Month: January 2010

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Mark Your Calendar: Some Important Upcoming Dates

February 9: Deadline to submit materials to be included in the forthcoming issue of the Seattle Area Archivists newsletter.  See this previous post for more details.

February 12: Deadline for proposals for student presentations for our upcoming winter membership meeting.  See this previous post for info.

March 1: Deadline for applications for the Northwest Archivists At-Large Student Scholarship and the Professional Development Scholarship.  (Great timing: These scholarships can help you attend the Western Roundup 2010 meeting–including pre-conference workshops–being held in Seattle at the end of April!)

March 31:  Speaking of the Western Roundup 2010 meeting, this is the last day for Early Bird Registration

April 6: And this is the last day to reserve a room at the conference hotel for the Western Roundup 2010 meeting

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Students wanted for Winter Seattle Area Archivists Meeting

Are you a student in the greater Seattle area in a graduate program with some emphasis in archives?  Maybe you are in library school, museum studies or in an archives and records management program and have just finished an internship.  Perhaps you are working on a thesis or research project.  Or you volunteer in your university’s Special Collections or Archives department.  Whatever your angle: we want you to share your experiences with us!

The focus of the Seattle Area Archivists’ winter meeting will be student presentations.  We will be hosting a meeting in early March and are hoping to put together a panel of 3-6 students.  Each student will have about 10 to 20 minutes to present on their topic of interest.  We offer in return a welcoming environment for you to practice your presentation skills and network with local archivists.

Interested yet?  Send a short description of your proposed topic as well as any A/V needs to seattle.area.archivists@gmail.com by February 12th.

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Mosaic and F. Gerald Ham Scholarships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Nancy Beaumont, Executive Director
312.606.0722 or nbeaumont@archivists.org

January 2010

Mosaic and F. Gerald Ham Scholarships Available Financial assistance for graduate education in archival science

CHICAGO-The Society of American Archivists (SAA) will award up to two Mosaic Scholarships and two F. Gerald Ham Scholarships in 2010 to students pursuing graduate education in archival science. Both scholarships provide financial support and encourage students to pursue a career as an archivist.

In its second year, the Mosaic Scholarship grants $5,000 in financial support to minority students, while promoting diversification of the American archives profession and the American historical record. It will be awarded to selected applicants who demonstrate potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment both to the archives profession and to advancing diversity concerns within it. Awardees will also receive a one-year membership in SAA and complimentary registration to the Archives*Records/DC 2010: the Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, and SAA.

The F. Gerald Ham Scholarship offers $7,500 in financial support to graduate students in their second year of archival studies at a U.S. university. Selection criteria include the applicant’s past performance in her or his graduate program in archival studies as well as faculty members’ assessment of the student’s prospects for contributing to the archives profession.

“The Mosaic and F. Gerald Ham Scholarships both foster the growth of the archival profession,” said SAA President Peter Gottlieb.

For more information on eligibility requirements and application procedures, visit http://www.archivists.org/recognition/. The application deadline is February 28, 2010.

The 2009 Mosaic Scholarship recipients were Janet Ceja of the University of Pittsburgh and Harrison W. Inefuku of the University of British Columbia. Andy Jonathan Uhrich of New York University won the F. Gerald Ham Scholarship in 2009.

The Society of American Archivists is a Chicago-based national professional organization representing more than 5,500 individual and institutional members. Founded in 1936, its mission is to serve the education and information needs of its members and to provide leadership to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the nation’s historical record.