E2 Annual 2021: SAA RAO Exhibits and Events Committee Virtual Annual Meeting
Monday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 10, 2021

2-4 p.m. EST | 1-3 p.m. CST | 12-2 p.m. MST | 11-2 p.m. PST  (both days)

The SAA RAO Section’s Exhibits and Events Standing Committee (E2) will host our 4th annual meeting virtually this year from 2-4 p.m. EST  Monday, August 9, 2021 and Tuesday, August 10, 2021. The meeting will include a virtual gallery tour and talk from the University of Pittsburgh, a demo on Scalar as an online exhibition platform, an overview and discussion with the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries staff behind What We Don’t Have, as well as planning for the E2 committee’s activities for the year ahead. 

Who Should Attend: 

• Anyone who is involved with creating exhibits and events in archives or special collections.  
• Anyone who manages exhibits and events programs in a special collections or archives. 
• Anyone who has an interest in exhibits and events in archival or special collections settings.

How to Register:

Attendance is free and open to all, but space is limited so please register by Wednesday, August 4, 2021: https://forms.gle/QkmDVP92CaMf5HSDA

Questions: Contact E2 Chair Holly Robertson (holly@virginia.edu)

E2 Annual 2021: Virtual Meeting Schedule
Session I: Monday, August 9, 2021

2-4 p.m. EST/ 1-3 p.m. CST/ 12-2 p.m. MST/ 11-2 p.m. PST 
Session I  

• 2-2:20  Welcome and E2 Business 
• • Entry survey: What are you looking forward to in 2021/2022?
  • Recap E2 in 2020/2021
  • Welcome Carlyn! New E2 Chair
  • E2 upcoming elections / roles
  • Committee Report out: Resource Bank
• 2:30-3:00 Virtual gallery visit  with Megan Massanelli, University of Pittsburgh
• 3-3:10 p.m. Break
• 3:10-3:45  Scalar Demo and Q&A: Michael Andrec at the Ukrainian History and Education Center 
• 3:45-4 p.m. More E2 Business
• • Preview of next day’s session
  • Survey question wrap-up

Session II: Tuesday, August 10, 2021

2-4 p.m. EST/ 1-3 p.m. CST/ 12-2 p.m. MST/ 11-2 p.m. PST

• 2-2:05 p.m. Welcome
• 2:05-2:55 p.m. What We Don’t Have: Confronting the Absence of Diversity in the University Archives
  An overview and discussion with Carnegie Mellon University Libraries staff behind the online exhibition 
• 2:55-3:00 p.m. Break
• 3:00-3:45 p.m. E2 Visioning and Planning for 2021/2022 
• • E2 Committees: which groups are working, which need re-thinking
  • Reviewing our 2020 E2 Poll results, Getting through 2021, Planning for 2022