About the Archival Profession

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Interested in joining the archives profession or just curious to learn more about what archivists do? Take a look at So You Want to Be an Archivist from the Society of American Archivists.

Related Organizations

Midwest Archives Conference

The Midwest Archives Conference is the nation's largest regional professional association for archivists. Founded in 1972, MAC now has approximately 1,000 individual members. MAC's 177 institutional members include a variety of corporate, government, religious, and university archives, as well as historical societies and other manuscripts repositories and special collections. The MAC region is the thirteen heartland states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. However, MAC has individual and institutional members from over 30 other states and five other nations, and more are always welcome.

Society of American Archivists

Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America's oldest and largest national archival professional association. SAA's mission is to serve the educational and informational needs of more than 5,500 individual and institutional members and to provide leadership to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of records of historical value.

Interested in finding more related organizations? Check out the Society of American Archivists directories of Associated Organizations & Associations.

Preservation and Conservation Resources

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