Possible Paths Through the Program

One of the most exciting things about the SAA Annual Meeting is the diversity of concurrent sessions. So many great things to attend, and so little time. Find some categories below that fit your interests. Even better - add to a category or create a new one that strikes your interest.

Sunday, August 24 - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

 * Workshop: Implementing "More Product, Less Process"

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 * Finding Aids 2.0: Meeting Users Where They Are by Rethinking Finding Aid Presentation - Gordon Daines (Chair), Cory Nimer, Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Jill Katte


 * Old Vintage in New Bottles: The Catalogue Général des Manuscrits - Jackie Dean (Chair), Florent Palluault, Fabienne Queyroux, Aurélien Charot, Kris Kiesling (Commentator)

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Evolving Finding Aids for Basic Processing - Dan Santamaria (Chair), Mark Shelstad, Jennifer Meehan, D. Claudia Thompson

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * After the Revolution: Unleashing the Power of EAD - Jodi Allison-Bunnell (Chair), Max Evans, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Elizabeth Yakel

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Less Process, More Pixels: Alternate Approaches to Digitization and Metadata - Dennis Meissner (Chair), Amanda Focke, Dreanna Belden, Joshua Ranger

See also Light Processing below and the separate page on More Product, Less Process.

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Visual R/Evolution in the Archive: Complicating the Picture - Nancy Bartlett (Chair and Commentator), Joan M Schwartz, Joanna Sassoon, Lynn Ann Davis


 * Digital Dilemmas: Dealing with Born-Digital Surrogate Audio and Audiovisual Collections - George Blood (Chair), Angelo Sacerdote, Hannah Frost

Friday, August 28 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Getting to the Heart of Performance: Archivists as Creative Collaborators - Scott W. Schwartz (Co-Chair), Andrew Wentink (Co-Chair), Richard Powers, Anthony Brown

Saturday, August 30 - 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

 * New Methodologies for Prioritizing Preservation Needs of Audiovisual Materials - Joshua Ranger (Chair), Janet Gertz


 * Recent Advances in Photograph Preservation from the Image Permanence Institute - Gawain Weaver (Chair), Ryan Boatright

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Old Movies, New Audiences: Archival Films as Public Outreach Toolz - Jeff Lambert (Chair), Bill Moore, Cristine Paschild, Snowden Becker

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * A New Methodology for Surveying Photograph Collections - Robert Burton (Chair), Melissa Banta, Paul Messier, Brenda Bernier

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM


 Developing Culturally Sensitive Archival Education to Meet Diverse Community Needs - Sue McKemmish (Chair), Kelvin White, Andrew Lau, Shilpa Rele, Yang Lu, Kirsten Thorpe, Anne Wright



Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


 Native American Archives Protocols: Looking from Different Perspectives - Jennifer R O’Neal (Chair), Sheree Bonaparte, David George-Shongo, Jr, Richard Pearce-Moses



Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM


 Ethnic Archives: Collecting Within Cultural Contexts - Brad Bauer (Chair), Salvador Guere&ntilde;a, Diana Lachatenere, Christina Woo



Saturday, August 30 - 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM


 Family and Community Archives Project: Introducing High School Students to the Archives Profession - Christine Weideman (Chair), Diane Kaplan, Thomas Hyry, Molly Wheeler



Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM


 Achieving Diversity in Institutional Archives: How Do We Get There? - Brenda S. Banks (Chair), Maria R. Estorino, Jamal Booker, Elizabeth W. Adkins (Commentator)</li>

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Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM


 Creating Memory and Representing Identity: Archives in the Asian American Community - Vivian Wong (Co-Chair), Florante Peter Ibanez (Co-Chair), Anne Gilliland, Tom Ikeda, Mitchell Yangson, William Gow</li>

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Thursday, August 28 - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

 * The Future of the Present: Preserving Avant-Garde Art - Leilani Dawson (Commentator), Alice Goff, Adriana Cuervo, Michael Katchen, Richard Reinhart

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Three Federal Agencies Confront the Challenges of Digital Preservation - James G. Cassedy (Leader), Kenneth Thibodeau, William LeFurgy, Michael L. Wash


 * Digital Dilemmas: Dealing with Born-Digital Surrogate Audio and Audiovisual Collections - George Blood (Chair), Angelo Sacerdote, Hannah Frost

Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Digital Revolution, Archival Evolution: An Archival Web Capture Project - Dean Weber (Commentator), Reagan Moore, Richard Marciano, Judith Endelman

Saturday, August 30 - 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

 * Evolution of a Prototype Archival System for Preserving and Reviewing Electronic Records - Debbie Carter (Chair), William Underwood, Brooke L. Clement

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Capturing the E-Tiger: New Tools for Email Preservation - Mark Conrad (Chair), Kelly Eubank, Riccardo Ferrante, Glen McAninch

Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Digitizing Entire Collections: Project Planning, Cost, and Collaborations - Lucy Barber (Leader), David Null, Mark E. Harvey, Kaye L. Minchew

Saturday, August 30 - 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

 * The Next R/Evolution: Issues and Lessons from Mass Digitization of Archival Collections - Dharma Akmon, James Roth, Kristy Pasquariello

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Trash or Treasure? Experiences with Deaccessioning and the Implications of Digitization - Todd Daniels-Howell (Chair), Margery N Sly, Karen M Benedict, Laura Uglean

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 * Developing Culturally Sensitive Archival Education to Meet Diverse Community Needs - Sue McKemmish (Chair), Kelvin White, Andrew Lau, Shilpa Rele, Yang Lu, Kirsten Thorpe, Anne Wright

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Moving Targets: Identifying Evolving Needs in Electronic Records Education - Lee Stout (Chair and Commentator), Ciaran B. Trace, Cheryl L. Stadel-Bevans, Jim Cundy

Friday, August 28 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Archivists as Educators: Why Should We Teach? - Rick Ewig (Leader), Carol Bowers, Carol Bryant

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Beyond Show and Tell: Engaging Undergraduates with Primary Sources - Donna McCrea (Chair and Commentator), Bill Landis, Elizabeth Losh, Karen Munro

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Skills and Competencies: Changing Requirements in the 21st Century - Megan Sniffin-Marinoff (Commentator), Patricia Whatley, Caroline Brown, Magnús Guðmundsson

Thursday, August 28 - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

 * YourSpace, MySpace, DSpace? Finding a Place for Institutional E-Records - Tamar Chute (Chair), Timothy Pyatt, Erin O'Meara, Nancy Deromedi

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 * Getting Our Hands Dirty (and Liking It): Case Studies in Archiving Digital Manuscripts - Catherine Stollar Peters (Chair), Melissa Watterworth, Gabriela Redwine, Michael Forstrom

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Three Federal Agencies Confront the Challenges of Digital Preservation - James G. Cassedy (Leader), Kenneth Thibodeau, William LeFurgy, Michael L. Wash


 * Moving Targets: Identifying Evolving Needs in Electronic Records Education - Lee Stout (Chair and Commentator), Ciaran B. Trace, Cheryl L. Stadel-Bevans, Jim Cundy

Friday, August 28 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * E-Records and E-Discovery: A Mini-Sedona Conference Seminar - Jason R Baron (Chair), Derek G Howard, Charles R Ragan

Saturday, August 30 - 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

 * Evolution of a Prototype Archival System for Preserving and Reviewing Electronic Records - Debbie Carter (Chair), William Underwood, Brooke L. Clement

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Capturing the E-Tiger: New Tools for Email Preservation - Mark Conrad (Chair), Kelly Eubank, Riccardo Ferrante, Glen McAninch

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Digital Donors: Agreements, Rights, and Donor Relations in the Electronic Environment - Robert Spindler (Chair), Patricia Galloway, Menzi Behrnd-Klodt

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 * Secrets Revealed on the Web - Sara S. "Sue" Hodson (Chair), Kate Colligan, Lucinda Glenn, Chris Burns

Thursday, August 28 - 12:30 PM-1:45 PM

 *  Archival Ethics &amp; Social Justice Forum - Randall C. Jimerson (Moderator), David A. Wallace, Anthea Josias, and Tywanna Whorley

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Native American Archives Protocols: Looking from Different Perspectives - Jennifer R O’Neal (Chair), Sheree Bonaparte, David George-Shongo, Jr, Richard Pearce-Moses

Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Values in Design: Defining a Privacy-Aware Model for Web Access to Archives - Paul Theerman (Commentator), Michael T Zimmer, Nancy McCall, Phoebe Evans Letocha


 * Returning Displaced Archives: Legal and Ethical Perspectives - Trudy H Peterson (Chair), Kirk Osborne Hanson, Timothy H. Ingram, Elena S. Danielson

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Archival Ethics with Changing Practices: The Impact of Technology - Shawn San Roman (Chair), Katie Shilton, Lisa Hooper, Erik Moore

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Digital Donors: Agreements, Rights, and Donor Relations in the Electronic Environment - Robert Spindler (Chair), Patricia Galloway, Menzi Behrnd-Klodt


 * The Ethics of Access: Does One Size Fit All? - Susan Davis (Leader), Lynn Eaton, Sahr Conway-Lanz, Hal Keiner

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Three Federal Agencies Confront the Challenges of Digital Preservation - James G. Cassedy (Leader), Kenneth Thibodeau, William LeFurgy, Michael L. Wash

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Capturing the E-Tiger: New Tools for Email Preservation - Mark Conrad (Chair), Kelly Eubank, Riccardo Ferrante, Glen McAninch

Thursday, August 28 - 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM


 Surveys, Benchmarking, Best Practice: How Do You Measure Up? - Becky Haglund Tousey (Chair), Gregory S. Hunter, Ted Ryan, Francesca Pino (see specifically: European Banking and Financial Archives: The EABH Survey of Practices and Priorities)</li>

 Archival Awareness Along the Pacific Rim - Leslie Waggener (Chair and Commentator), Yuko Matsuzaki, Anne Lyons, Sangmin Lee, Simon F. K. Chu</li>

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Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM


 Remember When...? Using Local and International Anniversaries for Outreach Opportunities - Kathryn M. Neal (Chair), Daniel Barbiero, Susan Goldstein, Rose Roberto (See specifically: "Technology Intersecting with Culture: Preserving Digital Ephemera")</li>

 Developing Culturally Sensitive Archival Education to Meet Diverse Community Needs - Sue McKemmish (Chair), Kelvin White, Andrew Lau, Shilpa Rele, Yang Lu, Kirsten Thorpe, Anne Wright</li>

 Old Vintage in New Bottles: The Catalogue Général des Manuscrits - Jackie Dean (Chair), Florent Palluault, Fabienne Queyroux, Aurélien Charot, Kris Kiesling (Commentator)</li>

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Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


 Graduate Student Paper Session - Andrea Buchner (Chair), Eric Fritzler, Katie Blank, Jonathan Ponder (See specifically: "Reclaiming the Past: Social Memory and Access in Native American and Indigenous Communities")</li>

 "You Say You Want a Revolution...": Combining Archives, Museums, and Libraries - Matthew Heiss, Michael J Fox, Steven L Olsen, Michelle Doucet, Ricky Erway (Commentator) (See specifically: "Library and Archives Canada: Five Years Post-Merger - Is The Honeymoon Over?")</li>

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Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM


 Returning Displaced Archives: Legal and Ethical Perspectives - Trudy H Peterson (Chair), Kirk Osborne Hanson, Timothy H. Ingram, Elena S. Danielson</li>

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Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM


<li> Skills and Competencies: Changing Requirements in the 21st Century - Megan Sniffin-Marinoff (Commentator), Patricia Whatley, Caroline Brown, Magnús Guðmundsson</li>

<li> Ensuring Our Digital Future: Audit and Certification of Digital Repositories - Robin Dale, Marie Waltz, Seamus Ross, Bruce Ambacher (See specifically: "DRAMBORA: A Risk-Based Approach to Audit of Digital Repositories")</li>

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Monday, August 25 - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

 * Copyright: The Archivist and the Law (Day 1 of 2)

Thursday, August 28 - 8:30 - 10:00 AM

 * Understanding the Balance: Repositories, Researchers, Public Domain, and the Law - Heather Briston (Commentator), Simon Frankel, Robert Spoo

Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Values in Design: Defining a Privacy-Aware Model for Web Access to Archives - Paul Theerman (Commentator), Michael T. Zimmer, Nancy McCall, Phoebe Evans Letocha


 * Returning Displaced Archives: Legal and Ethical Perspectives - Trudy H. Peterson (Chair), Kirk Osborne Hanson, Timothy H. Ingram, Elena S. Danielson

Sunday, August 24 - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

 * Workshop: Implementing "More Product, Less Process"

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Evolving Finding Aids for Basic Processing - Dan Santamaria (Chair), Mark Shelstad, Jennifer Meehan, D. Claudia Thompson

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Less Process, More Pixels: Alternate Approaches to Digitization and Metadata - Dennis Meissner (Chair), Amanda Focke, Dreanna Belden, Joshua Ranger

See also: More Product, Less Process

Monday, August 25 - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

 * Workshop: Driving Exhibitions with Oral History - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Models for Collaboration: Providing Enhanced Access to Oral History - Burt Altman, Chair, Chris Petter, Jennifer Eidson

Thursday, August 28 - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

 * Leveraging Outreach to Further Your Goals: Tips for Small Repositories - Susan Gunn Pevar (Commentator), Darlene Richardson, Melinda McMartin, Allaina Wallace

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

 * Past Rites: Marketing for the Future - John Treanor (Chair), Jean Elliott, Edward Rider, Jane Nokes


 * Remember When...? Using Local and International Anniversaries for Outreach Opportunities - Kathryn M Neal (Chair), Daniel Barbiero, Susan Goldstein, Rose Roberto

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

 * Family and Community Archives Project: Introducing High School Students to the Archives Profession - Christine Weideman (Chair), Diane Kaplan, Thomas Hyry, Molly Wheeler

Saturday, August 30 - 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

 * Beyond Show and Tell: Engaging Undergraduates with Primary Sources - Donna McCrea (Chair and Commentator), Bill Landis, Elizabeth Losh, Karen Munro


 * Old Movies, New Audiences: Archival Films as Public Outreach Toolz - Jeff Lambert (Chair), Bill Moore, Cristine Paschild, Snowden Becker

Wednesday, August 27 - 5:30–7:30 pm

 * Science, Technology and Health Care (STHC) Roundtable meeting

Thursday, August 28 - 10:30 AM–12:00 noon

 * Remember When...? Using Local and International Anniversaries for Outreach Opportunities, Kathryn M Neal (Chair), Daniel Barbiero, Susan Goldstein, Rose Roberto

Thursday, August 28 - 5:30–7:30 PM

 * Graduate Student Poster Presentations: Poster 12 "The Old Problem of New Media: Archivist in the Laboratory," Jennifer Waxman, New York University

Friday, August 29 - 2:30-4:00 PM

 * 21st Century Data Curation for Archives, Libraries, Museums, Helen R. Tibbo (Chair & Commentator), Jana Bradley, P. Bryan Heidorn, Chris Freeland

Thursday, August 28 - 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

 * Documenting a Revolution: Second Wave Feminism and Beyond! - Glenna Matthews (Chair), Danelle Moon, Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Kelly Wooten, Stephanie Gilmore

Saturday, August 30 - 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

 * Power Figures: The Roles of Women in the Development of American Museums - Susan K Anderson (Chair), Lorraine Stuart, Susana Tejada, Andrew Martinez

Friday, August 29 - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

 * Digital Revolution, Archival Evolution: An Archival Web Capture Project - Dean Weber (Commentator), Reagan Moore, Richard Marciano, Judith Endelman