Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials SALALM Scholarship
The Seminar on Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials is offering a scholarship to a Master’s degree candidate in an archival or library and information studies accredited program. For more information on the eligibility requirements and application information, visit the SALALM website.
Applications are due March 15, 2014 and the award will be announced on April 15, 2014.
By Tamar Zeffren, GSAS ’09
Peter Wosh accepting his “Award for Archival Achievement”
Over 80 archivists, from students to emeriti, thronged the halls of the New York Junior League on Thursday evening, October 10, to celebrate the 2013 Archivists Round Table Awards Ceremony. This event, which has customarily served as the capstone of A.R.T’s New York Archives Week, was imbued with a special resonance this year, as Archives Week celebrated its 25th anniversary. Fittingly for a profession devoted to showcasing the enduring relevance of the past for the present and the future, the Awards Ceremony showcased the original planning members of the first New York Archives Week in 1989, an esteemed cast which included the evening’s host, Barbara Haws, Archivist and Historian at the New York Philharmonic.
The first recipient of the evening was none other than Dr. Peter Wosh, who accepted the “Award for Archival Achievement” in his capacity as Director of the Archives and Public History Program at New York University. Kathleen Roe, Director of Operations at the New York State Archive, highlighted Dr. Wosh’s enduring commitment to the profession, both as a highly esteemed colleague with extensive service in professional organizations such as A.R.T. and the Society of American Archivists and as a dedicated professor and mentor to generations of NYU students. Both Dr. Wosh and Ms. Roe emphasized the centrality of colleagues and of acknowledging those who have served as colleagues and mentors throughout any professional trajectory. Having had the invaluable benefit, along with numerous other archivists, of Dr. Wosh’s wisdom, guidance, and patience, it was a true pleasure to mark the well-deserved nature of his award.
The ceremony continued on by acknowledging a diverse range of repositories and professional resources. The New York Archives Conference received the “Award for Outstanding Support of Archives” for its ongoing dedication to providing affordable professional development for archives and information management professionals throughout New York State. Rhizome for ArtBase, an online enterprise dedicated to providing free and permanent access to new media art and to enabling researchers to analyze, observe, and interact with the art objects in their intended format(s), environments, and media, received the “Award for Innovative Use of Archives.”
The final award of the evening, which recognizes “Educational Use of Archives,” went to the Brooklyn Historical Society for its Students and Faculty in the Archives (SAFA) program. SAFA, now in the second year of a three-year, US Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education grant, partners with three neighboring educational institutions in Brooklyn—Long Island University, New York City College of Technology, and St. Francis College—to invite students and faculty from a range of disciplines into the archives to allow them to hone their archival research, critical thinking, and information management skills.
Professor Peter Wosh, director of NYU’s Archives and Public History program, received the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) 2013 Council Exemplary Service Award. This award recognizes his contribution to the Society as the SAA Publications Editor from February 2007 to February 2013. Professor Wosh received the award on August 15, 2013 at the SAA and Council of State Archivists Joint Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
Wosh’s many accomplishments during his tenure as the SAA Publications Editor highlight why he deserves this award. The Society of American Archivists published twenty books during the six years Professor Wosh served as SAA Publications Editor. Wosh also enabled the SAA to launch the new series Trends in Archives Practice following its research and development phase. Professor Wosh also worked with Brigham Young University to publish The Interactive Archivist and with the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan to publish Campus Case Studies series.
As the Society of American Archivists’ news release announced, the Council stated that Peter Wosh “served as an enthusiastic ambassador for the SAA publishing program at regional and national conferences.” Wosh’s own publications, including writing Waldo Gifford Leland and the Origins of the American Archival Profession and editing Public Relations and Marketing for Archives, further attest to his contributions to both the Society of American Archivists and the larger archival profession.
Congratulations Professor Wosh!
SAA President Jackie Dooley with Peter Wosh
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