Forward Together: Community Partnerships and Public Service

This May, the SOA Annual meeting will be traveling to Dayton, Ohio! You are invited to join us on Friday, May 12, from 8:30am4pm at the Dayton Metro Library Main Library in downtown Dayton, Ohio for a full day of presentations, networking, and exciting featured speakers. The theme of this year’s meeting is Forward Together: Community Partnerships and Public Service. Also, this year we are going hybrid! If you can’t make it, you’ll be able to attend virtually which will provide you access to two standalone virtual sessions on Thursday, May 11 (also available to in-person attendees) and live streams of select sessions from the May 12 slate. As our first attempt at a hybrid conference this will be a learning opportunity for all of us, so please bear with us if we encounter any unexpected kinks/challenges. For the latest details about the meeting, visit the conference page on the SOA website.

Plenary Speaker

We are excited to announce Rosemary Pleva Flynn as our main keynote speaker for this year’s conference. Ms. Flynn will be discussing what it means to be an archivist, focusing on the intersection of archival work among memory workers, storytellers, community archivists and “traditional” archivists, and the role we all play in preserving culture and knowledge. Additionally, we plan to feature a second speaker, to be announced, to help put the spotlight on the Miami Valley.

Rosemary Pleva Flynn, CA, Principal Librarian and Archivist, is responsible for the management and operation of the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Library and

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Ohio Archivist

Editor-in-Chief

Jessica Heys

Assistant Editors

Jenni Salamon, Digital Discussions

Jessica Heys, News & Notes

Emily Ahlin, Assistant Editor

Michelle Ganz, Assistant Editor

Paige Kinzer, Assistant Editor

Production & Design

Betsy Hedler, Production Editor

Kim Koloski, Graphic Design

Soa Leadership

OFFICERS

President

Amy Rohmiller, 2022–2023

Manager, Education Resources, Medical Library, Kettering Health Dayton

Vice President / President-elect

Melissa Dalton, 2022-2023

Independent Archivist/Public Historian

Secretary

Jen Johnson, 2021-2023

Digitization Consultant and Ohio Digital Network Project Coordinator, State Library of Ohio

Treasurer

Brittany Hayes, 2022-2024

Library Specialist, Archives and Special Collections, The University of Akron

Council Members

Sasha Kim, 2021-2023

University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Denison University

Sule Holder, 2022-2024

Collections & Library Assistant, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

EX–OFFICIO

Past–President

Amy Rohmiller, 2023–2024

Manager, Education Resources, Medical Library, Kettering Health Dayton

Editor, Ohio Archivist

Jessica Heys, 2022-2023

Archives Contractor, Kettering Foundation & Cincinnati Museum Center