News & announcements

The online shop where you can purchase NWA 40th Anniversary swag is now live! Includes a rad t-shirt, tote bag, and even a set of golf balls, all featuring the anniversary logo. Show up to the 40th parties at CIMA/NWA 2017 and SAA 2017 in style- or is that the equivalent of wearing a t-shirt of the band you're seeing at a concert? Oh well! Who cares?! 

http://www.cafepress.com/northwestarchivists

The Programming Committee would like to determine which of our meeting sessions will require larger rooms based on expected attendance. Please help us out by filling out this quick survey of the sessions you plan to attend. Here's a link to the program if you need further information to decide on a session: https://goo.gl/sQXCio. 

Take the survey at: https://tinyurl.com/lea8nvk.

The Northwest Archivists Executive Board seeks to gather membership feedback regarding our professional development and continuing education offerings. Each year only a handful of members apply for NWA’s $6,000 in awards and scholarships. The Board is therefore interested in realigning its professional development activities to better target member priorities and interests and to alleviate the barriers to applying.

Please provide feedback through this quick survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8J3D5DH. 

Thank you for your participation. Your feedback is extremely valuable.

Thanks,

Northwest Archivists Executive Board

NWA needs YOU! 

The Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for Vice-President/President-Elect, Treasurer, and the State Representatives for Alaska and Washington.  Please consider running for a position on the NWA Board!

• Are you interested in helping to set the direction of NWA?  Gain leadership experience?  Serve your professional organization? 

• Do you know someone who would be a great addition to the NWA Board? 

Now’s the time to nominate yourself or a colleague!   Don’t be shy – the nomination form is anonymous, and easy. Nominate through the online form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GM3NWBV.  Nominations are due by March 26.

Here are the descriptions and requirements for the open positions:

Requirement:  All candidates must be NWA members in good standing and may not be current Nominating Committee members.

The Vice-President/President-Elect serves a two-year term; the first year as the Vice-President and then assumes the role of President upon the adjournment of the annual meeting the year following their election.  The President is responsible for supervision over the NWA corporation, presiding at all meetings, and reporting on the activities of the corporation. The President also appoints committee chairs, the Membership Coordinator, and delegates not otherwise provided for in the by-laws.  Candidates should be members who have served in leadership positions within NWA or a similar organization, with familiarity with the history and issues before NWA.

The Treasurer serves a two-year term and is responsible for managing the NWA funds and provides an annual financial report to the President and the NWA membership; attends Board meetings.

The State Representatives serve a two-year term and serve as a part of the Executive Board and attends Board meetings. State Reps are responsible for reporting relevant news to their constituent state, serving as a liaison between the NWA Board and their state’s membership, and actively supports regional efforts pertaining to archives.

http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/nacr-scholarship

The NWA Student Scholarship application deadline has also been extended to Friday 3/31! 

http://northwestarchivistsinc.wildapricot.org/studentscholarship

This is a great opportunity to help offset the costs of professional development activities, including organizational membership, conference registration, workshops, and more! Please share widely with those who qualify! 

The Northwest Archivists Education Committee and the Oregon Representative have approval from the Board to forward a program to help mitigate the costs of workshops and continuing education projects on a state-by-state basis. NWA Members are provided the opportunity to apply for this funding through the Education Committee, who will decide awards. A total of five $500 awards, one for each member state, will be awarded annually.

Fill out the application form found here and send it to: bhenry@pdx.edu

Read more about how to apply and to see examples of funded projects on the NWA Continuing Education Fund webpage! 

With the adoption of the SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics (Approved by the SAA Council May 2011) and Code of Ethics for Archivists (Approved by the SAA Council February 2005; revised January 2012) there has come a need to provide examples to promote their understanding and utilization in both educational and real environments.  The Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct (CEPC) is seeking submissions for its Case Studies in Archival Ethics series that explore the multitude of issues addressed in the Code of Values Statement and Code of Ethics.  Please consider submitting a case study covering one or more of the codes’ areas. We particularly encourage submissions from emerging professionals and authors.

You will find the submission form at:

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/committee-on-ethics-and-professional-conduct/call-for-case-studies-in-archival-ethics

Published case studies can be found at:

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/committee-on-ethics-and-professional-conduct/case-studies-in-archival-ethics

General questions may be directed to Tiffany Schureman, Co-Chair of CEPC, at tlschureman@vcu.edu

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has a new grant opportunity and invites proposals to test and develop museum and library collaborative approaches for bringing about positive community change. Eligible entities are libraries, museums, institutions of higher education, and non-profit community organizations with experience in library, archive, or museum projects and in managing grants for community development work. Award amounts range from $25,000 to $150,000, and a one-to-one cost share is required. See the application guidelines on the IMLS website for details. Application deadline: April 3. 

Libraries “are more likely than ever to be confronted with collections containing removable storage media (e.g., floppy disks, hard drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, and CDs). These media provide limited accessibility and may endanger the electronic records housed within, due to obsolescence and loss over time. Caring for these records requires archivists to extract whatever useful information resides on the medium while avoiding the accidental alteration of data or metadata.” Register for the following workshops and earn credit towards your SAA DAS certification!

Location: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 

Description of fundamentals workshop (April 5, full day)

Description of advanced workshop (April 6-7)

March 5 is the early bird deadline for the Fundamentals workshop and March 6 for the 2-day Advanced workshop. 

A message from the SAA 2017 Host Committee:

The Society of American Archivists is holding its annual conference in Portland, Oregon this July!  Whether you are already planning on attending or are still contemplating, check out the Host Committee’s blog on all things Portland.  Regular updates will clue you in to the local music scene; talk about Portland’s obsession over things like beer, cider, coffee, and food; offer suggestions for cool local events and sites; provide lists of archives you can visit, and in general introduce you to this place we call home.  We love Portland and can’t wait to share it with you!   

Remember to check back often between now and the conference (or simply subscribe to the feed) so you can be in the know and be prepared for your trip. You can find the blog here https://archives2017portland.wordpress.com/.