Student Archivists at Maryland (SAM)

10/05/2021

Reminder: Our first career series talk is tonight! We hope to see you there!

Hi everyone!

Coming up next Tuesday - October 5th at 5pm - SAM will have our first career series talk of the semester! We will be welcoming Edith Sandler, a Reference Librarian in the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress and a UMD iSchool alum! More info on her background can be found on the attached poster. This meeting will be held on Zoom, so check your email for the link or shoot Amber ([email protected]) or Allison ([email protected]) an email for the link directly. We hope to see you there!

09/30/2021

Hi everyone!

Coming up next Tuesday - October 5th at 5pm - SAM will have our first career series talk of the semester! We will be welcoming Edith Sandler, a Reference Librarian in the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress and a UMD iSchool alum! More info on her background can be found on the attached poster. This meeting will be held on Zoom, so check your email for the link or shoot Amber ([email protected]) or Allison ([email protected]) an email for the link directly. We hope to see you there!

09/08/2021

We are very excited to announce that Edith Sandler will be our first speaker in SAM's Virtual Career Series this fall! Edith is a graduate of the iSchool and is currently a Reference Librarian in the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress. We hope you will be able to join us on October 5th at 5:00PM on Zoom!

09/01/2021

Hello Terps!
We are so excited to be on campus again this semester, seeing lots of old and new faces! Student Archivists at Maryland are holding our first member meeting of the Fall 2021 semester next Wednesday, September 8th, at 5pm via Zoom. The link for the meeting can be found in your email via the MLIS listserv, or you can email Amber ([email protected]) for a link directly. We want to hear from you about what you want to get out of SAM this semester, so all current and prospective members are welcome to join us! If you haven't done so already, see the poll attached below to provide some input before the meeting - or bring your ideas with you to Zoom! We hope to see you there!

Poll: https://forms.gle/touSC26zjadEisr18

08/26/2021

SAM needs your help! We're ironing out some final details about meetings this semester, and would like to see what our members think. Click on the below Google Forms survey to complete a couple questions about meeting location and content. It should only take a minute or two to complete, so any participation is welcome and appreciated!

Help us plan for the semester! Please answer the following questions to give us a better idea of what you are looking to get out of SAM.

06/27/2021

Hello all!

We hope your summer has been going well! SAM is preparing for the Fall 2021 term, and we are looking for someone to fill our newly opened officer position for secretary! If you are interested in joining our team or have any questions about the position, please email SAM at [email protected] or our president Amber at [email protected].

Have a great rest of your summer everyone!

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04/14/2021

Reminder!

Join us for our annual SAMposium this coming Monday April 19th, on Zoom from 5pm to 6:30pm.

The theme for this year is “Documenting Crisis.” We have a great lineup of panelists:

Alexandra Dolan-Mescal from Documenting the Now (https://www.docnow.io)

Annie Tummino, head of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, CUNY. She is part of the Queens Memory COVID-19 project. (https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974495280/archivists-at-new-yorks-queens-college-tell-our-pandemic-story-through-artifacts

https://qplnyc.urbanarchive.me/cities/nyc)

Jessica Ballard, the Archivist of Multicultural Collections and Services at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an advisory board member for Project STAND (https://standarchives.com)

Bethany Anderson, the Natural and Applied Sciences Archivist at the University of Illinois Archives


If you could like to attend, we're asking everyone to register ahead of time. The registration link can be found below! We hope to see you there!

https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdumhqDwqHtDC_xICTgfVIZZX7loHZ8tF

03/27/2021

Please join us for the annual SAMposium via Zoom on Monday April 19th, from 5:00-6:30pm ET. The theme for this year is “Documenting Crisis.” We have a great lineup of panelists:

Alexandra Dolan-Mescal from Documenting the Now (https://www.docnow.io)

Annie Tummino, head of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, CUNY. She is part of the Queens Memory COVID-19 project. (https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974495280/archivists-at-new-yorks-queens-college-tell-our-pandemic-story-through-artifacts

https://qplnyc.urbanarchive.me/cities/nyc)

Jessica Ballard, the Archivist of Multicultural Collections and Services at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an advisory board member for Project STAND (https://standarchives.com)

Bethany Anderson, the Natural and Applied Sciences Archivist at the University of Illinois Archives



Panelists will each talk about their work as it relates to documenting crises and the accompanying issues and challenges. After the presentations, they will take questions from the audience.

For the Zoom link check your emails! Members of the SAM email list and the MLIS listserv have received the link and must register for the event. If you haven't gotten either email and would like to attend, please email Genevieve ( [email protected]) and she can get it to you!

Hope to see you all there!