The State Partnerships and Outreach Committee (SPOC) is happy to announce that Dylan McDonald, the Political Collections Archivist/Special Collections Librarian at the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections has been awarded funding to support his participation in “Improving the Research Experience: A Workshop for Graduate Students in Western American History” at the Western History Association/Southern Historical Association joint conference in Kansas City, Missouri from October 23-27, 2024. Congratulations Dylan!

If you are interested in funding to help support presenting on archival topics to groups of non-archivists, you can find more information about the SPOC Fund on the SSA website (https://societyofsouthwestarchivists.wildapricot.org/State-Partnerships-Outreach-Fund).