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CFP: Confluence: Where Art, Information, and Community Flow Together

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) will hold its 55th annual conference, Confluence: Where Art, Information, and Community Flow Together, in Portland, Oregon, April 4-7, 2027.

In Northern Portland, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, waters that have traveled different paths meet, carrying distinct histories, sediments, and stories into a shared current. Maya Lin’s Confluence Project, located along the Columbia River basin, reflects on these meeting places as sites of memory, Indigenous history, and environmental reflection, reminding us that rivers and people are shaped by both movement and encounter. Confluence: Where Art, Information, and Community Flow Together, the Art Libraries Society of North America’s 55th Annual Conference, considers what these ideas mean within the context of art librarianship, and the art information ecosystem more broadly. 

As art information professionals, we each bring our own unique perspectives and experiences to conferences, the Society, and the profession at large. Yet, like two rivers merging, by coming together to share our knowledge and learn from our colleagues, we foster vital connections and a more dynamic profession. Gathering at the confluence becomes a fitting metaphor: separate voices, experiences, and struggles joining together to create something stronger in common. In the spirit of the idea that “You can’t step into the same river twice,” Confluence: Where Art, Information, and Community Flow Together invites us to embrace our interconnectedness, celebrate our differences, and creatively engage with the ebbs and flows of our profession. 

The deadline for proposals is Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:59pm UTC.

The Conference Program Committee invites librarians and library professionals, archivists, curators, museum professionals, visual resources specialists, publishers, educators, artists, designers, architects, students, and scholars to propose papers, sessions, workshops, and speakers that reflect the theme Confluence as it relates to the practice of art information and scholarship. The committee also encourages submissions that stretch the bounds of traditional conference scholarship in terms of format and delivery.

Conference registration and attendance are mandatory for all presenters.

In addition to the topics listed below, we encourage proposals that explore Confluence. Examples could include: GLAM collaborations, cross-cultural knowledge creation, integrated collection systems, consortial art libraries and collaborative stewardship, community partnerships, librarian-faculty collaborations, donor relations, and other ways that networks of knowledge, and knowledge workers, intersect.

The program committee encourages submissions that include, but are not limited to the following topics:

  • Alternative Publications, Artists’ Books, Comics, Zines, etc.
  • Archives, Rare Books, and Special Collections
  • Censorship of information and Resources
  • Collection Development and Management
  • Critical Librarianship
  • Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
  • Fair Use and Copyright Issues
  • Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Field of Librarianship
  • Innovations in Cataloguing
  • Leadership, Mentoring, Management, and Professional Development
  • New approaches to Providing Reference Services
  • Social Justice, Advocacy, Anti-Racism, Public Policy, and Activism
  • Teaching and Pedagogical Practice
  • User Experience
  • Visual Literacy, Critical Information Literacy, Media Literacy

Types of Submissions

PAPERS: An individual paper presentation, potentially addressing new research, a case study, or an innovative idea with a total time of 15-20 minutes. Presentations provide attendees with new tools, strategies, or inspiration that they can apply in their own practice. The Conference Program Co-Chairs and the Conference Program Committee will group individual presentations into paper panels with a common topic or theme, which will run from 60 to 90 minutes, including a Q&A.

LIGHTNING TALKS: A short individual presentation (5-10 minutes maximum) addressing a topic that is particularly timely or specific in scope. Lightning talks provide attendees the opportunity to hear about a range of innovative projects or ideas from a broad and varied group of colleagues in a short amount of time. Lightning talks will be grouped into sessions that may or may not be themed. Lightning talk sessions will be 60 minutes, including a Q&A.

PRE-COORDINATED PANELS: A pre-coordinated session of up to 4 presenters with a moderator addressing a common topic or theme with a total time of 60-90 minutes, including a Q&A. Panels provide attendees with multiple views/strategies on a single topical area, a comparison of tools or methods, or a number of case studies on related topics. It is not necessary to identify all potential presenters before submitting. Naming a moderator, who will advocate for and develop the session, is required. The moderator may be one of the presenters or may serve only as the moderator. 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS: Small, informal group discussions around a common theme or issue. In the abstract field, facilitators should identify a topic and submit at least three potential questions that will keep the discussion moving. Roundtable speakers should also be prepared to take questions from the audience. Discussions are 60 minutes in length.

WORKSHOPS: An opportunity to teach and explore current and emerging topics in an intimate atmosphere. Workshops encourage a focused, engaging experience led by experts who combine presentation, active learning, collaboration, and discussion. They may last 90 to 180 minutes.

SPEAKER SUGGESTIONS & PLENARIES: A plenary may be a prepared paper or discussion panel of significant importance to the profession. Plenaries are 60-90 minutes in length. No other meetings, sessions, etc. are scheduled during plenaries. The content of plenaries should be current and of broad interest to attendees. Non-member speakers who will speak on a significant topic of interest to ARLIS/NA members may be suggested here.

Additional Details

The following fields will be used by the programming committee to review proposals. In addition, some non-personally identifiable demographic information will be used by the reviewers to ensure that the papers, lightning talks, workshops, and invited speakers are inclusive and diverse, both in the voices present and content delivered.

WORD LIMIT: All proposal abstracts are limited to 500 words or fewer.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: You’ll be asked to list 2-3 learning objectives, takeaways, or goals for your proposal.

TOPICS: You’ll be asked to select 2 to 5 topics relevant to your session.

AUDIENCES: You’ll be asked to pick up to 5 target audiences for your session.

DEIA-AR: You will be asked if your presentation addresses issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and/or anti-racism. The committee is particularly interested in seeing papers and sessions that include attention to DEIA-AR.

YEARS IN PROFESSION (optional): You’ll be asked to select how long you have been working in the field.

FIRST TIME PRESENTER (optional): You’ll be asked if this would be your first time presenting at an ARLIS/NA conference.

SELF-IDENTIFICATION (optional): You’ll be asked if you are a member of a historically under-represented group. This information will only be used to help us coordinate diverse sessions and is not required to propose a paper or panel.

How to Submit Proposals

The review of proposals is a blind peer review process. You must anonymize your proposal description. All personal or institutional names must be removed from the description and learning objectives (however, these details must remain in other fields of the form), and may be replaced by terms such as “presenter,” “author,” or “speaker”, or in the case of institutions, terms such as “large academic library,” “small museum library,” etc. Non-anonymized proposals may be ineligible.

Submit your proposals via Sched: https://cfp.sched.com/speaker/dJoatUIcMG/event

The deadline is Monday, September 14, 2026 11:59pm UTC.

Funding Opportunities

Prospective presenters interested in funding and support for conference attendance are encouraged to apply to the Society’s Conference Attendance and Travel Awards or to contact their local ARLIS/NA Chapter about the availability of additional awards.

The call for posters, moderators, and other meeting proposals will be announced

later this year.

Please direct any questions to Program Co-chairs:

Stefanie Hilles, Miami University, hillessa@miamioh.edu

Stephanie Kays, Denison University, kayss@denison.edu

CFP: Library History Seminar XV

The Library History Round Table (LHRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce our 15th Library History Seminar (LHS) and we’d like to offer you an opportunity to share your research!

LHS XV conference will take place virtually December 3-5, 2026. The theme is “A History of Modern Libraries, Warts and All: Development, Organization, and Transformation.” The conference will be low-cost or no-cost for attendees. 

The American Library Association is celebrating its 150th year in 2026 and LHS XV seeks to explore all aspects  of the history of modern libraries and librarianship in North America and beyond. “Libraries” is defined broadly and includes public, academic, school and special libraries, library organizations (state, national, and international).  We especially welcome voices from marginalized and non-mainstream communities, and critical examinations of the history of modern libraries/librarianship.  

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

  • History of ALA or other modern library organizations 
  • History of individual libraries in the modern era
  • Examination of decisions and actions affecting the profession
  • Librarians who have contributed to the development of modern libraries and librarianship
  • Developments in public and technical services
  • Cooperation and collaboration in the modern library world
  • Development of the modern literature of librarianship

We are seeking proposals for individual papers (15 minutes) or organized panels (1 hour). 

Submissions are due by September 4 2026, 11:59pm EST. Please submit your proposal below. 

Please contact Ellen Pozzi at ellen.pozzi@gmail.com with any questions.

Proposal form

Call for Co-Editor: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television is currently recruiting for a Co-Editor to work alongside the three existing Co-Editors and the Book Review Editor. This role is a great opportunity for an academic with a strong research background in the history of audio-visual media, and who also has the commitment, drive and ability to help develop the journal. Applicants with an interest in film, radio and/or television are especially encouraged to apply. As part of this role, you will be responsible for the oversight and administration of a rigorous and proper peer review process that delivers an agreed amount of content of suitable scope and quality within an agreed publication time frame.

Becoming the editor of a journal is a rewarding and fulfilling experience where you have the opportunity to build your own networks, develop and promote the research in your field, and be recognized as a leading figure within the academic community. You will receive a two-year renewable contract and an honorarium.

Required Skills and Attributes: * Experience in academic publishing and familiarity with all stages of the process. * The capacity to devote time each week to the role, and to attend meetings with your Co-Editors and (less frequently) with the wider Editorial Board, as well as training sessions as needed. * The ability to ensure all submitted manuscripts are considered in a prompt, consistent and professional manner. * The ability to confidently use an online peer review management system and ensure members of the editorial team do the same. * Experience with working effectively with independent peer reviewers. * The ability to read, summarize, and make decisions based on independent reviewer reports. * A commitment to communicating promptly, consistently, and professionally with authors during the peer review process. * A commitment to engaging promptly and efficiently with Taylor & Francis staff and suppliers to implement necessary processes and improvements, as well as with the governing Council of the International Association for Media and History, to guide the scholarly trajectory of the journal. * A strong commitment to ethical rigour as well as knowledge of the COPE guidelines and commitment to ensure that the journal adheres to strict ethical standards at all times. * A willingness to work collegially and professionally with your Co-Editors, to include arranging and occasionally leading Editorial Team meetings. * Actively involved in growing and developing your academic networks through conference attendance and experience of networking through social media. * Knowledge of and commitment to the open access publishing environment. * Formal and vernacular fluency in English on par with a native speaker. * A vision and enthusiasm for the continuous development of the journal.

Application Details:

Applications should include your CV, a Cover Letter and a Statement of Interest. This statement should be no longer than one page and include: * Where you believe the field is going, and the journal’s place within it. * How you would work in partnership with the Co-Editors and wider Editorial Board. * Describe your thoughts on maintaining a high quality of submissions while increasing opportunities for diversity within our journal. * How you would work with authors. * What you hope to gain as a professional from this position.

For any questions, please contact:

Professor Cynthia Miller: cynthia_miller@emerson.edu

Kindly submit your application no later than 30 September 2026 to:

 hjfrtsearch2026@gmail.com

CFP: Star Wars 50 Years: Pasts, Presents, and Futures

The Star Wars 50 Years academic conference will be held by the University of Leicester and the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space at Space Park Leicester on 21-22 May 2027 in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the original release of the film on 25 May 1977 in the U.S. We are now inviting proposals for conference presentations.

Conference Organisers:

Xiyuan Gao, PhD Candidate – Conference Director
Dr David Christopher – Conference Co-Director
Dr James Aitcheson – Leverhulme Centre Partner
Dr Tara Smith – Leverhulme Centre Partner
Helen Bruce, PhD Candidate – Director, Festival of Media Stories

Overview

Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in the United States on 25 May 1977, inaugurating a screen franchise whose cultural, industrial, and imaginative afterlives now span half a century. The Star Wars 50 Years Conference will mark the anniversary by bringing together scholars, researchers, practitioners, archivists, and fans at the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space in Leicester contiguous with The National Space Centre.

The Centre hosts numerous Star Wars-themed public events throughout the year, and we will be excited to follow their developing programme with an eye to connecting their events and screenings to the conference.

Leicester and Leicestershire occupy a distinctive place in the history of Star Wars in the UK. Leicestershire was home to Palitoy, the toy company that held the coveted manufacturing contract in the UK during the original trilogy era.

Palitoy’s Star Wars figures, vehicles, packaging, and playsets remain central to British collecting cultures and to the material memory of the franchise, linking Leicestershire to the commercial and affective history of Star Wars childhoods, fandom, and merchandising. Indeed, Matt Holt’s upcoming documentary In a Landfill Far, Far Away (Spoon Jar Films) seeks to discover the so-called ‘lost toys’ from the Palitoy factory putatively buried somewhere in Leicestershire which is sure to create a scholarly buzz: ‘Filmmaker unearths legend of buried Star Wars toys’.

Leicestershire’s connection to the franchise is also embodied in personnel history. The late Jeremy Bulloch, born in Market Harborough, was the first actor to perform Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, helping to create one of the most enduring and enigmatic figures in Star Wars. His association with Boba Fett further situates Leicestershire within the lived and performed history of Star Wars, extending the county’s relevance beyond merchandising and into questions of screen performance, character embodiment, cult stardom, and fan memory. Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One also calls Nuneaton home.

More broadly, the franchise has launched or fostered the careers of myriad British performers from Sir Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing though to John Boyega, Felicity Jones, and Daisy Ridley. And so much of Lucas’s production efforts were located at various studios and locations across the UK including locations in Leicestershire.

Star Wars 50 Years invites contributors to reflect on the franchise’s pasts, presents, and futures, especially with regard to the participation of UK production inputs or international franchise phenomena, but not necessarily limited by this parameter as such. The conference welcomes papers on Star Wars across film, television, animation, games, publishing, merchandising, fan communities, transmedia storytelling, race, gender, class, politics, technology, nostalgia, and global reception, etc.

By gathering in Leicester, the conference asks not only what Star Wars has meant over the past fifty years, but also how particular places, objects, performances, institutions, and communities have shaped the franchise’s meanings across the UK and beyond.

Topics of Interest

We welcome papers on, but not limited to, the following research topics:

  • Star Wars histories, legacies, and cultural memory.
  • Directors, writers, producers, showrunners, designers, performers, and other creative workers across the franchise.
  • Star Wars and transmedia storytelling across film, television, animation, novels, comics, games, audio, toys, and digital platforms.
  • Expanded universes, canon, continuity, retconning, and the relationship between Legends and Disney-era canon.
  • Star Wars television and Disney+ distribution.
  • Star Wars animation (The Clone Wars, Rebels, and more recent animated projects).
  • Star Wars games, interactive storytelling, virtual worlds, and player agency.
  • Ethnicity, class, disability, age, and embodiment in Star Wars.
  • Feminism, female characters, creators, audiences, and female-led fan practices.
  • Masculinity, fatherhood, family, lineage, inheritance, and dynastic storytelling.
  • Queer readings, slash fandom, transformative works, and alternative affective attachments.
  • Stardom, performance, voice acting, physical performance, puppetry, motion capture, and creature performance.
  • Practical effects, digital effects, CGI, sound design, editing, and the aesthetics of technological change.
  • John Williams, musical themes, soundscapes, voice, and sonic memory.
  • Merchandising, toys, collecting, licensing, branding, and commercial culture.
  • Museums, exhibitions, archives, private collections, fan collections, and the preservation of Star Wars objects.
  • Global Star Wars: international reception, translation, dubbing, subtitling, censorship, distribution, and localisation.
  • Fandom, fanfiction, fan art, cosplay, fan films, podcasts, conventions, online communities, and platform cultures.
  • Fan controversy, anti-fandom, canon disputes, toxicity, moderation, inclusion, and community governance.
  • Nostalgia, childhood, memory, intergenerational spectatorship, collecting, and affect.
  • Science, space travel, astronomy, robotics, artificial intelligence, and the relationship between Star Wars and public science imagination.
  • Theme parks, immersive experiences, live events, exhibitions, tourism, and commercialised fan participation.
  • Archives, lost materials, production histories, oral histories, memory work, and fan-led preservation.
  • The future of Star Wars: franchise fatigue, renewal, legacy, and new audiences.

The conference is scheduled to be on-site and in-person. The submission of remote presentation proposals will be considered only under specific mitigating circumstances.

Submission Details

Individual Papers

The individual proposal shall include the following information, all in the same document:

  • A title.
  • An abstract (maximum 300 words) for a 15-20-minute presentation.
  • Speaker’s short biography (maximum 150 words), including affiliation.
  • Speaker’s email address.

Pre-constituted Panels

The panel proposal shall include the following information, all in the same document:

  • A panel title.
  • All individual abstracts (maximum 300 words each).
  • All speakers’ short biographies (maximum 150 words each), including their affiliation and email address.
  • If you wish to designate a panel chair, please indicate this in the panel proposal. Otherwise, the committee will assign one for you.

To submit, please email your proposal as an attachment (Word file preferred) to sw-conf-50@leicester.ac.uk by 1-November-2026. Please clearly state in the email subject either “Star Wars 50 Years individual proposal” or “Star Wars 50 Years panel proposal”.

Notification of accepted papers and panel proposals will be returned on or before 31st January 2027.

Conference Address

Space Park Leicester
Space City, 92 Corporation Rd, Leicester
Postcode: LE4 5SP

Contact Information

If you have any queries regarding the conference, please email conference director Xiyuan Gao (xg92@leicester.ac.uk) or co-director Dr David Christopher (dc435@leicester.ac.uk).

General enquiries: sw-conf-50@leicester.ac.uk

Contact Email

sw-conf-50@leicester.ac.uk

URL

https://le.ac.uk/media/research/star-wars-50-years

Invitation to Participate in Research Study on Stress Levels in Archival Workers

If you currently work or have worked in archival or cultural heritage institutions in the United States, you are encouraged to participate in the research study, “Measuring Stress Levels in Archival Workers” (Northridge IRB-FY26-296). This study is being conducted by Gayle O’Hara, University Archivist at California State University, Northridge.

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how recent changes to workplace policies, priorities, and budgets (since January 2025) have affected stress levels among workers in archives and cultural heritage institutions. The survey focuses on the emotional impact of these changes rather than how they have altered day-to-day job tasks or responsibilities. It includes detailed demographic questions regarding ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability status in order to assess the impact, if any, on particular communities.

The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary, and you may skip any question or discontinue without penalty. There is no direct benefit or compensation for taking this survey, however, your responses will help provide insight into the current stress levels among workers in archives and cultural heritage institutions. Some questions relate to job or institutional changes and personal stress and may feel sensitive. No identifying information will be collected unless you choose to provide it. If you experience distress while participating in this survey, please contact the free, national, 24/7 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

You can access the survey here:

https://csun.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHM3lNDDRLWhyWa

The survey will be open until October 04, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact Gayle O’Hara at gayle.ohara@csun.edu.

2027 ICMS Sponsored Session Call for Papers: “Manuscript Collecting in North America”

On behalf of Digital Scriptorium and the Peripheral Manuscripts Project, see the following CFP for a sponsored session at the 2027 International Congress on Medieval Studies, to be held at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 13-15, 2027.

Manuscript Collecting in North America: Considering the Means, Motives, and Opportunities

Sponsored by Digital Scriptorium and the Peripheral Manuscripts Project

Regional and national efforts have recently increased the discoverability of the numerous medieval manuscript holdings found in North American collections. Such projects have made more–and better–data available about North American manuscripts, revealing complex histories of manuscript circulation on this continent. We invite papers that consider the many motivations that drove collectors, booksellers, and institutions to acquire and trade manuscripts, including economic, political, and social factors relating to the dispersal of libraries and collections in Europe and the Middle East, and the less savory aspects of the trade such as book-breaking, theft, and graft.

Proposals are due September 15, 2026, and can be submitted here.

Review Ideas: American Archivist Reviews Portal

The American Archivist Reviews Portal maintains a list of books, software, digital projects, and other resources available for review. They are also open to suggestions – so if you have an idea that’s not on the list, send them an email. From personal experience, the Reviews Editors are very open to suggestions for reviews.

Read more: https://reviews.americanarchivist.org/technologies-resources/

CFP: Scottish Council on Archives Annual Conference 2026

ARCHIVES AND RECORDS AT THE HEART OF SOCIETY

Date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2026
Venue: Meeting Rooms, Tynecastle Park, Heart of Midlothian FC, McLeod St, Edinburgh EH11 2NL

Deadline for papers: Monday 21st September

The Scottish Council on Archives (SCA) is pleased to invite proposals for papers for its 2026 annual conference with the broad theme of ‘Archives and Records at the Heart of Society’. This year, we want to explore the essential role that archives and records play in underpinning democracy and accountability as well as inspiring creativity, wellbeing and community building.

The conference is an opportunity to highlight how archives and records management services underpin and support every almost aspect of society. Archives and records provide us with the evidence to challenge decisions and hold authorities to account. Archives and records contribute to vibrant and cohesive communities by telling the stories of places and the people who have lived there; to health and wellbeing, through use of archival material to help with a variety of conditions, including dementia; and to economic impact, by supporting the growing ancestral tourism market.

Whether you work in archives, records management, conservation, community archives, research, education or policy, we want to hear how your work is contributing to a more transparent, accountable, vibrant and healthier society.

We welcome proposals that may include (but are not limited to):

  • Archives and records as infrastructure for democracy, justice, and governance — case studies, advocacy work, or reflections on the importance and impact of the sector
  • Records management and accountability — examples of how good records practice has supported transparency, efficiency and/or public trust in institutions
  • Supporting the case for a future national strategy for archives and records
  • Inspiring and engaging with communities and/or promoting wellbeing
  • Responding to contemporary challenges and inquiries — engagement with public inquiries, emerging crises, or rapidly changing societal and technological issues such as AI
  • Demonstrating how archives and records support local and/or national economies
  • Case studies on any aspect of recordkeeping that speaks to the conference theme

Format:

  • 20-minute individual papers/presentations (in-person is preferred but a pre-recorded presentation will be considered)

Submission Details:

To submit your proposal, please email Marissa Trimble at m.trimble@scottisharchives.org.uk by the deadline of 21st September 2025. Your submission (maximum five hundred words) should include:

  • Presentation title and description
  • Name of your organisation (if applicable)
  • Your preference for presenting in person or prerecorded

Speakers will have their conference attendance fee and reasonable travel expenses covered. Please note that as a small charity, SCA is unable to offer speaker fees.

If you would like to discuss the event before submitting, please contact SCA Director, John Pelan at j.pelan@scottisharchives.org.uk

Deadline for papers: 21st September

Other Key Dates:

Bookings open: w/b 17th August

Programme decision made: 25th September

Full programme published: w/b 28th September

Conference: 3rd November

Call for Submissions: Archiving “Wrong” (Association of Canadian Archivists at University of British Columbia)

The ACA@UBC Conference team is thrilled to invite proposals for our February 2027 Conference that reflect on, expand on, or challenge the theme of “Archiving ‘Wrong.’” The conference provides a venue for archivists, librarians, records managers, information professionals, students, and all interested to share their research and experiential case studies.

Topics and prompts could include (but are not limited to)

  • Is there a “right” or “wrong” way to archive?
  • Instances when it may be necessary or beneficial to archive using methods that are not sanctioned by official standards or theory
  • Strategies for working with archival materials that record histories of wrongdoing or harm
  • Strategies for working with archival materials that could themselves cause harm
  • Making mistakes in the archives, or encountering mistakes made by others
  • Working in the archives without a recognized archival education; “rogue archives”
  • Archival projects undertaken by non-archivists 
  • Archiving “against” the theoretical canon
  • “Good enough” archiving: doing the best you can without enough resources/knowledge
  • Expanding archival user groups or challenging “traditional” notions of who archival users are

More about Archiving “Wrong”…

The professionalization of the archival field over the twentieth century came with the increasing entrenchment of a body of “canonical” archival theory and the consolidation of professional standards and practices. Not all archival practice followed suit, however, and scholars continue to identify a tension between theory and practice in the archival field.

This disconnect is also invoked when archivists reflect on the many situations in which their archival theory education is inadequate or even unsuitable in practice. Archives that employ workers without traditional training, that utilize nonstandard tools, supplies, and methods of processing, or that adopt alternative modes of stewardship, may not conform to sanctioned notions of what an “archive” is, but in doing it “wrong,” still perform a vital, and essentially archival function.

Archiving “wrong” could also refer to the task of preserving evidence of wrongdoing. While archives can function as instruments for accountability by maintaining records of “wrongs,” attendant discussions consider questions of the ideal ethics and standards for providing access to such materials, and identify the harm these records can still do, including to archivists themselves.

With growing political unrest and direct challenges to the ability of information organizations under governmental control to fulfill socially progressive mandates, archiving wrong may take on a new dimension, acknowledging the inability of governmentally-directed institutions to respond effectively to those whose needs they serve.

Some archivists have advanced strategies of archiving beyond the institution—and even against the law—as an important act of care and resistance. “Doing it wrong,” in this sense, might mean a willful rejection of what tradition has deemed the “right” way to archive.

Submission deadlines

September 18, 2026 — General proposal deadline (all non-student submissions)

October 16, 2026 — Student general proposal deadline *

November 27, 2026 — Student poster proposal deadline *

* The student deadline applies to all students at any College or University, including those in MAS, MASLIS, MLIS, MACL, and PhD programs. Students in other undergraduate or graduate programs are also welcome to submit for this deadline.

Full Call for Submissions

New/Recent Publications

Articles

Wilkins, A. (2026). Archival decolonization and buffalo restoration as acts of Native American cultural reclamation. Journal of New Librarianship, 11(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.33011/newlibs/20/1

Seelakate, P., Novian, R.M. Freedom of information and records management in Southeast Asia: a comparative study of Thailand and Indonesia through the records continuum model. Int J Digit Libr 27, 9 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-026-00444-0

Chassanoff A (2026), “Ways of knowing: historians and the social construction of evidence”. Journal of Documentation, Vol. 82 No. 4 pp. 816–835, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2025-0135

Colavizza, Giovanni, and Lise Jaillant. 2026. “AI Ready: How to Prepare Archives for Artificial Intelligence, Improve Discoverability, and Enhance Access.” Archives and Records, June, 1–22. doi:10.1080/23257962.2026.2675937.

Stothert-Maurer, Molly (2026) “Archiving in Advance of Mission Completion,” Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 3. DOI: 10.59620/2154-7149.1193
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol17/iss1/3

Mahlatse Shekgola. “Security measures for digital archives curated through open-source software in South Africa.” South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 92, no. 2 (2026).

Mpho Ngoepe. “All shook up”: The archival legacy of Terry Cook. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 92, no. 2 (2026).

Wiles, Bradley J. “Remembering Now to Forget Later: Trauma, Archives, and the Tension of Commemoration.” Library Trends 74, no. 4 (2026): 775-790. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992005.

Brown N, Roeschley A (2026), “Archival collections for the people? Using survey experiments to understand public opinions regarding archival services”. Reference Services Review, Vol. 54 No. 2 pp. 121–138, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-08-2025-0062

Domańska, Ewa. 2025. “Necroheritage”. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 11 (2): 145-57. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.30820.

Books

Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage: Access, Use, Value and Sustainability
Eirini Goudarouli, Anna-Maria Sichani, Jane Winters
University of London Press, 2026

How Film Became History: The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America
Thomas Doherty
Columbia University Press, 2026

Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences
Elena Foulis
The Ohio State University press, 2026

Heritage and Human Rights: Laws, Institutions, Actions
Editors: Inês de Carvalho Costa, Maria Leonor Botelho, Rodrigo Christofoletti
SpringerCham, 2026

Contestation, Reinvention, and Regulation of Cultural Heritage Through Dissent
Editors: Valeria Morea, Anna Pirri Valentini, Felicia Caponigri
SpringerCham, 2026

Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Edward M. Corrado, Heather Moulaison-Sandy, Teresa Soleau
Bloomsbury, 2026

Photography, Ecology and Historical Change in the Anthropocene: Activating Archives
Bergit Arends
Routledge, 2025

Artists’ Moving Image: Cinema as Archive
Sarah Smith
Bloomsbury, 2026

Finding Sarah and Mary: Unraveling African American Genealogy from the Ground Up
Jacqueline Jones Royster
University of Georgia Press, 2026

Five Centuries of Printers, Buyers and Readers
David John McKitterick
Brill, 2026

International Law and Displaced Archives in Arctic Countries
Volume Editors: Rachael Lorna Johnstone and James Lowry
Brill, 2026

The Future of the Past: When Cultural Heritage Meets Climate Change
Thijs Weststeijn, Translated by Liz Waters
Polity, 2026

Reports

Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Processing Born-Digital Content
Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Exhibits & Outreach
Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Storage Problems and Policies
Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Reading Room Best Practices
Survey of Academic Library Special Collections Trends in Digitization
Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Security Measures
Primary Research Group, 2026

Case Studies

How can GenAI be used when authentic archival is lacking?
What is a Documentarian’s Duty of Care with Synthetic Representation?
Archival Producers Alliance

Thesis

Assembling Archives/Archiving Assemblages: Power, Politics, and Protest in the Queer Feminist Archive/s
http://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/680264

Bibliography

SHARP Annual Bibliography 2025

Novels

The Archivist of Forgotten Vows
Yamini Peethambaran

The Memory Museum
M Lin