Thank you for your continued membership and support of the South Carolina Archival Association! We value your input and feedback on the association's activities, communication, goals, and structure. Please take a few minutes to complete this important 2026 Member Survey to help guide the SCAA Officers as we plan programming, events, and future annual conferences. This survey is new and different than the one we sent out last year, so please complete it even if you took the 2025 survey last spring. We appreciate your time and effort, and we hope many of you express an interest in joining a committee to get more involved as we grow the organization. 

Call for Proposals

Many Voices, Stronger Archives: Advocacy through Community

UNC-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | May 28-29, 2026

The Programming Committee encourages you to submit proposals for the SNCA/SCAA Joint 2026 Annual Meeting. This year’s theme, "Many Voices, Stronger Archives: Advocacy through Community" calls us to reflect on the roles and impacts of advocacy and community within the archival profession.

We encourage submissions that address a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:

• • America’s 250th
  • Reflections of past communities
  • Outreach to communities: engagement and partnerships
  • Community-driven projects/exhibits
  • Community among archival professionals
  • Various aspects of advocacy
  • Support for small archives/lone archivists
  • Grant writing
  • Inclusive metadata and description practices
  To submit a proposal, visit the

SNCA/SCAA 2026 Proposal Form

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Proposals are due by February 6, 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Update as of January 30, 2026: Deadline has been extended to Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5:00pm.

Please mark your calendars for our 2025 Annual Business Meeting and Board Member Elections on Friday, October 24 at 11:30am. This meeting will be on Zoom (link in the agenda below) and will last about 45 minutes. We will be giving reports from current board members, announce the upcoming joint SNCA-SCAA Annual Conference in May, and elect several new officers. If you’d like to get more involved, please consider running for one of the open board positions by filling out the nomination form. If you have any question, feel free to email one of the board members.

• Agenda for SCAA Annual Business Meeting on 10/24/25
• 2025/2026 Board Member Nomination Form

Exciting news! In lieu of our usual fall SCAA annual conference, this year we are planning an in-person joint SCAA-SNCA Conference with our colleagues in the Society of North Carolina Archivists. Please mark your calendars for May 28 & 29 at UNC-Charlotte. More information to come, including a call for presentation proposals, registration and hotel information, etc. We are happy for the opportunity to join our neighbors in North Carolina in 2026 to plan an innovative and fun event.

*ALSO* We will be holding a virtual SCAA Annual Meeting this fall to include updates, discussion, and officer elections. Please mark your calendars for Friday, October 24 for this online meeting - time and agenda TBA. We look forward to seeing everyone!

Please reach out to an SCAA Officer if you have any questions!

The South Carolina Archival Association has five available awards that will be awarded at the Annual Meeting:

Through its annual awards program, the South Carolina Archival Association recognizes outstanding individuals in the archival field. Honorees need not be SCAA members, and we recognize current full-time archivists, distinguished retirees, volunteers and others who have done outstanding archival work in South Carolina.

Awards given include:

• South Carolina Archivist of the Year: Awarded to a current SCAA member, in recognition of extensive years of exceptional service to the profession, particularly in South Carolina, and forwarding the mission and goals of SCAA.
• Career Achievement Award: In recognition of an extensive body of work on the preservation of historical materials about South Carolina and of service to promoting their use, and generally awarded upon retirement, relocation from South Carolina and similar events.
• Program Innovation Award: To SCAA members, based on criteria such as, but not limited to: Creating a viable archives where none existed; publishing materials that benefit archives or archivists; establishing successful new programs such as access to collections on the web or working with community groups to promote archives. Successful efforts should be South Carolina-based.
• Friend of the Archives Award: To an individual or organization which promotes, advocates, and/or defends archives and archival programs in South Carolina.
• Brenda Burk President’s Award: To the outgoing SCAA President in recognition of their year of service to our organization and the state.

Submitting Nominations

Please check back in the summer for the call for nominations. For more information, contact Dr. Kristen Welch, Vice President.

• Name of Nominee
• Nominee's institution and contact information
• Name of Nominator
• Nominator's contact information
• Name of Award
• Describe the nominee’s accomplishments and why they are deserving of this award. Please provide examples to help support the nomination.

Thank you for helping us recognized individuals who are supporting and promoting the archival profession!