2022 Annual Meeting Program

The 2022 Annual Meeting Program can be downloaded from here.

See you in Grand Rapids!

Meet the Candidates!

MAA Board and Officer Election 2022

The positions being voted on in this year’s election are as follows: Vice President/President-Elect (two-year term in each role), Conference Coordinator(1-year term*), and two Members-at-Large (each three-year terms). To nominate additional candidates, a petition signed by at least 10 MAA members must be presented to the Secretary, Stefanie Caloia, no later than 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022.

*The Conference Coordinator position is typically a two-year term timed to overlap with other board positions for continuity. We are looking to fill this empty position for 2022-2023, and in 2023 it will return to a two-year term as usual.

Vice President/President-Elect (2022-2026)

Taylor Henning

Taylor Henning is the University Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University. She has a MS/LIS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a MA in German Studies from Florida State University, and a BA in German and International Affairs from Florida State University. Before coming to Wayne State, Taylor worked at the University of Illinois Archives where she provided university reference services, served as an Archives Assistant for the National Council of Teachers of English and the Ad Council, and worked in the Records and Information Management office. She is particularly passionate about providing equitable access in archives and seeking to collect and preserve records of underrepresented communities. In her free time, Taylor enjoys embroidery, playing with her cats, and spending time with her husband and baby girl. 

Conference Coordinator (2022-2023)

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Members-at-Large (two positions, 2022-2025)

Mark Prindiville

Mark Prindiville has been the Diocesan Archivist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw for the last year and a half and until recently, has served as a member of the Nominating Committee for the Michigan Archival Association. Mark has an MLIS and Archival Administration Certification from Wayne State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science and Master of Art in History from Central Michigan University. Mark has previously worked for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Hoover Institution Library & Archive, the Flat Rock Public Library, and the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor & Urban Affairs.

Sarah Lebovitz

Sarah Lebovitz is the Service Employees International Union Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs. As one of many labor union archivists at the Reuther, she handles collection development, fieldwork, processing, reference, donor relations, and archival outreach on behalf of SEIU and its collections at the Reuther. She received her Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and studied anthropology and religion in her undergraduate.

We look forward to seeing you in Grand Rapids! 

MAA 2022 Nominating Committee

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Meet the Candidates!

Vice President/President-Elect (2022-2026)

Taylor Henning

Taylor Henning is the University Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University. She has a MS/LIS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a MA in German Studies from Florida State University, and a BA in German and International Affairs from Florida State University. Before coming to Wayne State, Taylor worked at the University of Illinois Archives where she provided university reference services, served as an Archives Assistant for the National Council of Teachers of English and the Ad Council, and worked in the Records and Information Management office. She is particularly passionate about providing equitable access in archives and seeking to collect and preserve records of underrepresented communities. In her free time, Taylor enjoys embroidery, playing with her cats, and spending time with her husband and baby girl. 

Conference Coordinator (2022-2023)

Open

Members-at-Large (two positions, 2022-2025)

Mark Prindiville

Mark Prindiville has been the Diocesan Archivist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw for the last year and a half and until recently, has served as a member of the Nominating Committee for the Michigan Archival Association. Mark has an MLIS and Archival Administration Certification from Wayne State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science and Master of Art in History from Central Michigan University. Mark has previously worked for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Hoover Institution Library & Archive, the Flat Rock Public Library, and the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor & Urban Affairs.

Sarah Lebovitz

Sarah Lebovitz is the Service Employees International Union Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs. As one of many labor union archivists at the Reuther, she handles collection development, fieldwork, processing, reference, donor relations, and archival outreach on behalf of SEIU and its collections at the Reuther. She received her Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and studied anthropology and religion in her undergraduate.

We look forward to seeing you in Grand Rapids! 

MAA 2022 Nominating Committee

2022 MAA Annual Meeting: Early Bird Price and Hotel Room Discount Ends in Two Days!

Please note that the early bird price goes away in two days, as does the hotel room discount!

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We hope you are able to join us on the banks of the Grand River at the Downtown Courtyard by Marriott in Grand Rapids for our Annual Meeting June 16-17, 2022!

This year’s meeting will be held in the middle of the energetic Grand Rapids scene, surrounded by dozens of the city’s best restaurants and other attractions such as the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Civic Theater, and the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum. Make sure to bring your adventuring spirit and enjoy exploring downtown!

In addition to an impressive list of sessions, conference highlights include a reception at the Marriott, and tours of Grand Rapids City Archives and Records Center, Riverfront History Walking Tour, and options for self-guided tours!

An impressive list of informational and educational programs includes such topics as social justice history in organizational records, outreach, reparative cataloging, digital preservation, architectural collections, records of crime, and an audiovisual media mini workshop. In addition, our keynote speaker Joel Westphal Deputy Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum, will speak on lessons learned from capturing, managing and archiving the largest digital collection of war records in our nation’s history.

For complete details, please visit https://maa43.wildapricot.org/event-4796903
Best regards,
Michigan Archival Association

Open Entry Photo Contest

Do You Like to Take Photos?

Enter the Open Entry Editors Photo Contest for MAA’s Grand Rapids Annual Meeting!

We’re looking for:
Portraits/Group Portraits of Speakers, Panelists & Attendees
Photos of Activities — Luncheons, Tours, Coffee Breaks, Poster Session, Silent Auction, & etc.
Photos of places & things in Grand Rapids

Win Prizes* 
 1st Place  — $75.00 Visa Gift Card
 2nd Place — $50.00 Visa Gift Card
 3rd Place  — $25.00 Visa Gift Card

Use your cell phone or camera!

We’d prefer image files of 1MB or larger, but judging will be based on the image content, not the file size.

We’ll credit all photos with the photographer’s name.

By submitting photos to OpenEntry.Editors@gmail.com, you agree to give Open Entry Editors permission to use your photos.

_{* Prizes sponsored by Cynthia Read Miller}  

Annual Meeting

In 2022, the 62nd Michigan Archival Association Annual Meeting will be held in Grand Rapids on June 16-17, 2022. You can find out more by visiting the 2022 Annual Meeting page, and by subscribing to our blog to stay up to date with information on sessions, tours and the meeting program.

Visiting Archivist Position

The Archives of Michigan is hiring a Visiting Archivist (Historian 9-P11) for the Save Michigan History program which began in 2016 through a partnership with the Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board (MSHRAB), the Archives of Michigan, and National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).  The Visiting Archivist position is a limited term position 30 hours/week with full benefits. The position is based in Lansing, Michigan at the Michigan History Center and requires some travel to historical repositories across the state. For more information, please see the Visiting Archivist Job Posting and Job Description (PDF). Accepting applications until 05/12/2022.

Save Michigan History!

Posted on behalf of the Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board (MSHRAB) and the Archives of Michigan

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The Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board (MSHRAB) and the Archives of Michigan are accepting applications for the 2022 Save Michigan History Program. This year’s program includes individualized consultation with a Visiting Archivist and up to $2500 in project funding for the care, management, and access to archival collections at your institution. Learn more about this exciting opportunity at mshrab.org!  The deadline to apply is May 21, 2022.

DEI Support Fund: Call For Applications!

The DEI support committee is pleased to announce our first call for applications! As a reminder,  the DEI support fund is dedicated to fulfilling our mission to “foster a collaborative and inclusive professional network” by supporting DEI initiatives, projects, and programs in Michigan archives, libraries, and museums. The current award is $500.

If you know of an organization, project, workshop or other opportunity that would benefit from some additional financial help, we’d like to encourage you to apply at this link here.

The deadline is April 4, 2022!

2022 MAA Call for Proposals

The Michigan Archival Association (MAA) Program Committee is currently seeking session proposals for the 2022 conference on Thursday, June 16 through Friday, June 17, 2022 at the Downtown Courtyard Marriott in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Possible session topics include, but are not limited to:

• All things digital (access, preservation, new technologies, etc.)
• Archivists in non-traditional settings (e.g., private archives, consultants, corporate)
• Career planning/advice
• Cataloging and metadata
• Collections management
• Conservation
• Donor relations/cultivation
• Exhibits on a budget
• Fostering a diverse and inclusive profession
• Fundraising and grant writing
• Invisible labor
• Processing
• Promoting collections
• Records Management
• Reference
• Repository round-up (short updates on projects presented at past conferences)
• Web archiving, preserving social media

Please consider using the MAA 2022 Session Proposal Collaboration spreadsheet to find others interested in your topic. 

To submit a proposal, please complete the MAA 2022 Annual Meeting Session Proposal form.  Proposals are due by December 10, 2021.

There will be a separate call for poster session proposals in early 2020.

Thank you and please feel free to spread the word … and volunteer others!  We are happy to contact people to fill in our program, so if you know someone working on an interesting project, please let us know.  You do not have to be an MAA member to present at the meeting. 

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

MAA Program Committee

Elizabeth Nicholson, Chair

Elisa Landaverde