{"id":2615,"date":"2021-09-27T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T07:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2021-12-14T07:55:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T07:55:34","slug":"sjsu-saasc-fall-2021-membership-meeting-and-get-together-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/2021\/09\/27\/sjsu-saasc-fall-2021-membership-meeting-and-get-together-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSJSU SAASC Fall 2021 Membership Meeting and Get-Together\u201d Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Author: Sereen Suleiman<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">I would like to start off by thanking all the student members who attended the student chapter\u2019s membership meeting for the fall 2021 semester! It was a pleasure to answer your questions about archives and share some leadership advice!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">To recap, the San Jose State University (SJSU) Society of American Archivists Student Chapter held a membership meeting last week on Wednesday, September 14 to meet up with our fellow student chapter members and introduce them to our team. Led by the SAASC Chair, Barbara Alvarado Gonzalez, the meeting turned out to be a wonderful experience! After each team member introduced themselves and their positions, the team covered important topics including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAASC\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first ever<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> virtual scavenger hunt! It\u2019s the perfect way to network and learn about archives at the same time. Sign up <\/span><b>before October 4, 2021<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recordings to previous SAASC events are on our <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6puQeiFF-J6KuRc6_2WQcQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/past-events-recordings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAASC website<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archeota<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, our very own archives journal publication for SJSU students, is now accepting articles for the Fall 2021 issue. Ideas are <strong>due September 27<\/strong>. Check out the promotions on the website and the <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/blog-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blog<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more details.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on the latest events!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">And of course, annual SAASC elections will be held in April 2022. If interested in an SAASC position, consider nominating yourself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missed the meeting? Don\u2019t fret, as the recording is already available on our <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6puQeiFF-J6KuRc6_2WQcQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and our <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/past-events-recordings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAASC website<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span> Students that attended asked insightful questions, including which classes are most recommended for the archives route (a number of us took or are taking INFO 248, the introduction to cataloging class), how to get involved in leadership positions for SJSU\u2019s iSchool, and if there are any volunteer opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of volunteer opportunities, it has been mentioned during the meeting that The Hannon Library Archives at SOU (Southern Oregon University) <strong>has a volunteer opportunity<\/strong> to help translate old handwritten documents. Check out their website for more information if available: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hannonnews.xwp.sou.edu\/2021\/03\/volunteer-virtually-with-special-collections\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/hannonnews.xwp.sou.edu\/2021\/03\/volunteer-virtually-with-special-collections\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally, the SAASC blog would love to have students share any fascinating blogs about archives! Feel free to send submissions anytime to <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:sjsusaasc@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sjsusaasc@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Our membership meeting is only the beginning of what we have to offer in store! So again, don\u2019t worry if you missed this event. There\u2019s plenty more opportunities to get involved with SAASC!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Sereen Suleiman I would like to start off by thanking all the student members who attended the student chapter\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/2021\/09\/27\/sjsu-saasc-fall-2021-membership-meeting-and-get-together-highlights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cSJSU SAASC Fall 2021 Membership Meeting and Get-Together\u201d Highlights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SAASC-Fall-2021-Get-Together-Banner-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/saasc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}