Not to be discouraging but you guys know what happened to the last INCA
group, right?

;-)

 

 

Sharon A. Pullen, C.A.
Archivist
Office of the County Clerk
Historic Documents Library
310 Center Drive
Riverhead, NY 11901-3392
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Phone: (631) 852-2000 extn. 700
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From: Susan Hamson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CA Exam

 

I LOVE it: the Institute of Non-Certified Archivists it is!  We're INCA's!!
:-D 

After a few rounds of drinks in Chicago we'll come up with a secret
handshake . . . 



Susan G. Hamson, HSD, BA, MA, NCA, Inc.
University Archivist | Columbia University Archives
535 West 116th Street, MC 4316 | Low Memorial Library 
New York, NY 10027 | Voice: 212.854.1331 | Fax: 212.854.7320



Chuck Hill wrote: 

Susan, 

Count me in. 

I also propose that we discuss the formation of INCA (The Institute of
Non-Certified Archivists) to meet before each SAA annual conference.  We can
work out the details at the first meeting. 

I'm glad to see this less vitriolic discussion of certification. 

I was at the Atlanta meeting when discussion of certification was cut-off,
and have a had a bad feeling about it ever since.  I was given to understand
at that meeting that certification would not be used as a criteria for
employment.  However, over the years, I have seen more and more job postings
with the caveat "certification preferred" or "Certified archivist preferred"
or "if not certified, must be willing to obtain certification as Archivist."


As a University Archivist, with more than 20 years of experience, I would
automatically be excluded from many positions because I would be unwilling
to obtain certification.  SAA should put a lid on this.  No job ad should be
placed in the SAA archival outlook with a CA requirement or preference. 

chuck hill, NCA 
University Archivist 
Eastern Kentucky University 

----Original Message Follows---- 
From: Susan Hamson  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> 

"...I'm posting an invite before next year's meeting and we can all meet up
for a drink and revel in our professional rebellion!!" 



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