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Call for Blog Submissions: Student Experiences

Are you an archives student or new archives professional with a story you want to share about your educational journey? We want to hear from you! We are currently seeking submissions for the SAA SNAP Blog’s: Student Experiences series. We are excited…

Join us for SNAP-py Hour! These virtual sessions are meant to be low-stakes, minimal effort ways to get to know your fellow SNAP section members & members of the SNAP Steering Committee. These are drop-in events, so you’re welcome to stay for as long/little as you like! Register: bit.ly/SNAPpyhour

Election results are in! Check out the 2025/2026 SNAP Section Committee!

Congratulations to the new team!

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “The Black Seminoles of Florida: A Wanting Narrative” by Shane Majors

This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field. They will be presented at our annual meeting on Tuesday, July…

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “DEFCon Community Fellowship by Erin Robinson

This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field. They will be presented at our annual meeting on Tuesday, July 29th with an…

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “Recommendations for Describing Gender Identity: a resource to support inclusive description” by Elise Riley

This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field. They will be presented…

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “Rhode Island Freedom to Read Ephemera ” by Adrienn Mendonca-Jones

This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field. They will be presented at our annual meeting on Tuesday, July…

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “Divestment, Dissent, and Discipline: Navigating Records of Resistance at the Barnard College Archives” by Katelyn Landry Carranza

This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field.…

Final call to present at SNAP’s annual meeting!

We are taking proposals until Friday, June 27 for posters on the theme of “Records of Resistance,” in light of recent attempts to dismantle this country’s institutions of information.

SNAP 2025 Annual Section Meeting Call for Proposals: Records of Resistance The SNAP steering committee is requesting poster submissions to be presented at our Annual Meeting on July 29 (9 am PT) on Zoom. As students and new professionals, we learn from each other by demon…

#NewArchivists + @saa-snap.bsky.social members:

our call for proposals for the section’s annual meeting next month is out!

come present on your projects “in light of recent attempts to dismantle this country’s institutions of information.”

#SAA
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SNAP 2025 Annual Section Meeting Call for Proposals: Records of Resistance

The SNAP steering committee is requesting poster submissions to be presented at our Annual Meeting on July 29 (9 am PT) on Zoom. As students and new professionals, we learn from each other by demonstrating a steadfast…

Emotional Echoes in the Archive: Letters from General Richardson

By Jenna Bennett During my Spring 2025 Archives Internship at the Nichols House Museum in Boston, I transcribed dozens of letters addressed to Rose Standish Nichols. Many were charming and formal—notes from Woodrow Wilson or Queen…

Have now read it, and it’s shorter than I thought, but a good call to have more convos around capitalism in archives. Makes em want to pay attention to the email alerts for the sections I’m in if SNAP is gonna have these convos!
Something to think about writing about too.

You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for Cob on the Job

by Nicole Font When I first started at the New York Botanical Garden and was still finding my way around the archive, one of my colleagues asked me to pull the “vegetable people” she needed for a tour one day. I had no idea what I…

Outreach at the SJSU Society of American Archivists Student Chapter

By Marlene Lozano, 2024-2025 SAASC Chair (San Jose State University) Volunteering on the board of a student group can be a very rewarding experience. It helps build leadership skills that will be especially useful in the…

yale library's reparative archival description working group has developed recommendations for describing gender identity in archival description. really grateful for this resource (and for the folks who worked to create it): guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=1140...

SAA–SNAP Section Nomination and Interest Form We appreciate your interest in serving with SAA-SNAP! For information about the work that SNAP does, ways to serve, types of positions, and deadlines, please see the overview document created by SNAP...

are you a student, recently graduated, or new to the field in archives and special collections? do you know someone who is?

@saa-snap.bsky.social is accepting nominations for steering committee roles until May 21st: forms.gle/exF2KYqxqHCa...

i’ll become Chair in August—reach out with any questions

This is the first installment in our new series, SNAP Show and Tell.

While processing the John Rensenbrink papers at Bowdoin College Library, I explored the life of a scholar, activist, and political thinker. This powerful illustration encapsulates Rensenbrink’s lifelong commitment to change.

Introducing: SNAP Show and Tell Have you ever come across something in the archives that made you stop in your tracks? Whether it was an unexpected document, a fascinating artifact, or a story hidden in the records, we want to hear about it! For our new SNAP blog series, SNAP Show and Tell, we’re inviting students and new professionals to share one cool thing they’ve discovered in the archives.

Introducing: SNAP Show and Tell

Have you ever come across something in the archives that made you stop in your tracks? Whether it was an unexpected document, a fascinating artifact, or a story hidden in the records, we want to hear about it! For our new SNAP blog series, SNAP Show and Tell, we’re…

Take the 2025 Member Survey!

What can SNAP do for you? We're asking SNAP members to take a few moments to answer a brief survey. This will inform the steering committee about how members are engaging with us and what you'd like to see from future programming so we can help students and new…

Albuquerque, NM: Pictorial Archivist, University of New Mexico

Layers of information in an archival document:

- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...

Anyone who works responsibly and conscientiously with archival material, with rare books and manuscripts, etc will be familiar with everything about the embodied & excitingly unpredictable research process laid out so vividly here. This excellent piece should be required reading for students.

Singin' in the Public Domain: Public Domain Day 2025 On January 1, 2025, creative works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US. Celebrate with us!

Tomorrow’s the big day! 🎉 Join us for Public Domain Day 2025 as we celebrate works from 1929 entering the #PublicDomain. It’s free for everyone to enjoy! 🎶🎬 🖋️
📅 Jan 22
🕙️ 10 AM PT/1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ REGISTER ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1104135491979

#PublicDomainDay @InternetArchive

Archivist Actions Abolitionist Futures • CLIR Alison Clemens and Jessica Farrell, editors January 2025. 47 pp. (electronic only)CLIR pub 193 PDF download >> Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarcerat...

"Drawing from their experiences working with collections documenting the lives and creativity of incarcerated individuals, the authors reflect on how traditional archival methods often fall short of providing respectful access to these materials."

Starting the Conversation: Centering Capitalism in Archival Discussion The archive, at its best, is a place of possibility. It holds the power to preserve collective memory, challenge dominant narratives, and support justice. But at its worst, the archive is a tool of…

How does capitalism impact our work as archivists? We’re building a space to share ideas and develop strategies to transform the archival field, reclaim the record, uplift marginalized voices, and create archives that serve the people—not the powerful. Join us!