Category: General Announcements

I’m thrilled to announce that the new issue of The American Archivist contains a brand new article by Helen Wong Smith, Dawn Schmitz, Cyndi Shein, and Lisa Schmitz: Recruiting for Cultural Competency: A Content Analysis of Archives Job Postings 

This team of authors used Archives Gig as a resource for their analysis, and I’m so excited to read their piece. I’m so happy that AG has contributed in some small way to the evolving literature and study in this field.

Hi All,

This is your semi-annual announcement of upcoming continuing education and professional development opportunities that my team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool has put together for the coming year!

Our continuing education programs are open to all. If you have questions, please contact my team and we’ll be happy to help!

We have a variety of coming up, including things like:

Online classes

• Oral History Essentials (starts Feb 10)
• Introduction to Records Management (starts March 3)
• Inclusive Library Leadership (starts March 24)

Conferences (Madison, WI/Hybrid)

• Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement (Hybrid, April 21-22)
• Upgrade: Enhancing Library Services with Technology (Oct 6-7, CFP currently open!)

Our entire set of programs is available here.

Good news! Archives Gig is now feeding to Bluesky! Please find daily posts at @archivesgig.bsky.social.

I check social network activity relatively infrequently, so if you need to contact me the best way is still through good ol’ email.

Earlier this summer, I was thrilled to hear that Archives Gig and Naomi House’s INALJ have been jointly recognized by the Council of the Society of American Archivists for an Exemplary Service Award. I was able to attend the 2024 SAA annual meeting in Chicago and accept this award in person, and I was very honored.

Continue reading “Archives Gig is recognized by an SAA Council Exemplary Service Award!”

Greetings, friends! I am going to attend the SAA Annual meeting in Chicago from August 15-17 next week, and I hope to see many of you there. After that, I am taking leave through the end of the month due to a family health issue. My current plan is to be back after Labor Day weekend. Archives Gig will not be active while I’m away.

I know this means I may miss some postings, for which I apologize! If you are an employer and have something pending for me to post, I will need it by the end of the day on Wednesday, August 14.

I will be on vacation from April 26 – May 10, and Archives Gig will not be updated while I am away. If you would like to send me anything to post before these dates, please submit it by the end of the day on Thursday, April 25. Anything sent after that time will be posted when I return.

Best Wishes,

Meredith

Hi, Friends,

I’m co-presenting a webinar in a few weeks to members of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA). The folks attending are very curious about what is working and what is not when they are hiring. I threw together an extremely brief survey – I would super appreciate your help as a little sample of what people are thinking about when it comes to state archives positions.

This is for USA-based state archives positions only. Federal jobs or archives jobs other Federal/state/municipal agencies aren’t being considered here. Here’s a directory of state archives agencies.

Note: I may quote a little bit from the survey responses when giving the presentation but I am not asking for identifying information. Just be aware.

Here’s the survey.

The survey will close on Tuesday, March 26. Thank you!

Emily Weak over at Hiring Librarians is conducting a survey, intended to be completed by people who hire library and LIS workers. More info under the cut!

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Continue reading “Plug: Hiring Librarians Survey for LIS Hiring Managers”

I had the pleasure of chatting with Emily Weak over at Hiring Librarians a few months ago, for her new podcast series! In case you missed it, the episode dropped last week. I hope you enjoy it.

Happy 2024, Archives Friends. Keep being amazing.

I know I just was away (and I finally worked through all my backlog, thanks for your patience!). But, I’m out once more and for a bit longer, leading an international program. If you would like your position to be posted before I’m out, please do that by noon (CT) on Friday, August 25. Otherwise, it will be posted when I return, during the week of September 18. Please check your application deadline before submitting, and make sure it doesn’t fall within the outage period. Thanks, everyone!