SCAA is hosting gatherings this summer for our members to spend time together in person at locations around the state.
You are invited to join your fellow archivists on Friday, July 24th between 2-4:30 p.m. at the James B. Duke Library. Visitor parking is available near the library or behind the Chapel. The address is 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC. Appetizers will be served, and you can drop in on a guided tour at any time. If you are able to come out earlier in the day, please consider visiting the Sigal Music Museum, the Upcountry Museum, or you can go shopping on Main Street near the gorgeous Falls River. If you want to stick around after the event at Furman, the Main Street Fridays music festival will be happening, or you can go to the Shakespeare Festival. Please rsvp for this event here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JUduhRIIxEabGTNNLgMYdNIW_jnyOg1FioNplfB-C6ZUM0hOUUhVSEZCVDdTQUtDNTMxNEFaQzZWNS4u&origin=QRCode.
You are also invited to a Summer Social in Sumter, South Carolina on Friday, August 28th. We will have a come and go reception in the Sumter County Art Gallery, located at 200 Hasel Street, between 3-5 p.m. Appetizers will be provided at no charge and entrance to the art gallery is also free. If you can stay for dinner, consider Sidebar or Shuckers. Also, Fourth Fridays Music is a free event. Just bring a lawn chair. If you want to stay overnight, try the 1912 B&B. Finally, if you can come before 3 p.m., try visiting the Iris Gardens or the County Museum. Since we need to plan for appetizers and (non alcoholic) drinks at the museum, please rsvp here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JUduhRIIxEabGTNNLgMYdNIW_jnyOg1FioNplfB-C6ZURUdaWEwwVkUxS1kyTTRVVTFRMVpQVzZINy4u&origin=QRCode.
Please email Kristen Welch at vicepresident@scarchivists.org with any questions or concerns.
Registration is open for the 2026 Joint SCNA/SCAA Conference, held at UNC-Charlotte, May 28-29.
In-person registration costs include admission to the conference, breakfast and coffee on May 28-29, lunch on May 28, and admission to the reception on the evening of May 28. Registration also includes the option to sign up for the conference workshops and optional repository tours on May 29.
Attendees may also select to attend the meeting virtually. This year, we will be able to livestream all of the education sessions using Zoom. Registered attendees will be emailed a link for each session before the meeting date. Virtual attendees will be able to participate in any discussions and ask questions via a moderated live chat.
Thank you for your continued membership and support of the South Carolina Archival Association! We value your input and feedback on the association's activities, communication, goals, and structure. Please take a few minutes to complete this important 2026 Member Survey to help guide the SCAA Officers as we plan programming, events, and future annual conferences. This survey is new and different than the one we sent out last year, so please complete it even if you took the 2025 survey last spring. We appreciate your time and effort, and we hope many of you express an interest in joining a committee to get more involved as we grow the organization.
Call for Proposals
Many Voices, Stronger Archives: Advocacy through Community
UNC-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | May 28-29, 2026
The Programming Committee encourages you to submit proposals for the SNCA/SCAA Joint 2026 Annual Meeting. This year’s theme, "Many Voices, Stronger Archives: Advocacy through Community" calls us to reflect on the roles and impacts of advocacy and community within the archival profession.
We encourage submissions that address a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:
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- America’s 250th
- Reflections of past communities
- Outreach to communities: engagement and partnerships
- Community-driven projects/exhibits
- Community among archival professionals
- Various aspects of advocacy
- Support for small archives/lone archivists
- Grant writing
- Inclusive metadata and description practices To submit a proposal, visit the
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Proposals are due by February 6, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Update as of January 30, 2026: Deadline has been extended to Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5:00pm.
Please mark your calendars for our 2025 Annual Business Meeting and Board Member Elections on Friday, October 24 at 11:30am. This meeting will be on Zoom (link in the agenda below) and will last about 45 minutes. We will be giving reports from current board members, announce the upcoming joint SNCA-SCAA Annual Conference in May, and elect several new officers. If you’d like to get more involved, please consider running for one of the open board positions by filling out the nomination form. If you have any question, feel free to email one of the board members.