• ACA Mentoring Cohorts now accepting applications

    Greetings!

    ACA is happy to announce that the Mentoring Cohorts are now accepting applications. We will have 2 groups: New CAs and CAs in the recertification cycle. If you'd like to apply to be a mentor or a protegee please use this form:

    https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nYAMm3CQYkGSAv3OhMgSnnoHF1TVFItJsj4GKPPJNMZUNlZDQTVIRDEySDY3VUtUMTE5Qk04SFhDSi4u

    The form will close July 31 and the cohorts will run from September through the end of the year.

    If you've got any questions please email Michelle, the Regent of Member Services at memberservices@certifiedarchivists.org.

  • ACA Renewal reminder and July Happy Hour details

    Greetings CAs:

    Thank you all for your support of the Academy of Certified Archivists over the past year. As you will all recall, our membership year begins anew on July 1st. On that date, you will receive an automated message from our Member Database inviting you to renew for the 2022-2023 year. Please note, you will need to log into the system and click the "Renew now" link on the landing page. You will find this link on the right side of the screen under the "My Membership Status" section. More directions will arrive with the message on the 1st!

    July Member Happy Hour! On Friday, July 8th, we will hold the next ACA Member Happy Hour! To RSVP, please go to https://forms.office.com/r/XtEfcXP5hc. This Happy Hour will be hosted by Regent for Member Services, Michelle Ganz!

    The ACA wishes you all a fantastic summer!

    Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA)
    230 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 101
    Albany, NY 12203
    Phone: (518) 694-8471
    PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: office@certifiedarchivists.org

  • Summer 2022

    June is here and so is the Certification test. Thank you in advance to those members who are helping to proctor the exam. We appreciate your service. Good luck to members taking the exam to recertify. I hope everyone who needed to recertify this year was successful in entering your activities into the new Prolydian software system. And I will take a moment to thank Stephanie Bayless and her team for their hard work checking the entries and recertifying our members. Everyone can enter their activities into the system now. You do not need to wait until the five years are up. If you need help getting into the system please contact the Regent for Recertification certificationmaintenance@certifiedarchivists.org, or Association Manager, Mike Breslin, at office@certifiedarchivists.org.

    Please don’t forget to vote. The election is running from June 1st to 11:45 pm, June 15th (Eastern US time). To review the candidates, please go to:
    https://www.certifiedarchivists.org/election-2022All full members should have received an automated message from "Academy of Certified Archivists” containing your personalized voting link and access key. These can only be used to vote once, and your voting choices will remain anonymous. Do not forward that email and do not reply to that email to vote, as your vote will not be registered. If you need help please contact the office at office@certifiedarchivists.org.

    July 1 will be time for dues again – please pay on time. If you have not paid by September 30, your access to the member side (and your ability to enter recertification points) of the website will be disabled until you pay your dues.

    Also, stay tuned for information about the August general membership meeting which will again be held on Zoom to allow more people to attend. The Board is trying to arrange a social event during the SAA meeting in Boston, and if we can arrange something, information will be sent out.

    Gerrianne Schaad
    President, Academy of Certified Archivist

  • Still trying to renew? Contact the ACA Office!

    If you are a CA who has not yet renewed for the 2021-2022 membership year, please contact the ACA office at office@certifiedarchivists.org or by calling (518) 694-8471. We will be happy to walk you through the new renewal process.

    To log in, go to https://www.certifiedarchivists.org/ and click the log in button in the upper right corner:

    Login

    On the next page, please click the “Forgot Password?” link:

    Forgot password

    Input your username on the following page the click the submit button.

    Once you reset your password, go to https://www.certifiedarchivists.org/ and log in. Click the “Renew now” link at the right to renew.

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.