Brenda S. Banks Educational Workshop Scholarship

The Society of Georgia Archivists is now accepting applications for the 2025 Brenda S. Banks Educational Workshop Scholarship. The application deadline is June 4, 2025.

Starting in 2008, the Society of Georgia Archivists has awarded a scholarship each year for attendance at an SGA-sponsored Spring/Summer Workshop. Past SGA workshops have addressed a variety of themes and issues faced by archivists and archival institutions, including electronic records, exhibits, donor relations, digital collections, diversity, and funding.

This year's Summer workshop will be Community Archives from the Ground up, providing participants with best practices and tools for success in cultivating community archives.

Speaker: James Newberry, Outreach and Special Projects Curator for the Department of Museum, Archives and Rare Books at Kennesaw State University. He previously worked at the National Archives and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.

Description:

This workshop will provide participants with best practices and tools for success in cultivating community archives. From relationship building with project partners, individual donors, and memory keepers to organizing large-scale community scanning days with multiple stakeholders, community archival development presents a range of challenges and opportunities. Planning for challenges and maximizing opportunities make collections work both meaningful and useful to your archive, exhibit project, or program. Expect to engage with fellow participants, share experiences, and take home a toolkit for current and future projects.

Cost:

Members: $15

Non-members: $20

Students / Retirees / Unemployed: $10

**Register for the workshop by June 6th, for a free parking pass** 

For more information: https://soga.org/spring-workshop

Scholarship parameters: The registration fee for the desired workshop will be waived by the Society of Georgia Archivists for the successful scholarship applicant. Additionally, the recipient of the scholarship will also receive a $100 credit to apply to a Society of American Archivists (SAA) class or purchase in the SAA bookstore. Please note that the scholarship winner is responsible for submitting their workshop registration form by the registration deadline. After the workshop, the recipient will submit a brief article on the experience for use in the SGA Newsletter.

Eligibility

Individuals eligible to compete for the scholarship are those engaged in compensated or volunteer archival work at any level in an institution in the state of Georgia, SGA members employed outside the state of Georgia, graduate students preparing for a career in archives at a college or university in Georgia, or SGA student members studying outside the state of Georgia. Preference will be given to applicants who do not have access to institutional support for attending the SGA Spring/Summer Workshop. Individuals may apply or be nominated by a supervisor or instructor.

To Apply

To apply for the Brenda S. Banks Educational Workshop Scholarship, please complete the online application and submit your cover letter and CV or resume to scholarships@soga.org by June 4, 2025.

For more information or if you have any questions (or experience any difficulty with the online form) please contact: scholarships@soga.org