Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for the South Carolina Archival Association Awards.
You do not have to be a member of SCAA to receive the award. All winners will receive a free year of membership, if they are not already members.
The awards are:
- South Carolina Archivist of the Year: Awarded in recognition of extensive years of exceptional service to the profession, particularly in South Carolina, and forwarding the mission and goals of SCAA.
- Career Achievement Award: In recognition of an extensive body of work on the preservation of historical materials about South Carolina and of service to promoting their use, and generally awarded upon retirement, relocation from South Carolina and similar events.
- Emerging Leader Award: Awarded to an early career professional who has completed archival work of broad merit, demonstrated significant promise of leadership, and/or performed commendable service to the archives profession in South Carolina. Nominees must have no more than three years of experience in the profession.
- Program Innovation Award: Awarded to professionals who, based on criteria such as, but not limited to: Creating a viable archives where none existed; publishing materials that benefit archives or archivists; establishing successful new programs such as access to collections on the web or working with community groups to promote archives. Successful efforts should be South Carolina-based.
- Friend of the Archives Award: To an individual or organization which promotes, advocates, and/or defends archives and archival programs in South Carolina.
To nominate yourself or a colleague, please fill out this form.
Our website is here: https://scarchivists.org/index.php/awards
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kristen Welch at vicepresident@scarchivists.org.
Awards will be given at the SNCA/SCAA joint conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, scheduled for May 28-29 at UNC-Charlotte. For more information, please visit: https://scarchivists.org/index.php
Please feel free to share this call widely! Thank you!
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Kristen Welch
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Moore SC
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