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Society of Georgia Archivists Founded in 1969, the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) represents nearly 200 individuals and repositories that care for historical records.

Friendly Reminder!Early bird registration for SGA's Annual Meeting ends tomorrow, October 9th! Reserve your spot now!htt...
10/08/2026

Friendly Reminder!

Early bird registration for SGA's Annual Meeting ends tomorrow, October 9th! Reserve your spot now!

https://soga.wildapricot.org

2026 Annual Meeting registration is open!The Society of Georgia Archivists is proud to announce that registration for Ha...
09/15/2026

2026 Annual Meeting registration is open!

The Society of Georgia Archivists is proud to announce that registration for Hardening the Archive: Moving from Storage to Strategy is now open. Visit the registration page at https://soga.wildapricot.org/page-1825595 now to reserve your spot!

Early Bird Registration is thru October 9th!

This year the Society of Georgia Archivists invites you to attend the annual meeting, to be held at the Gainesville Convention Center from Thursday, November 5 th to Friday, November 6th. We are excited to host this two-day conference full of presentations, working groups, skills labs, and demonstrations on a broad spectrum of archival work to support our work and move us to action! The reception will be hosted at Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse and Tavern to give us a chance to unwind and discuss the first day’s presentations and will include a light dinner and cash bar.

Our keynote speaker is former SGA President, Angela Stanley, Assistant State Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Collaboration with Georgia Public Library Service.

Program information and schedule will be forthcoming.

We look forward to seeing you there!

There are still spots left for the 2026 regional SE Code4Lib meeting July 16 in Athens! Submit your presentation proposa...
06/01/2026

There are still spots left for the 2026 regional SE Code4Lib meeting July 16 in Athens! Submit your presentation proposal by June 5 here.

We invite you to come and participate in the day-long meeting no matter what side of the technology/library line you fall on. There will be a number of brief presentations (15-30 minutes) as well as plenty of open discussion time. Examples of topics discussed at last year's regional meeting include: Aspen Discovery with Evergreen and Koha; ILS reporting with python, SQLAlchemy, and Linux crontab; request systems for Special Collections; using Transkribus on historical documents; the Keywords for Black Louisiana project; using Whisper for captioning; tech centered goal setting; handling bot traffic; and a lot more!

Registration is $25 and includes breakfast and snacks. Lunch will be on your own in downtown Athens. We encourage you to come and join the disussions or present! Additional information can be found on the wiki:

https://wiki.code4lib.org/Southeast_2026

Registration:
https://estore.uga.edu/C27063_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=470&SINGLESTORE=true

Presentation proposals: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenwCnk6ccgM28WWVchBlD1vqb5xaea8D7jcNFMPV3IZ-dNOw/viewform

The Society of Georgia Archivists is now accepting applications for the 2026 Edward Weldon Scholarship. The application ...
06/01/2026

The Society of Georgia Archivists is now accepting applications for the 2026 Edward Weldon Scholarship. The application deadline is June 5, 2026.

The Society of American Archivists 2026 Annual Meeting, ARCHIVES * RECORDS 2026 (https://www2.archivists.org/am2026), is being held Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Saturday, August 1, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Edward Weldon Scholarship was established in 2000 to recognize Ed’s leadership in furthering the preservation and access of Georgia’s historical records. He was instrumental in helping to establish the Society of Georgia Archivists and served as its first President. Directing the activities of the Georgia Department of Archives and History from 1982-2000, Ed served as the 37th President of the Society of American Archivists.

The Edward Weldon Scholarship will provide the early registration fee for an SGA member to attend the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in person or virtually, not to exceed $525.00. Additionally, the 2026 Weldon Scholarship recipient will receive a $25 credit to apply to a Society of American Archivists (SAA) class or a purchase in the SAA bookstore.

Please note the award recipient is responsible for covering any costs associated with travel and accommodations. The award recipient is responsible for submitting their SAA meeting registration by the early-bird registration deadline. After the SAA meeting, the recipient will submit their SAA registration receipt to the SGA Treasurer for reimbursement, as well as a brief article on the experience for use in the SGA Newsletter.

Please see the SAA website for more information about the annual meeting.

Eligibility
Individuals eligible to apply for the scholarship must be members of SGA (as of February 1 of the current year) and residents of the State of Georgia. Preference will be given to applicants who do not have access to institutional support for attending the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting.

To Apply

https://soga.wildapricot.org/scholarships/weldon

For the Edward Weldon Scholarship, please complete and email the Scholarship Application with all required supplemental materials before MIDNIGHT on Friday, June 5, 2026.

Please note: You must send your cover letter and CV/resume as an email attachment to [email protected] by the deadline to complete your application. If you do not submit these documents by the deadline your application will be considered incomplete.

For more information or questions, please contact: [email protected].

The Society of Georgia Archivists is excited to celebrate National Library Week! National Library Week is an annual cele...
04/22/2026

The Society of Georgia Archivists is excited to celebrate National Library Week! National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries and library professionals play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Wednesday, April 22nd, is National Library Outreach Day. National Library Outreach Day celebrates library outreach and the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons, community members, and allied professions where they are.

The SGA Outreach Committee asked this question of our G.L.A.M. (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) professionals: How is outreach related to your work? Here is what our members and allied professionals had to say.

Dr. shady Radical, Community Archivist: “Outreach is a big part of The Radical Archive Project. I reach out to scholars to facilitate or collaborate, students to conduct research and other archives related tasks, funders for support etc”.

Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist: “My whole job is to connect people with my special collections library's collections and services! I do this in various ways, including through social media and programs that are free and open to the public. I also welcome groups for private "show and tell" visits, where they get to interact with a selection of archival materials that I curate specifically for them. Some of my favorite groups from over the years include fifth grade Latin students, a miniature book society, students and staff from Oklahoma's College of the Muscogee Nation, and a couple who came to view rare books for their "date night"! “

Happy National Library Week!

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