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Do you want an SAA history to be written in 50 years that has missing information that could easily be provided right now? Did you know that SAA has a retention schedule for its section and roundtable records, but that there are many section/roundtable records that don’t exist, at least not in the SAA archives? In order to assist the SAA Council in carrying out its policies in regard to the collection of the records of sections and roundtables, and to make sure all are in compliance with existing records retention schedules for sections and roundtables, the Records Management Roundtable (RMRT) of the Society of American Archivists has established the Section/Roundtable Records Retention Compliance Working Group. The working group is charged with formulating guidelines and procedures for SAA sections and roundtables to transfer the records of past administrations in a timely manner to the SAA Archives at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Working closely with SAA president Mark Greene and Dr. Michael Doylan of UW-Milwaukee, the working group will first attempt to have all known records of past section/roundtable chairs located and transferred to the SAA archives and then produce a guide for incoming and outgoing section/roundtable administrators that emphasizes the importance of their records, as well as gives them instructions on just what to save and send to the SAA Archives at UW-Milwaukee. We are currently seeking SAA and non-SAA members who would be willing to work toward the above two goals. Especially needed are persons with knowledge of who the past section/roundtable chairs are and how to contact them now, and persons with experience in developing guidelines and procedures for records retention within a large organization like SAA. For more information or to volunteer to be a part of this exciting working group, please contact RMRT vice chair and working group coordinator Alison Stankrauff at astankra@iusb.edu. Thank you very much, Alison Stankrauff, Records Management Roundtable Vice-Chair Alison Stankrauff Archivist and Assistant Librarian Franklin D. Schurz Library Indiana University South Bend P.O. Box 7111 South Bend, Indiana 46634 (574) 520-4392 astankra@iusb.edu ____________________________________________________________ STHC-L - Science, Technology, and Health Care Archives Forum STHC-L@lists.ucla.edu http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sthc-l STHC-L@lists.ucla.edu STHC-L Archives -- Main Index STHC-L Archives -- 2007 Message Index |