Affordable Connecting to Collections Care Courses

Affordable Connecting to Collections Care Courses Connecting to Collections Care is offering affordable webinar-based courses exploring key topics related to collections care. Participants will receive a Credly Badge to mark their participation. The first course is Preservation Methods and Materials for Exhibitions. Mark Wamaling, the chair of PACCIN, is leading this course …

2018 OAA Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open

2018 OAA Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open Join your fellow archivists at the OAA’s 2018 Annual Meeting At the Gilcrease Museum 1400 N. Gilcrease Rd. Tulsa, 74127 United States Thursday October 25, 2018 The Helmerich Center for American Research (FREE TO REGISTERED ATTENDEES) Friday, October 26th, 2018 Meeting Rooms next to …

Job Announcement: Metadata Librarian (OSU)

Job Announcement: Metadata Librarian (OSU) Guest Post from Sarah Milligan   The Oklahoma State University Library seeks creative, tenure-track faculty members with a passion for metadata along with new and emerging technologies, who are eager to drive their own projects, innovate, and take on challenges. Library faculty are actively engaged …

Save the Date: 2018 OAA Annual Meeting – October 25 – 26, Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa

Save the Date! October 25 – 26 Gilcrease Museum 1400 N. Gilcrease Road Tulsa, Oklahoma Registration (coming soon) $25 OAA members/$35 non-OAA members Become a Member! Schedule Thursday, October 25th: The Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum 1:30 – 4:30 pm SAA webinars, pre-registration required Join your fellow …

Present at the First OAA Annual Meeting

Present at the First OAA Annual Meeting The Oklahoma Archivists Associations welcomes presentation proposals of case studies for our upcoming 2018 meeting the third week in October, to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Session will give local archivists a chance to share their personal or institutional stories, projects, and perhaps …

Archives Survey

PhD Research survey on the roles and responsibilities of archivists and museum professionals in Oklahoma GUEST POST BY JJ COMPTON UPDATE: I have removed the restriction which required you to sign into Google to take the survey.  I’ve attached a PDF with the survey link and other IRB approved information.  I’d really …

Advocacy Alert – Archives on the Hill at SAA

Archives on the Hill at SAA Are you attending the 2018 Society of American Archivists (SAA) Conference in Washington, D.C.? If so, OAA is looking for members to participate in the Archives on the Hill event. The Executive Director of SAA, Nancy Beaumont, is particularly interested in having a strong …

Preservationists Save State Capitol Publishing Museum in Guthrie, OK

Preservationists Save State Capitol Publishing Museum in Guthrie, OK In 1907, Oklahoma statehood was announced with a single gunshot just outside the State Capitol Publishing Building in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Thanks to the work of the Guthrie Tomorrow Coalition, INC., this historic building will be preserved as a publishing museum. Read …

SAADA Seeking Applicants to Join Inaugural Archivists’ Collective

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) is currently seeking applicants to join its inaugural Archivists’ Collective! Guest Post from the South asian american digital archive (saada) We are looking for archival professionals and graduate students who are interested in joining a national network of archivists committed to furthering the …