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08/18/2025

Join the Houston History Research Center (HHRC) for a day of storytelling, reflection, and community dialogue in support of Al Otro Lado, featuring a panel, exhibit tours, and a screening of Change the Subject.

08/16/2025

AHA's September Social will be at POST Houston Friday 9/26 at 8PM on the Skylawn (rooftop)!

Join us for conversation, food/drink from the dining hall if you choose, and a fabulous view of the Houston skyline! All are welcome!

POST Houston 401 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77201

There is parking onsite. The first 20 minutes are free, then $5 an hour.
Please fill out the optional RSVP linked in the Discord and Listserv announcements

(Last year we had a 7PM start time, but nobody showed up until 8, so we're pushing it back a bit. No pressure to drink or buy anything from the dining hall if you don't feel like it)

Note: that you cannot bring any alcoholic beverages purchased downstairs to the Skylawn, if you want, you can purchase alcoholic beverages on the Skylawn once you are up there. 713 Music Hall is at the same location, so this sometimes impacts parking in the Main Lot (entrances E and D), the SW Lot off Franklin and Bagby might be easier (entrances B and C).

08/02/2025

AHA is hosting an expert panel on AI Literacy in GLAM on August 7th Noon-2PM over Zoom featuring:

Rachel Antell, Co-Founder of Sub-Basement Archival and Co-Founder of the Archival Producers Alliance (APA) – Rachel and her team at APA have been developing resources for archivists and documentary film makers to use when navigating AI issues.

Jessica Herczeg-Konecny, Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management at The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Jessica was part of the team that recently finished a comprehensive AI policy for The Met, one of the first policies of this kind.

Robert E. Nañes, Archivist, University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives and Special Collections – Robert has been integrating AI into archival practices for the last few years, he has recently presented and been published on this topic.

07/22/2025

We at the Archivists of the Houston Area (AHA!) created a new committee last year, the AHA! Zine Committee. This committee was formed to help establish an archival-focused zine for the AHA! community. The AHA! Zine is an archival-focused zine that will allow our community to share and showcase things from their archival work and projects, helping to generate interest and engage people with archives as a whole. Our mission with this zine is to provide our readers with a curated insight into the world of archives, libraries, and information repositories in the greater Houston area. This zine is intended to give our community a chance to “publish” their research/art/writing in a less formal manner - perhaps leading our contributors to more scholarly publishing opportunities in the future.

We are looking for content submissions from anyone who has an interest in contributing. Additionally, you do not have to be a member of AHA! to contribute to the zine [but please consider joining AHA!], you just need to have content that is at least somewhat related to archives, libraries, and information repositories. Our committee will review submissions and do our best to include as many contributions as possible.

The theme we are working with for our first issue is COMMUNITY. We intentionally chose a very broad category as a way to include everyone’s submissions. AHA! as a community represents a group of people who share a common interest in promoting visibility and access to archival and information repositories in the greater Houston area.

We are accepting content submissions in two ways -
The first way is via our Google Form - this is reserved for simple textual and submissions with a few images included. From there, the AHA! Zine Committee will format your submission into the zine.
The second way is for contributors to make their own 5.5” X 8.5” zine page for the zine. These files can be submitted via email at [email protected] with your attachment included as a .tiff, .jpg or .png file. Use 'AHA! Zine Community' in your email subject line.
Submit contributions via Google Form and/or email to [email protected] by November 30, 2025.

07/21/2025

Job opening below

Title: Processing Archivist
Status: Part-Time
Location: Houston, TX
University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives & Special Collections

Reporting to the Associate Director of the UHCL Archives and Special Collections, the Part-Time Processing Archivist will assist in processing archival collections, and conducting reference work and filling duplication requests for archival materials. This position is planned to work for 18 hours per week for 6 months (with possibility of renewal pending funding).

Deadline for applications August 8, 2025

07/19/2025

Know an archivist, advocate or program that should be recognized?

Nominations are now being accepted through August 1 for the 2025 THRAB archival awards. THRAB grants awards in the categories of excellence, advocacy, and distinguished service.

Awards announced in October for Texas Archives Month.

Learn more here: www.tsl.texas.gov/archivalaward

07/08/2025

Please join us for the AHA! [VIRTUAL] Summer Meeting tomorrow, July 9th at 12pm. The board will discuss various updates, upcoming programming events, and end with a presentation about basic AI literacy.
We look forward to meeting with you all and hope you are able to join us. The link to access the Zoom call is available via the Listserv and Discord. Thank you.

07/07/2025

Hello!

July 26 @ 2pm AHA is hosting a HYBRID professional development event offices and on Zoom. Please join us for a casual round table to discuss AI in GLAM followed by a guided sandbox activity to familiarize yourself with workplace technological expectations.

See listserv and Discord for RSVP and additional details. Free parking.

06/06/2025

Happy Pride! Join us on June 14th @ 11AM as we tour the UH Libraries LGBTQIA+ History Research Collection. This collection preserves the cultural, social, and political history of Houston’s LGBTQIA+ communities through personal papers, organizational records, publications, and more!
https://libraries.uh.edu/special-collections/lgbt

Address: 2nd floor of MD Anderson Library 4333 University Drive, Houston, TX 77204

Parking: Welcome Center Garage 4400 University Drive, Houston, TX 77204 (main entrance located on Martin Luther King Blvd) 2-hr parking is $8

Post-tour lunch: Bohemeo's - 708 Telephone Rd.

Optional RSVP/carpool signup will be linked in listserv email and discord announcement.
🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍

06/02/2025

Nominations are open for the 2025 THRAB archival awards! THRAB grants awards in the categories of excellence, advocacy, and distinguished service. Know an archivist, advocate, or program that should be recognized? Submit a nomination packet by July 15. Awards announced in October for Texas Archives Month.

Learn more here: www.tsl.texas.gov/archivalaward.

05/27/2025

Commemorate the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth with the Sam Houston Center in Liberty and the exhibit Juneteenth from June 3 through July 1. On Saturday, June 14 at 1:00 p.m., historian Edward T. Cotham Jr. will discuss the history of the holiday and his book, Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration. The Center will also offer a special viewing of historic documents related to local Black history. The exhibit Juneteenth is presented by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

05/26/2025

The University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) Archives and Special Collections is seeking to fill the position for a paid internship for the 2025-2026 school year, working with archival collections documenting human space flight history held within the Archives. This internship is funded through an endowment by the NASA Alumni League, Johnson Space Center Chapter (more can be learned about the program here:

https://blog.uhcl.edu/news/uhcl-nasa-alumni-league-launch-human-space-flight-archive-internship-endowment).

Interested applicants can learn more about the UHCL Archives by exploring this LibGuide research guide on our holdings and operations, and watch a tour video:

https://uhcl.libguides.com/UHCLArchivesandSpecialCollections

Position application deadline is June 9, 2025. For more details about the position:

https://uhcl.libguides.com/UHCLArchivesandSpecialCollections/NALSpHisCollIntern

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