Society of Indiana Archivists
Preserving Indiana History
Communities Building Archives2023 Society of Indiana Archivists Annual MeetingMarch 31, 2023 | Indianapolis, IN*Virtual option available*
DLIS Career Networking EventThe Department of Library and Information Science will be hosting a career networking event for its current students and alumni, and Society of Indiana Archivists members are invited to attend! The event will be held at the ICTC Building on the IUPUI campus from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP via this link. Parking is available at the Gateway Parking Garage. The entrance to the parking garage is located at the corner of Blackford Street and North Street. More information on parking and parking rates can be found here. If attending the Indiana State Museum tour, it is possible to walk from the Indiana State Museum parking garage. |
"Early Bird" registration (In-Person or Virtual) due by February 17, 2023 at midnight.
$27.00 SIA Member | $17.00 Students, Retirees, Volunteers
Standard registration due by March 22, 2023 at midnight.
$37.00 SIA Member (In-Person) | $32 (Virtual)
$57.00 Non-Member (In-Person) | $52.00 (Virtual)
$27.00 Students, Retirees, Volunteers (In-Person) | $22.00 (Virtual)
No onsite registration available.
Annual Meeting Program
Please find the meeting schedule, continuing education, and other detailed information in the 2023 SIA Conference Program.
Schedule at a Glance
| 8:30-9:00 am |
Check-In Breakfast items available |
| 9:00 - 9:50 am |
Concurrent Sessions 1A: Uncomfortable History and Challenging Collective Memory in Community Archives 1B: Digital Preservation, Access, Outreach and Engagement within Indiana’s Historical Agencies |
| 10:00 - 11:00 am |
Plenary Dr. Jazma Sutton, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University |
| 11:00 - 11:45 am |
SIA Business Meeting All members are welcome to attend |
| 11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:50 pm |
Concurrent Sessions 2A: Stories of Collaboration from IndyPL's Digital Indy 2B: Managing a Digital Media Backlog: Lessons Learned on Zipping Through Disks |
| 2:00 - 2:50 pm |
Concurrent Sessions 3A: Lessons Learned through Processing Collections: Indiana State Library's Northeast Indiana Diversity Library Collection and IU East Campus Library's Mary Fell Collection 3B: Essential Elements: Weeding |
| 2:50 - 3:15 pm |
Afternoon Break Snacks and drinks |
| 3:15 - 4:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions 4A: Finding Hoosier Jewish History: The Indiana Jewish Preservation Corps 4B: Professional Development: Indiana Archives and Records Administration (IARA) and Indiana State Historic Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) |
Annual Meeting Plenary SpeakerDr. Jazma Sutton, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University
Friday, March 31, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (EST)Dr. Jazma Sutton’s research examines the lived experiences of enslaved, free, and self-liberated Black women who escaped the South and came to and through the rural Black settlements of East Central Indiana before the Civil War. Methodologically, she raises concerns with archives in the rural Midwest and how they make it almost impossible to write traditional histories of 19th century Black women. Her research seeks to ask: what do we do once we’ve read against the grain and the biased grain and we’re still unable to piece together a story of 19th century Black women in the rural Midwest? What histories are we able to write when we move beyond “the archive” and “official record” to descendant communities, their historical knowledge, and their home-based collections and archives? And, finally, once we realize that these women have not been erased, forgotten or hidden, but instead preserved in plain sight, how do we acknowledge the labor of Black women, past and present, that made this possible? This talk will discuss the archival challenges Dr. Sutton encountered recovering the lives and experiences of Black women in antebellum Indiana. It will also explore the method she termed Descendant Archival Practices-- a method that reveals new ways of writing histories of Black women and acknowledges the preservation and memory work of Black women descendants as an alternative to mainstream archives. |
Dr. Jazma Sutton, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University. Photo Courtesy of Dr. Jazma Sutton. |
About the speaker: Dr. Jazma Sutton’s research focuses on the histories of slavery and freedom in the U.S. with a particular interest in African American women’s history and the Midwest. She is currently working on a book project that chronicles Black women’s transition from slavery to freedom in antebellum Indiana and Ohio and the ways in which they expressed their ideas of citizenship through anti-slavery activism, intergenerational memory-keeping, and material culture. RegistrationRegister for the annual meeting by completing the online registration form below after reviewing all information.
Online payment is available or, if you prefer, you may make checks payable to the Society of Indiana Archivists, and mail to:
Virtual Registration
LEUs and ARCsSIA is on the Indiana State Library's (ISL) list of approved training providers for continuing education for library professionals and earning LEUs (Library Education Units). Please visit the ISL website for more information on reporting LEUs: Indiana State Library. For information on earning ARCs (Archival Recertification Credits) for the Academy of Certified Archivists recertification, please visit the ACA website: Academy of Certified Archivists. Please contact Evan Miller at millere[at]wabash[dot]edu with any questions. |
Parking and TravelThe Annual Meeting will be held at the ICTC Building on the IUPUI campus, which is the home of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. The ICTC Building is located at the corner of Michigan Street and West Street, and the main entrance is off of Michigan Street. Address: 535 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Parking is available at the Gateway Parking Garage. The entrance to the parking garage is located at the corner of Blackford Street and North Street. More information on parking and parking rates can be found here. Parking Address: 525 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Parking Vouchers Available: For Friday, parking vouchers will be available at the registration table when attendees check in. For Thursday’s networking event, the vouchers will be available when entering the event. |
Homewood Suites by Hilton Indianapolis Canal IUPUI 414 West Vermont Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-677-7001 0.2 miles away (5-minute walk) | Map | Residence Inn by Marriott Indianapolis Downtown on the Canal 350 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-822-0840 .5 miles away (9-minute walk) | Map |
Scholarships
In 2023, two scholarships will be awarded for the Society of Indiana Archivists Annual Meeting, held on March 31, 2023. Both scholarships will receive a complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting and $75 to cover the expenses associated with attending. The two scholarships are the Thomas Krasean Student Scholarship and the John Newman Professional Development Scholarship.
Thomas Krasean Student Scholarship
Graduate students enrolled in a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program, Master of Arts (MA) in History or Museum Studies program, or a related graduate program, and new professionals (up to five years of post-graduate work experience) are encouraged to apply.
John Newman Professional Development Scholarship
Anyone in the field of special collections and archives in the state of Indiana is eligible to apply for this scholarship. New employees and volunteers are especially encouraged to apply as well as applicants with limited professional development opportunities available through their institution.
Application Information
Deadline: March 17, 2023 (2 weeks prior)
Submission: Submit a statement of interest stating why you want to attend the annual meeting and how it will benefit you. Include in your statement a brief outline of your archival education and any work history, along with a description of your long-term professional goals. Please include your contact information (name, mailing address, phone, and e-mail) as well as contact information for your institution or employer. Statements should be no more than 200-400 words.
Please submit the information stated above via email to Sean Eisele at seisele[at]vigo[dot]lib[dot]in[dot]us. The award recipients will be shared with all applicants via email and announced through the SIA listserv prior to the meeting. Upon accepting the award, the recipient must submit a headshot along with a reflection of the annual meeting for SIA publication.
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