Archivists of the Houston Area would like to recognize JoAnn Pospisil, Archives Director at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), for being named BCM’s Educational Leader award winner. Congratulations, JoAnn, and thank you for your service to BCM and the Houston archives community!

The application period for the 2013 Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award is now open!

The Pinkett Award was established in 1993 and recognizes and acknowledges minority graduate students,
such as those of African, Asian, Latino or Native American descent, who, through scholastic and personal
achievement, manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of the Society of
American Archivists. The recipients of the award will receive full complimentary registration to the SAA
Annual Meeting and related expenses for hotel and travel for attending the SAA Annual Meeting in New
Orleans, Louisiana in August 2013. In addition, each recipient receives a complimentary one-year
membership in SAA.

Eligibility
The Pinkett Award is awarded to minority students, with preference given to full-time students possessing a
minimum scholastic grade point average of 3.5 while enrolled in a graduate program focusing on archival
management during the academic year proceeding the date on which the award is given.

Details and Application
http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-pinkett

Deadline
February 28, 2013

The Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award Subcommittee of the Society of American Archivists seeks nominations for the 2013 award.

This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increased public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Archives may include photographs, films, and visual archives. Publication may be in hard copy, microfilm, digital, or other circulating medium.

Recent winners include:

• 2012: Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
• 2011: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries March On Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project Team
• 2010: The Giza Archives Project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 2009: Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections of the University of Toledo’s “From Institution to Independence”
• 2008: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the CBC Digital Archives (Les Archives de Radio-Canada)

Eligibility:
Individual archivists and editors, groups of individuals, organizations.

Application Deadline:
All nominations shall be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 28, 2013.

For more information on SAA awards and the nominations process, please go to http://www.archivists.org/recognition/index.asp .

The Society of American Archivists Spotlight Award Subcommittee invites nominations for the 2013 Spotlight Award.  This award “recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition.”  Nominees do not have to be members of SAA.  Please share this message as you think appropriate.  I hope you will consider recognizing a colleague (or yourself!) in this way.  Additional information about the criteria and process is found below.

Spotlight Award

Purpose and Criteria for Selection: Established in 2005, this award recognizes the contributions of individuals who work for the good of the archives profession and of archival collections, and whose work would not typically receive public recognition. The nominee(s) should have achieved distinction in one or more of the following ways:

*   Participating in special projects.
*   Exhibiting tireless committee or advocacy work.
*   Responding effectively to an unforeseen or pressing need or emergency.
*   Contributing innovative or creative ideas to the profession.
*   Performing extraordinary volunteerism.
*   Quietly but effectively promoting the profession.

Eligibility:  Awarded to an individual archivist or a group of up to five archivists who have collaborated on a project. Preference is given to archivists working in smaller repositories, especially those without institutional support for professional activities.

Nomination Requirements:  A completed nomination form, downloadable at http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Spotlight-Award-Form.rtf.

Sponsor and Funding:  The Society of American Archivists Foundation.

Prize:  A certificate and complimentary registration (for up to five individuals) to the SAA Annual Meeting occurring in the year in which the award is presented.

Submission Deadline and Nomination Form:  Deadline: February 28, 2013.  Please complete the nomination form (http://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Spotlight-Award-Form.rtf) and email it along with any applicable supporting documentation toawards@archivists.org with the subject line “Spotlight Award.”   Attachments should not exceed 5MB.

Alternately, nominations may be mailed.  Materials must be postmarked by February 28, 2013, and should be sent to:

Spotlight Award Committee
Society of American Archivists
17 North State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, IL 60602-4061

Please contact Tara Laver, Chair, Spotlight Award Subcommittee with any questions:
tzachar@lsu.edu or 225-578-6546

Please visit http://www2.archivists.org/recognition for a list and explanation of all of the awards offered by SAA.  The above information and a list of past recipients is available  at http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-spotlight.