SAA Visual Materials Section

Communicate with VMS!

There are many ways to communicate with your colleagues in the Visual Materials Section:

Join us on Facebook.

On Twitter, tweet @SAAVMS if you want to say something directly to us, or use our hashtag #SAAVMS if you have a question, photo, or comment to share with the whole community.

On Instagram, tag pictures of your visual collection materials with #saavms, and follow us @SAAVMS where we’ll share your tagged images with our followers!

The SAA Visual Materials Section listserv:

The SAA Visual Materials Section listserv provides an interactive professional discussion forum for everyone subscribed. It enables participants to broadcast and receive announcements, stay current on news and recently published material such as the Section’s Views Magazine. https://connect.archivists.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer?CommunityKey=9e182688-657f-48a3-a623-4d984fe1969a&tab=digestviewer

Whether or not you are an SAA member, you can still participate in this Section listserv; just set up a profile and make sure to sign up for the Visual Materials Section when you create your profile.

If you are an SAA member, you will be prompted to choose which sections you want to join. Once you choose the Visual Materials Section you will be subscribed to our listserv. https://connect.archivists.org/home

If you are not an SAA member, that’s OK, please visit this link after you are logged into your profile. Choose to join the Visual Materials Section and you will then be automatically subscribe to the listserv.

https://saa.archivists.org/4DCGI/committees/Join.html?Action=Person_Roles_Entry&CommCode=SAA**SECTVMS&

Please send posts, queries, and announcements to all your Visual Materials Section colleagues by simply sending an e-mail to archivists-vms@ConnectedCommunity.org.

Subscriptions to this list are absolutely free and are managed by SAA. Once you have set up your profile, you may view and modify all of your list subscriptions at any time by logging in here: https://connect.archivists.org/network/members/profile/myaccount/my-settings?section=subscriptions

Please use this excellent open forum to reach out to colleagues across the country who work in your field, many of whom face the same daily challenges. The collective wisdom of the group is here to help as many hands make light work. We look forward to your participation.

Visual Materials Section of the Society of American Archivists

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“The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) has launched of the Lomax Digital Archive, a website that provides free access to audio/visual collections compiled across seven decades by folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) and his father John A. Lomax (1867–1948).”
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Lomax Digital Archive features seven decades of roots music research

www.offbeat.com

The Lomax Digital Archive website that provides free access to collections compiled by folklorists Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax.

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Visual Materials Section of the Society of American Archivists

5 days ago

Are you looking for a new professional development opportunity or a way to serve the archival community? Why not join the SAA Visual Materials Section Steering Committee? Now's your chance to run for office and/or nominate a colleague! This year we have two opportunities available:Chair-Elect -- Serves one year as assistant to the Chair and then the next year is Section Chair!Member-At-Large -- Serves a three-year term and simply assists where needed.For more information on the roles of these two offices, please see the Standing Rules (www2.archivists.org/.../visual.../standing-rules) and/or ask Mary Alice Harper (maharper@austin.utexas.edu) or Sandra Varry (varry.sandra@gmail.com), this year's Elections Work Group.Worried, you haven't been in the profession long enough to run? Don't be! We're looking for members of the Section who are enthusiastic about helping define and promote Section goals and activities.Wondering about how much of a time commitment it will be? You can probably expect to spend one day a month, with most activity occurring in the lead-up to SAA's Annual Meeting. And remember, you're not in this alone! This is a great opportunity to meet and collaborate with colleagues across the country.To make a nomination, please just make sure the person is interested in running and willing to serve if elected, then e-mail either your or the person's name and contact information to us before June 15. We need the following to populate the ballot:Candidate's nameJob title and institution (if applicable)VMS position soughtBrief biography and candidate statement (1-2 paragraphs)Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you!
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Visual Materials Section of the Society of American Archivists

1 week ago

The Visual Materials Section and the Metadata for Digital Object Section are welcoming proposals for short talks at the virtual annual joint section meeting. The joint section meeting is scheduled for 10:30 am CST on Monday, July 19. We are focusing on the following topics this year: · How has your creation of metadata changed for visual materials in the past few years in light of the increased awareness for the need for more equitable and inclusive descriptive practices? · What are some of the challenges related to remote visual material metadata creation that have arisen during the pandemic, and how might these challenges change your workflows in a post-pandemic world? Speakers should aim for a talk 10-15 minutes in length. Please submit your proposal ideas via the form in the comments. Proposals will be reviewed by both VMS and MDOS section steering committees. Deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm on June 18, 2021. Notifications will be sent out by June 23, 2021. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the section chairs: Patrick Cullom, VMS ChairElizabeth Wilkinson, MDOS Co-ChairMichael Shallcross, MDOS Co-Chair@saarchivists #archives #saa21 #SAA2021 #saavms #visualmaterials #metadata
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