PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Meredith Evans president@archivists.org We Are Resilient! othing connects people more immediately and universally than a shared emotional event. Over the last year we have been through a lot, but nothing like this global pandemic. Our societal, organizational, and individual value systems have been challenged recently, but even more so by COVID-19. This shared situation puts everything in a new light. In some ways it may highlight or exaggerate our differences, but I hope that it will highlight our similarities. I know that we are all experiencing change within due to this pandemic. What are we learning about ourselves and others during this time? I can’t help but wonder how we will treat each other when this is over. The differences and divisiveness seen as obstacles months ago may be diminishing and we are moving toward a collective sense of cooperation and understanding. Now, even more so due to the pandemic, we engage with our colleagues and friends differently and, hopefully, for the good. We are learning to put our differences aside, accept risk, and work together. I am so proud of our membership for your boldness, passion, and fervent desire to want what’s N best and representative of our organization recommendations, and, most importantly, and profession. I am thankful that everyone for our members’ generous support as we who wanted to had an opportunity to run work diligently to ensure the safety and for SAA office and well-being of SAA am grateful for and the archival those of you who I am especially proud of our community. exercised your SAA leadership and staff for I recognize the right to vote. This uncertainty, anxiety, election reflects their fortitude and thoughtful and concern that the growth and recommendations, and, most our association strength of our membership and is importantly, for our members’ may never be the same. Let us value a testament to faith the support and generous support as we work in our governance connection to and willingness to diligently to ensure the safety our community. support equity. (See Let us value our and well-being of SAA and page 12 to learn resilience and about your newly the archival community. know that we can elected leaders.) and will overcome. Although this Let us emerge global pandemic has challenged each of us with renewed appreciation, gratitude, in various ways, I appreciate the underlying determination, and resolve. None of us sense of understanding, benevolence, could have imagined that we would enter and care that many within the archival a new year and a new decade in a global community are demonstrating to help one state of emergency. However, despite the another during this catastrophic time. I odds, I know that we will lift our voices and am especially proud of our SAA leadership rise to the occasion and overcome this test and staff for their fortitude and thoughtful together. We are resilient. ARCHIVAL OUTLOOK The Society of American Archivists serves the education and information needs of its members and provides leadership to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the nation’s historical record. EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST GOVERNANCE PROGRAM MANAGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Archival Outlook (ISSN 1520-3379) is published six times a year and distributed as a membership benefit by the Society of American Archivists. Contents of the newsletter may be reproduced in whole or in part provided that credit is given. Direct all advertising inquiries and general correspondence to: Abigail Christian, Society of American Archivists, 17 North State Street, Suite 1425, Chicago, IL 60602; 312-606-0722; toll-free 866-SAA-7858; fax 312-606-0728; achristian@archivists.org; www.archivists.org. MEMBER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Nancy P. Beaumont nbeaumont@archivists.org WEB AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Taylor Camara tcamara@archivists.org DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Felicia Owens fowens@archivists.org SERVICE CENTER MANAGER Michael Santiago msantiago@archivists.org MEMBER SERVICE /ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST Matt Black mblack@archivists.org DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING Peter Carlson pcarlson@archivists.org ARCHIVAL OUTLOOK EDITOR Carlos R. Salgado csalgado@archivists.org DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Lakesha Thaddis lthaddis@@archivists.org Teresa M. Brinati tbrinati@archivists.org Abigail Christian achristian@archivists.org Rana Hutchinson Salzmann rsalzmann@archivists.org 2 ARCHIVAL OUTLOOK May/June 2020
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