• 2023 Election Results

    The Academy of Certified Archivists' Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the results of this year's ACA election: 

    •          Dara Baker, CA as Vice-President/President-Elect
    •          Lauren Goodley, CA as Secretary
    •          Julia Stringfellow, CA as Regent for Member Services
    •          Amanda Focke, CA as Regent for Certification Maintenance
    •          Gina Nichols, CA as Regent for Examination Administration
    •          Ann Abney, CA as Nominations Committee member

    Thank you to all who participated by running for office and/or voting! We appreciate your engagement!

  • ACA Member Volunteer Opportunities!

    Rosemary Pleva Flynn, Regent for Exam Administration, is looking for volunteers for the following:

    • Exam prep volunteers to help candidates with questions as they study
    • 2023 exam proctors
    • Committee members for the redesigned graduate course preapproval committee

    If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send a message to examadmin@certifiedarchivists.org.

  • 2023 Annual Business Meeting

    2023 Annual Business Meeting

    The Academy of Certified Archivists will hold our 2023 Annual Business Meeting virtually. All CAs are invited to join us on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM Eastern.

    An email with the Zoom details was sent on July 12th. Contact office@certifiedarchivists.org if you have questions.

    We look forward to seeing you there!

  • New Board Member!

    The board is pleased to announce Daniel McCormack, CA, as our new Regent for Outreach. The ACA Board appointed McCormack to this role after Ingi House, CA, had to resign from the position earlier this year. McCormack will serve out the remainder of the 2022-2024 term. Welcome!

  • RFP - Job Analysis

    It has been more than 30 years since the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA) has conducted a job analysis. The profession has evolved in regards to skills, knowledge, practices, and standards. The ACA desires to use an updated job analysis to revise certification standards and requirements to ensure alignment of professional needs and expectations.  ACA is now looking to update our job analysis and our knowledge statements, and requests proposals and pricing from psychometric firms to conduct a job analysis for the ACA.

    A job analysis is a systematic process for collecting information regarding a job role in terms of the job functions (e.g., responsibilities/duties) and tasks performed on a job, as well as the knowledge and/or skills (e.g., competencies) required to perform those tasks. The results of the job analysis describe the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills that must be covered by the certification examination for it to be deemed valid, reliable, and legally defensible.

    The ACA seeks to execute a contract with the most responsible and responsive vendor whose bid proposal, conforming to this RFP, is most advantageous to ACA, price and all other factors considered.

    Full RFP can be found here. Deadline to submit is March 30, 2023.

    Contact Gerrianne Schaad for more information.

     

Upcoming Events

November 18 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. (ET)

Learn More About NHPRC from Nancy Melley, CA, Director for Access Programs, NHPRC

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88572358584?pwd=Hkesr9nmHT4PDIuUVH149JIDHfnW5D.1

Meeting ID: 885 7235 8584
Passcode: 286752

Examination Dates

The CA exam will next be held June 12–14, 2025.

The application period is open March 1 - April 30, 2025. Watch for future announcements about the application period. Please email examadmin@certifiedarchivists.org if you have any questions.

Not quite ready to take the exam? Here are the exam dates in future years. 

  • June 12–14, 2025
  • June 11–13, 2026
  • June 10–12, 2027
  • June 8–10, 2028
  • June 14-16, 2029

The ACA Board standardized the exam to be held each year over three consecutive days starting on the 2nd Thursday of June.