SAASC | May 2024 News
Thanks for a great year! ❣️
Well, that’s a wrap on Spring 2024! Thank you all for making this a successful SAASC year 🥳
Have you completed your SAASC 24 in ‘24 Archives Bingo card? Share your progress in our Discord!
Our April speaker event, “No Results Found - Uncovering Hidden Lives: Gender Bias in Archives and Special Collections” with Thera Webb, is now on our YouTube channel!
The SAASC newsletter will be on hiatus for the summer. We’ll be back in the fall with more updates, events, and archival happenings!
As always, our inbox is open: sjsusaasc@gmail.com
SAASC News 📰
Welcome, 2024-2025 Executive Board! 🎉
The election results are in: congratulations to our incoming SAASC executive board! Here is our leadership team for the 2024-2025 school year:
Chair: Marlene Lozano
Vice Chair: Heather Grosso
Secretary: Caitlin Sheil
Webmaster: Chris Reynolds
Blog Editor: Gianna Brassil
Membership Director: Sarah Smith
Social Media Coordinator: Amanda Espinoza
Events Assistants: Rebecca Billings and Mason Blechner
Managing Editor, Archeota: Katie Burns
Upcoming Events 🗓️
SAASC Spring 2024 End-of-Semester Hangout
(tonight!) Thursday, May 16th at 5:00pm PST
Join us on Thursday, May 16th at 5:00pm PST to celebrate the end of the Spring semester and decompress together! Come as you are to celebrate and share recommendations, plans, and more for summer and beyond. Let’s bid farewell to the semester and welcome summer together! See you there!
New on the Blog 📜
Archive of the Week: Archives of Play
Thanks to our Blog Editor, Aryn Prestia, for coordinating a great year of the SAASC blog!
✨Want to contribute? Email sjsusaasc@gmail.com.
Career Building 🌱
As the school year comes to a close, here are a few useful sites to follow for current job/internship openings, professional development, and networking opportunities!
SAA Career Center: our parent organization hosts a job search engine on their website! Search or browse for jobs, internships, and more resources specific to the archives field.
Handshake: SJSU students can create user profiles to connect with jobs, events, companies, and recruiters based on education, experience, and interests.
ArchivesGig: featuring U.S.-based jobs by state and international jobs by region, ArchivesGig is regularly updated with internships, part-time, and full-time jobs in archives and records management.
DAM Jobs: interested in the dynamic field of Digital Assets Management (DAM)? Find U.S., international, or remote jobs on this site.
Indeed: a surprisingly decent resource for archival jobs with a familiar format. Explore recent postings near you!
More Archival Happenings 📣
Krug Lecture Series: The Legacy of The Fine Press Movement
Sunday, May 19th, 11:30am - 1:30pm PT - hybrid lecture
“Conceptualizing Black Joy” with Kahlil Robert Irving
Part of Enduring Legacy: Conversations On Romare Bearden webinar series
Wednesday, May 22, 10:00am PT - Zoom webinar
Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium
Thursday, June 13th, 7:30am - 2:00pm PT - hybrid symposium
Monday, June 17th, 3:00pm PT - Zoom webinar