SGA Annual Meeting 2025
Please share widely! Contact program@soga.org with any questions. The Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Meeting Program Committee proudly presents the theme for the 2025 annual meeting: Archivists “Macon” It Happen: Back to Basics. The Committee invites you to attend the meeting, to be held at Middle Georgia State University in Macon, Georgia on Thursday, October 2, 2025. |
Squeakers, the Willet Memorial Library Cat-in-residence, 2006. Image courtesy of Wesleyan College Archives |
A cat climbing stairs on the campus of Macon Junior College, 1975. Image courtesy of Middle Georgia State University Archives & Special Collections. |
Your SGA Local Arrangements Committee is excited to announce that registration for SGA Annual Meeting 2025, "Archivists 'Macon' it Happen: Back to Basics" is now live. Visit the registration page now to reserve your spot!
Middle Georgia State University - Macon Campus
Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Conference Center
Thursday, October 2, 2025
8:00 AM until 5:00 PM
We are excited to host a day full of presentations, working groups, skills labs, and demonstrations on a broad spectrum of archival work as we take it back to the basics.
- This year's format is a little different; the keynote will be offered remotely at no cost at 11:00 am October 1, 2025. Please be sure to register separately for Zoom access to the keynote session with Invisible Histories co-founders, Joshua Burford and Maigen Sullivan, PhD.
- Then join us IN PERSON at the Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Conference Center in Macon, Georgia on October 2, 2025 for a FULL day of sessions! A continental breakfast, snacks, and a full lunch will be provided. More information to come.
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There are a variety of hotels in the area if you are planning to stay in Macon either Wednesday or Thursday evening.
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If you have questions or need more information, please email localarrangements@soga.org
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The Early Bird window for registration will close on September 4, 2025. The regular registration window will close September 24, 2025. Late registration is available until October 2, 2025.
Cancellations are to be refunded as follows:
Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the event will be refunded 100% of the registration fees.
Registrations cancelled less than 60 but more than 30 days before the event will be refunded 50% of the registration fees.
Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the event will not be eligible for a refund.
Below is a tentative schedule:
| Time | Concurrent session 1 | Concurrent session 2 | Concurrent session 3 |
| 8:40 - 8:50 | Welcoming remarks - in PSC 211 - Banquet Hall | ||
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Working/Interest groups | Working/Interest groups | Working/Interest groups |
| 10:00 - 10:50 | AV Format Identification for Archivists: A Workshop | Every Rule Has an Exception: Making Them Count in Archival Collection Development Policies | More Than Luck: Newton County 4-H Archives and Oxford College Community Partnership From the Skies We Conquer: Cataloging the 483rd Bombardment Group Collection |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Preserving Design: Archiving Architectural Drawings: A Workshop | Sign, Seal, Ship, Share: The Journey to Expand Access to HBCU Collections Collabing with Indigenous Institutions: Helpful Hints for Being an Everyday Ally |
Grant Writing for Beginners: A Workshop |
| 11:50 - 1:30 | Lunch/Vendors/Posters | Lunch/Vendors/Posters | Lunch/Vendors/Posters |
| 1:30 - 2:20 | Curating Effective Exhibits with Archives and Special Collections: A Workshop | Trial and Error in a Student Volunteer Program Building the Pipeline: How to Develop a Practical and Scalable Archival Processing Internship |
Preserving Church Records Together: A Sustainable Model |
| 2:20 - 2:35 | Break/Posters | Break/Posters | Break/Posters |
| 2:35 - 3:25 | Copyright more like CopyWrong: A quick intro into issues with copyright: A Workshop | Bare Minimum Born-Digital: A Workshop | Unexpected Encounters: Using Outreach Events to Enhance Collections and Engage the Community |
| 3:25 - 3:40 | Break/Posters | Break/Posters | Break/Posters |
| 3:40 - 4:30 | Practice Makes Perfect: Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise | Got the Gall…: A Workshop | Developing Peach Preserves, the Georgia Archives Podcast: From Concept to Creation |
For more information about the 2025 Annual Meeting, contact a member of the planning team:
- Brittany Newberry, (program@soga.org)
2025 Program Committee Chair - Ashley Shull, (localarrangements@soga.org)
2025 Local Arrangements Committee Chair