Archivists of the Houston Area! (AHA!) is the premiere archivists organization of Southeast Texas. AHA! strives to bring archivists and all who work with records together, providing opportunities for professional development and promoting archival repositories and activities throughout the Greater Houston and Southeast Texas area.
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- Event: Spring Members MeetingWe invite all AHA! members and friends to attend our spring members meeting next Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. CDT. AHA! board members will share updates on ongoing initiatives and upcoming programming. AHA! members will also have the opportunity to vote in a special election for a new AHA! Vice President. Finally, we… Read more: Event: Spring Members Meeting
- Job Posting: Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, McGovern Historical Center
The TMC Library, McGovern Historical Center seeks a creative, well-organized, and self-motivated Archivist and Special Collections Librarian with demonstrated knowledge in bibliographic cataloging and archival processing. Reporting to the Head of the McGovern Historical Center, the position will manage the McGovern Rare Book Collection on the History of Medicine Catalog Enhancement Project. The project will… Read more: Job Posting: Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, McGovern Historical Center - Announcement: Old Weird Houston Raffle!
Old Weird Houston is only a week away and we are excited to share that we will be having a raffle! Donate $5 or more and get an AHA! Zine plus a FREE raffle entry! Raffle prizes include: a $100 Phoenicia Gift Card, an Astros backpack, a MFAH art book, weird cat cards, Cruiser Coffee,… Read more: Announcement: Old Weird Houston Raffle! - Professional Development: SSA Virtual Webinar – Centering Sustainability: A New Model for Digital Stewardship 4/1
EVENT DETAILS: Title: Centering Sustainability: A New Model for Digital Stewardship Presenter: Keith Pendergrass, Digital Archivist at Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School, and co-author of “Toward Environmentally Sustainable Digital Preservation.” Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Time: 10:00am CST Duration Length: 60 minutes Description: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure is the backbone of all our digital stewardship initiatives.… Read more: Professional Development: SSA Virtual Webinar – Centering Sustainability: A New Model for Digital Stewardship 4/1 - Event: UH Center for Public History- Fleshing the Archive a talk by Dr. Maria Cotera 2/25 at 2pm
Join UH’s Center for Public History for Fleshing the Archive: An Intimate Genealogy of Chicana Knowledge Praxis a talk by Dr. Maria Cotera (UT, Austin) on preserving Chicana feminist knowledge of the 1970s and memory work. Where: Student Center South, Space City Room- 4555 University Drive, Houston, Texas 77204 You can register for the event here … Read more: Event: UH Center for Public History- Fleshing the Archive a talk by Dr. Maria Cotera 2/25 at 2pm - Announcement: Old Weird Houston 2026 Musical Headliner
It is officially one month until AHA! gets weird at #OldWeirdHouston! We’re excited to share that Houston’s own Rock Romano will be our headlining musical act! Rock Romano is a multi-hyphenate artist, guitarist, bassist, record producer, and audio engineer. As owner of Red Shack Recording Studio in the Heights, Rock has helped cultivate the Houston… Read more: Announcement: Old Weird Houston 2026 Musical Headliner - Announcement: SAA Workshop- Project Management: Fundamental and Advanced
The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) invites applications for free registration to attend the two-day, in-person workshop Project Management: Fundamental and Advanced from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) on April 13-14. This workshop will be held at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in Austin from 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. each… Read more: Announcement: SAA Workshop- Project Management: Fundamental and Advanced - Professional Opportunity: 2026 BitCurator Forum
The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) invites proposals for the 2026 BitCurator Forum to be held virtually on June 17th, 2026. The 2026 conference theme, Hitting Reset, reflects the challenges and changes of the past several years and the importance of pausing to reflect on our practices before moving forward. This theme invites us to reassess how… Read more: Professional Opportunity: 2026 BitCurator Forum - Event: Athena Press Tour and Lunch 2/28 at 11 AM
We are pleased to invite you to attend a special tour of Rice University to explore the Woodson Research Center’s new “Athena Press” on Saturday, February 28th at 11 AM, followed by a post-tour lunch. Join us for hands-on experiences with typesetting, printmaking, and bookbinding; you’ll see some prints and books that have been made on the press,… Read more: Event: Athena Press Tour and Lunch 2/28 at 11 AM - Event: 2026 NACCS Tejas Foco Annual Conference
The NACCS (The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies) Tejas Foco is a regional conference that attends to community and academic interests around issues that affect Chicanx in the state of Texas. It is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together community leaders, Kl 2 teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and college faculty and staff.… Read more: Event: 2026 NACCS Tejas Foco Annual Conference - Announcement: Old Weird Houston 3/21 from 12:00-5:00 pm
We are excited to invite you to participate in the 3rd iteration of Old, Weird, Houston, a one-of-a-kind local history fair celebrating the people, places, stories, and archives that make Houston so Houston. The event will take place at The Orange Show Headquarters, 2334 Gulf Terminal, on Saturday, March 21, from 12:00 PM to 5:00… Read more: Announcement: Old Weird Houston 3/21 from 12:00-5:00 pm - Reminder: End of Year Potluck and Tour
Please join us for the End of Year Potluck and Tour! We will be hosting our final event of 2025 at the Moore Memorial Public Library. Join us as we tour the historically beautiful library with a potluck afterwards. Bring your Drivers License to get a library card! You are also welcome to bring $10… Read more: Reminder: End of Year Potluck and Tour - Announcement: AHA! Board Position Nominations are Open
AHA folks! Send in your nominations for these open positions! We are now welcoming nominations for the 2026 Board Committee positions – send in nominations for Secretary, Vice President/President Elect, and the Archives Bazaar Steering Committee. Nominate someone you know in AHA, or out of AHA, or even yourself! Just fill out this form. Deadline… Read more: Announcement: AHA! Board Position Nominations are Open - Meeting: End of Year Business Meeting on Zoom
The end of 2025 is just around the corner, but AHA is here to party! 🕺 Join us for our End of the Year meeting to discuss By-Law changes and elected board positions for 2026! We will vote on amendment changes to the By-Laws as well as voting for open positions within the executive board!… Read more: Meeting: End of Year Business Meeting on Zoom - Professional Opportunity: USRA is Seeking Archival Reviewers for AFRL Scholars Professionals
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA), administers the Scholars Professionals (SPs) program for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). They are currently seeking U.S. citizens with Ph.D.s in one of the fields listed below to review applications from individuals with Master’s degrees or Ph.D.s in these fields: • Archival Science or Archival Studies… Read more: Professional Opportunity: USRA is Seeking Archival Reviewers for AFRL Scholars Professionals