The SAA Research and Innovation Roadmap is an active and evolving document that asserts the critical research needs and gaps that have been identified by members across the profession. The Roadmap reflects an analysis of current and emerging research, as well as assessment, and data needs, to frame and inform work the profession might undertake in future years. The Roadmap has been inclusively developed, and yet is necessarily bound by time and place. To address inclusivity, the design of the document is flexible to allow for continued contributions, and to position it as representative of professional needs and strategic priorities.

Initial goals, topics, and research themes of interest to SAA and the archival profession were identified during interviews that the SAA Task Force on Research/Data and Evaluation (TF-CORDE) conducted for the purpose of persona needs analysis in 2017-2018, and from key literature sources concerning archival research. Select examples of past research, existing resources, and standards and guidelines for collecting data are annotated in this document. The Roadmap further incorporates priority areas identified by the SAA 2020-2022 strategic plan and 2020-2021 DEIA plan. CORDA plans to gather further commentary and perspectives from SAA Section and Committee chairs and SAA members through a period of open feedback this year.

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