section Blog and you can bring your questions and thoughts on security-related issues for an open discussion.
Because there is a limit to the number of food trucks that can serve us at the Oregon Convention Center Plaza (directly across the street from the OCC), we’ve arranged for some light hors d’oeuvres and cash bars inside the Convention Center (just outside of the Oregon Ballroom, site of the Opening Plenary). Please pace yourself as you move from the OCC to the Plaza. And please note that Convention Center rules prohibit the removal of alcoholic beverages purchased in the center, as well as those purchased on the Plaza. If you buy a drink in the Convention Center, it must be consumed in the Convention Center. If you buy a drink on the Plaza, it must be consumed on the Plaza.
Learn how you can contribute to the professional literature during an informal discussion over a continental breakfast with Publications Editor Chris Prom, The American Archivist Editor Greg Hunter (current) and his successor (Cal Lee), Reviews Editor Bethany Anderson, Archival Outlook Coordinator Abigail Christian, and Director of Publishing Teresa Brinati.
Natalia Fernández: Oregon's LGBTQ+ and Communities of Color: Community-Based Oral History Projects
Carrie Daniels: Meeting on Common Ground: Outreach for the Louisville Underground Music Archives (LUMA) Project
Jenny Johnson: Archivists as Film Producers: Engaging Our Users through Virtual Reality
Liza Posas: Inside the Matrix: Evolving Collaborations Around the Subject of Los Angeles
Margo Padilla: Strategies for Addressing the Needs of Archives throughout New York City
Christine Di Bella: All Together Now: Moving Ahead by Working as a Community
Josh Schneider: Engaging the ePADD User Community
Members will report on recent developments/current issues relevant to archivists in museums and other institutions that use collections for research and/or exhibitions to educate the public, introduction of new MAS Steering Committee members and a report from the Standards and Best Practices Working Group. The remaining time will be devoted to Working Group discussion and networking with our colleagues. The lightning round talk noted in the print program has been cancelled.
Presiding: Nance Y. McGovern, SAA President
Parliamentarian: Scott Cline, CA
1. Call to Order (Nance McGovern)
2. Report of the Executive Director (Nancy Beaumont) — Remarks | Slides
3. Report of the Treasurer (Cheryl Stadel-Bevans) — Remarks | Slides
4. Report of the 2017 Nominating Committee (Holly Smith, Chair) — Remarks
5. New Business* (Nance McGovern)
6. Announcements / Appreciation (Nance McGovern)
7. Remarks from Incoming SAA President (Tanya Zanish-Belcher) — Remarks
8. Adjournment (Nance McGovern)* For “Rules of the SAA Business Meeting,” see page 57 in the Onsite Program or the SAA Governance Manual, Section 1, here: http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section1/bylaws.
Come hear the highlights from the last year at the National Archives and Records Administration! From preparing to train new political appointees in their record keeping responsibilities, to taking custody of the Obama Presidential Records, to answering many media questions about the record status of social media accounts, the Presidential transition has been the big story of NARA's year. In addition to the work we do ensuring that government records are maintained through the transition, NARA has also been continuing our good work to further engage researchers and Citizen Archivists in helping Make Access Happen and on digital preservation and electronic records management. Catch up with NARA news!
The Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal is a collaboration between (currently) eight sovereign nations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana and Washington State University. The community archive is built on Mukurtu CMS, and is collaboratively managed by WSU staff and tribal representatives from each community. This Portal is a gateway to Plateau peoples’ digital cultural materials which are held in multiple repositories including WSU's Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, the Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, the National Anthropological Archives and the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution. The materials in the Portal have been chosen and curated by tribal representatives, with the option of creating custom access levels based on community-specific cultural protocols. Each item has one or more records associated with it as well as added traditional knowledge and cultural narratives to enhance and enrich understanding to many audiences.
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Culture and Heritage department has been a part of the Portal since the early days of planning and development. Creston D. Smith will speak to his work on the project during his time as Media Specialist at the Culture and Heritage department. Digitization, metadata, partnerships with universities and working with other community members to enhance and share digital audio, images, documents, and videos.
Josiah Black Eagle Pinkham will discuss the Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal in the Nez Perce Tribe, who are at the beginning stages of reviewing records to include in the Portal. He will also discuss digital preservation in the context of his work.
Lotus Norton-Wisla will provide an overview of the Mukurtu CMS platform and the Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal, and major developments in the software based on community needs from the original version of the PPWP to its current version. After introductory information, the panel will open to the audience for questions.