SCAA Board Meeting News
The SCAA Board met last week on May 13, 2020. Because of the ongoing pandemic the Board decided to cancel the Summer Social this year. It encourages members to continue to donate to the Hart Endowment.
The Board is investigating the possibility of holding the Fall Annual Meeting online. The Board expects to make a decision in July on whether to hold the meeting online.
Jim Cross
President, SCAA
History Hub presentation now online
Just a quick follow-up to let you all know that the recording is now available for How to Get Involved on History Hub.
Learn about History Hub on April 27th
From: Meg Phillips <meg.phillips@nara.gov>
Subject: Come to a free webinar: How to Participate on History Hub, the free crowdsourcing research community (Apr. 27, 2020)
We invite you to learn more about History Hub, the pioneering crowdsourced history and genealogy research community sponsored by the National Archives.
Learn how you can participate and:
· Help the public get immediate answers to common questions, even when buildings and research rooms are closed.
· Share and optimize your content for better search results.
· Free your reference staff to focus on deeper tasks.
· Span institutional barriers and collaborate with other agencies on complex inquiries.
· Enable remote teleworkers to continue to serve the public.
Attend our free webinar:
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 9: A Match Made in History
Monday, April 27, 2020 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
(Hosted by Challenge.gov and Digital.gov)
Can't attend but interested in learning more?
· See What is History Hub?
· Contact us at historyhub@nara.gov for partnership inquiries or to schedule a presentation.
Meg Phillips
External Affairs Liaison
National Archives and Records Administration
301-837-3111
Pronouns: she/her/hers
More COVID-19 Resources
The Heritage Emergency National Task Force has launched its COVID-19 Resource Hub (https://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/major-disasters/current-disasters/). This web portal leads to an array of resources that can help you respond to and recover from the pandemic.
The webinar Deriving Value from Collections in the Time of Corona (COVID-19) is now available on-demand via YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhK2ww1_ZR8&feature=youtu.be), and resides on the Committee of Public Awareness' Resources & Toolkits page (www2.archivists.org/advocacy/publicawareness/ ...).
SCAA Board News
The SCAA Board met via email last Friday April 10 to consider a request from the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Archivist Salary Transparency to sign SCAA on to a collaborative open letter to SAA Council on archivist salary transparency. The Board agreed to do so.
The letter can be found at https://bit.ly/3esJc0a.
Jim Cross, SCAA President
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