Society of American Archivists

Society of American Archivists
AbbreviationSAA
FormationDecember 1936
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Membership (2021)
6,200+
President
Helen Wong Smith (2023-2024)
Executive Director
Jacqualine Price Osafo
Websitewww2.archivists.org
Current S.A.A. President Helen Wong Smith in July 2023 at the Society of American Archivists and Council of State Archivists Joint Annual Meeting Open House at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

The Society of American Archivists is the oldest and largest archivist association in North America, serving the educational and informational needs of more than 5,000 individual archivist and institutional members. Established in 1936, the organization serves upwards of 6,200 individual and member institutions.[1]

Terry Baxter, former President of the Society of American Archivists ('22–'23) at the Society of American Archivists – Council of State Archivists Joint Annual Meeting Open House at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., July 2023

The society supports its members and the archival profession through strong publication and professional workshop programs and semi-annual meetings. Currently, workshops are given all across the United States and attend to current archival concerns and issues such as Encoded Archival Description, the digitizing of archival materials, and preservation and conservation of materials, among others. The programs it offers include: Online On-Demand Programs, Online Real Time Programs and Face to Face Programs.

  1. ^ "SAA: About SAA".