This summer, SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context)—a cooperative platform that helps researchers and archivists discover relationships between people, families, organizations, and archival holdings across repositories—will host another series of its SNACSchool to introduce how to use SNAC.

As part of this series, SNAC will host SNAC Research and Reference on July 8 from 1:00–3:00 PM (Eastern Time). This course is intended for those wanting to learn how to use SNAC for conducting their own research, or those who provide reference and want to up their game! Attendees will get an overview of SNAC’s website and search functions and will learn how it can help them with their archival research goals.

The courses offered this Summer/Fall semester will culminate in a live presentation in October through eLabs about how SNAC developed its training program. The courses also lead up to SNAC’s Fall Edit-a-thon, which will be centered around SNAC’s merging function, on November 12! SNAC’s full roster of classes and some additional information are below.

About SNACSchool

SNACSchool is our educational training arm which centers around 4 core courses that we offer in the Winter/Spring and Summer/Fall terms. The courses include our Research and Reference, Create and Edit, Train the Trainer and Tech Workshop module. Learn more at portal.snaccooperative.org/snacschool!

SNACSchool Summer 2026 Schedule

July 8 – Research and Reference
July 29 – Create and Edit (in-person only at SAA New Orleans!)
August 26 – Create and Edit
September 23 – Research and Reference
October 14 – Create and Edit
December 14 – Tech Workshop

You do not need a SNAC membership to attend SNACSchool.

You do need your own electronic device with internet access and web conferencing software to attend this particular event.

We are planning to record these particular SNACSchool sessions for future developments and improvements to the SNACSchool program. You will need to agree to the media release field in the registration above in order to attend this session.

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