Announcements from SAA and CFP

Introducing: American Archivist Submissions Window
SAA’s leading publication in the archives field, American Archivist, is introducing a submissions window beginning with issue 88.2 (Fall/Winter 2025). The submissions window for this issue opens January 1 through February 15, 2025. For more information on submitting content, including research articles, case studies, perspectives, book reviews, and book review essays, please visit the American Archivist submissions page.

Submit to a Special Section of American Archivist on User Experience
The American Archivist Editorial Board invites proposal submissions for a Special Section in American Archivist exploring the wide-ranging spectrum of user experience topics and initiatives in the archives field. The goal of this Special Section is to showcase the importance of user experience work to the wider professional community. The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2025.

Read the Latest Review on the Reviews Portal 
In the newest review on the American Archivist Reviews Portal, Cheryl Oestreicher (Boise State University) reviews Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games, edited by Michal Mochocki (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024). The book includes authors from a variety of disciplines examining game studies through numerous lenses, especially nostalgia and colonialism. Oestreicher writes, “Archivists are acutely aware that an ‘idyllic past’ does not really exist and thus understand the importance of ensuring a more historically accurate record.” Read the full review here.