Society of American Archivists U of M Student Chapter

Come for cider and doughnuts. We'll be hanging out and talking about paper topics people are writing about.

Hope to see you there!

Join us for the Annual SAA potluck! Archives students and faculty are invited to enjoy a meal and the company of fellow archivists. Please bring a dish to pass and sign up by adding a comment below. We hope to see you there!

The resume panel is a great way to learn about current trends in resume writing, and resume review by employers. It's never too early to start working on a resume for Alternative Spring Break, Summer, or school-year internships (and jobs for all of us who will be looking).

If you have a resume ready that you would be willing to contribute to the review, please send it to Joanna Kroll (jckroll@umich.edu) by Monday, September 10.

See the official event announcement at http://www.si.umich.edu/about-SI/event-details.htm?ID=2364.

Presenters: Catherine Dherent and John Thompson

The first official meeting of our SAA chapter will be September 11 at 6:00pm. We'll let you know what we've got planned already and get your ideas about what you would like to do. Please come if you can and help make this a great year!

Join us and ALA members for a kick off get-together this Wednesday, September 5 at 8:30 pm!
Hope to see you there.

Ken DiFiore, MLS, Associate Director of Library Relations, Portico organized this session to examine the issues surrounding e-journal preservation and describe Portico’s e-journal archive service. Teaching and research have become increasingly dependent upon the convenience and enhanced accessibility of electronic scholarly resources, particularly electronic journals. Along with the use of these resources comes the challenge associated with protecting them for future generations of scholars, researchers, and students.

I'd like to invite you to fill out a survey regarding the SAA Research Forum. The meeting
is held August 28 preceding the Annual Conference. Nancy McGovern and Helen Tibbo are
very interested in getting student input on what research means to you and the kinds of
topics you would like to see included in future meetings.

The survey is brief and located here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=8_2bSRy_2bvw1xGUiMsNDlVjxg_3d_3d

The traditional outings with student groups for orientation is happening Tuesday, August 28 from 5:30 to 7:30. If you will be around then, and would like to come, please send an email message to contactsaa@umich.edu.

Meetings with Specializations for new students is set for 11-12, and 1-2 on Wednesday, August 30. Kelly has extended the response deadline to August 17, so please reply to her if you are interested if you are interested in talking to new students about any of the specializations at SI (kkowatch@umich.edu).

The SAA Annual Meeting is Aug. 28 to September 2. Here are the details:

71st Annual Meeting
Pre-conference Programs: August 26–29, 2007
Conference Dates: August 28–September 2, 2007
2007 Exposition Dates: August 30–31, 2007
The Fairmont Chicago

You can get more information at SAA's web page

http://www.archivists.org/conference/chicago2007/index.asp