Oklahoma City Announced as 2018 Testing Site for ACA Exam The Academy of Certified Archivists will hold its certification exam in at least 12 cities on August 15th, 2018. Oklahoma City has been confirmed as one of the 2018 testing sites. This will be a great opportunity for archivists from …
Save the Date for Oklahoma Arts Day: April 11th, 2018 Guest Post on behalf of Oklahomans for the Arts Join Oklahomans for the Arts at the State Capitol on Aprill 11, 2018 to stand up for the positive impact of the arts in our community! We invite arts and culture …
PhD Research survey on the roles and responsibilities of archivists and museum professionals in Oklahoma Guest Post by JJ Compton Hello, My name is JJ Compton and I am a student at Swansea University, working towards my PhD in History. I am conducting the first phase of my quantitative analysis, …
Apply NOW to the Digital POWRR Digital Preservation Professional Development Institute! Thanks to a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Digital POWRR is holding five intensive institutes in 2017-2019, enabling librarians and archivists from small and mid-sized institutions to build skills for curating and preserving digital …
Call for Internship Applications at Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library “The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University is seeking interns to participate in the cataloging of historical documents in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. The goal of the Center is to serve scholars, tourists, teachers, curious citizens, and students of …
Veterans History Project Visits OSU Preserving the history of American war veterans On March 16, 2018 the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program will provide training on conducting oral history interviews of veterans for submission to the VHP archive at the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center. Special focus on collecting …
Celebrating Black History Month in the Archives Members of OAA recently attended the Treasure Your Roots 2018 Genealogy Conference in Oklahoma City. The event offered attendees the chance to learn about a number of resources available for African American genealogical work. Many of those resources are available through the National …
2018 Society of Southwest Archivists Scholarships – Deadline Approaching Don’t miss these opportunities to obtain assistance in professional development and annual meeting attendance! All mailed applications must be postmarked by February 16, 2018. Emailed applications must be sent by February 20, 2018. Otis Hebert Jr. Continuing Education Scholarship: In honor …
CLIR Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: 2018 Initial Application Round Open Guest Post Provided by Lisa Henry, Vice President “Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Enabling New Scholarship through Increasing Access to Unique Materials is a national grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for …
Write a Blog Post for OAA OAA is seeking content from all members for future blog posts. The recently developed social media policy provides guidelines for submission and outlines the kinds of things we’re looking for. The post submission form provides a simple structure for submitting blog content. Both are available on the About page of the …
