Author: Cheryl

New Issue: Journal of Archival Organization

Journal of Archival Organization, Volume 20, Issue 1-4 (2023)
(subscription)

Articles

The Caribbean Unfolded: Visualizing Primary Sources Through GIS
Alexander S. Butler & Medardo Gabriel Rosario

It’s All on the Table: Case Studies on Improved Workflow Management Using Airtable
Meaghan O’Riordan, Jolene Beiser, Jessica Maddox, Simon O’Riordan & Rachel Searcy

Walls Have Ears and Eyes: Taking ‘Extended Archives’ to the People through Murals
Mpho Ngoepe et al.

The Necessity and Priority of Preserving Cultural Documents as a National Collection for the Public
Ryo Shiozaki

Imago Mundi journal at the International Conference on the History of Cartography, July 2024

Date: July 1, 2024 – July 5, 2024

Location: France

The editors of Imago Mundi are looking forward to attending ICHC 2024 in Lyon, France. Imago Mundi turns 90 years old in 2025 and ICHC 2024 offers us a chance to reflect on and connect with our community. They are eager to speak with researchers about prospective submissions, as well as to discuss the journal’s scope and reach. 

The editors will lead a workshop on Wednesday, 3 July. Attendees will tackle questions that include how, in the next decade, Imago Mundi might:

  • foster debate on methodological and conceptual questions, advance pedagogy, increase public impact?  
  • ensure a full range of maps and mapmaking practices are presented? 
  • contribute to connecting researchers, collectors, librarians and archivists? 

In short, we invite the map history community’s thoughts on what a flagship journal should strive for as it looks towards a second century.

Additionally, the editors will be available for discussions and one-on-ones during the lunch session each day during the conference. Please feel free to approach Jordana Dym or Katie Parker at the ICHC to chat about possible article topics, how to write an article, special issues, or other matters. Alternatively, reach out ahead of time to plan a time. 

Questions? Please contact editor.imagomundi@gmail.com. We will see you in Lyon and remember, early bird registration ends April 20! Learn more at https://ichc2024.univ-lyon3.fr/registration  

Contact Information

Katie Parker and Jordana Dym, editors

Contact Email

editor.imagomundi@gmail.com

Call for poems, stories, personal essays, and images about archives

For the past year or so, we have been gathering poems, essays, art, and other creative works about archives, archival work, and recordkeeping and posting them to https://imagesofarchives.org.

It is a wide net we have cast but fun and thought-provoking.

We are now looking for others to join us. We seek especially archivists who are poets, storytellers, and essayists; we seek archivists who would be willing to put down on paper their reactions to other writers, within or outside the archives. Submissions will be considered for the website and, ultimately, for a book.

In terms of the images, we encourage those with backgrounds in art history to respond not only with images they select but also to those images chosen by Barbara Craig and James O’Toole in “Looking at Archives in Art” (2000) or those in the recent project of José Luís Bonal and his investigation of the representations of archival documents in art in the National Gallery (UK). Visual images (photographs or artwork showing records, record keepers, or settings) should be submitted as low-resolution copies.

To recap, acceptable submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• Your fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or mixed media;

• Personal essays that explore the history, architecture, practices, locations, and representation of archives in the cultural imagination, whether in fiction, poetry, recordings, images, art, or film;

• Images of records and recordkeeping as seen and interpreted by archivists;

• The examination of particular documents or sets of records that move archivists to consider the broader meanings of our profession or the utilization of documents to inspire poetics or literature;

• And finally, other creative work you can suggest pursuing.

Please send submissions, ideas, and queries, by July 1, to:

Susan Tucker and Camille Craig, via visionsofarchives@gmail.com. As we proceed, we will organize a peer review process under other readers.

Best wishes,

Susan Tucker, CA., PhD. (she/her/hers)

Co-editor, The Letters of Josephine Louise Newcomb

504-616-8297

susannah@tulane.edu

and

Camille Craig (she/her/hers)

Graduate Student, LSU School of Information Science

Poet and Aspiring Archivist

ccrai34@lsu.edu

New/Recent Publications

Articles

Silva, P. I., & Terra, A. L. (2024). The role of users in the organization of digital information: A Portuguese experience in an academic museum and archive setting. IFLA Journal, 50(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231219667

Silva, A. L., & Terra, A. L. (2024). Cultural heritage on the Semantic Web: The Europeana Data Model. IFLA Journal, 50(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231202506

Milošević, M., Horvat, I., & Hasenay, D. (2024). Open educational resources on preservation: An overview. IFLA Journal, 50(1), 138-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231219660

Makarova, O., & Ashcraft, K. (2024). Integrating print reference materials, curated digital collections, and information needs. IFLA Journal, 50(1), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352231219670

Gibson, R.C., Chowdhury, S. & Chowdhury, G. User versus institutional perspectives of metadata and searching: an investigation of online access to cultural heritage content during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Digit Libr 25, 105–121 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-023-00385-y

Skare, R. (2024), “The importance of a complementary approach when working with historical documents”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 80 No. 3, pp. 618-631. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2023-0060

Wulf, Karin. “ARCHIVAL SHOUTING: Silence and Volume in Collections and Institutions.” Perspectives on History April 2024.

Pettinger, Sara and Foster, Anne L. (2024) “Documenting Wonderland: Conducting a Collection Survey to Inform Collecting Policies,” Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 4. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol15/iss1/4

Milenkiewicz, Eric L. (2024) “Leveraging the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials to Support Indigenous Digital Collections: A Case Study from the Sherman Indian Museum Digital Project,” Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol15/iss1/3

Birrell, L. (2024). More Than Just Boxes and Lines on a Page: Stories from a Special Collections Department Reorganization. Library Leadership & Management, 37(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v37i4.7585

Books

Jo Guldi. The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for DigitalHistory. 
Cambridge University Press, 2023

Call for Applicants: Associate Editor for SAA Case Studies on Teaching with Primary Sources

The Teaching with Primary Sources sub-committee of the Reference, Access and Outreach Section of the Society of American Archivists is accepting applications for the role of Associate Editor for the Case Studies on Teaching With Primary Sources series. For more information about the series, visit: https://www2.archivists.org/publications/epubs/Case-Studies-Teaching-With-Primary-Sources.

The Associate Editor works with the Editor to maintain the Teaching with Primary Sources Case Studies as a contribution to the professional scholarship and illustration of the application of the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy. The position, in collaboration with the Editor, coordinates the review process and works with peer reviewers. The Associate Editor role shall become the Editor when their term expires, requiring a two-year commitment. The expected start date for the Associate Editor is July 1, 2024.

Duties:

●       In consultation with the Editor, identify potential authors and solicit proposals

●       Assist in coordinating the peer review process, and work with peer reviewers to provide timely feedback

●       As directed by the Editor, communicate reviews and feedback to authors

●       Promote recently published case studies to the RAO membership and broader community of practitioners

Applications will be accepted to twps-casestudies@archivists.org until June 7, 2024. Applicants should submit a statement of interest explaining their experience editing; their ideas for including more diverse voices, institutions, and/or case studies; and a resume/CV. Questions may be addressed to current editors, Mary Feeney and Kara Flynn, at twps-casestudies@archivists.org.

Call for Chapter Proposals: Slow Librarianship: Reflections and Practices

Working Title: Slow Librarianship: Reflections and Practices

Editor: Ashley Rosener

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024

Publisher: Litwin Books

Chapter submissions are welcome to be published in the forthcoming Slow Librarianship: Reflections and Practices, an edited volume to be published by Litwin Books.

Book Description

Julia Glassman first brought up the term slow librarianship in the 2017 article, “The Innovation Fetish and Slow Librarianship: What Librarians Can Learn from the Juicero.” Since then, Meredith Farkas has defined slow librarianship as “an antiracist, responsive, and values-driven practice that stands in opposition to neoliberal values. Workers in slow libraries are focused on relationship-building, deeply understanding and meeting patron needs, and providing equitable services to their communities.” Slow Librarianship: Reflections and Practices will be an edited book that compiles chapters from different authors, including Meredith Farkas. The focus will be on slow librarianship with a mix of chapters sharing different reflections on what that means as well as chapters on concrete practices and ways librarians are enacting the tenets of slow librarianship in their work while resisting characteristics of white supremacy culture. This book will focus on academic librarianship. The intended audience will be librarians as well as individuals interested in the slow movement. The purpose will be to spread awareness on the newer topic of slow librarianship and compile writings in one book to share how different librarians are approaching, supporting, and enacting slow librarianship.

Topics of Interest for Chapter Contributions Include (but are not limited to)

3-5 chapters that share reflections from different types of academic librarians on how they view slow librarianship and have incorporated it into different types of work (perspectives from library administrator, mid-career librarian, early career librarian, etc.) 

3-5 chapters that share practices and activities different librarians have enacted at their libraries and in their work to support slow librarianship 

2-4 chapters on how slow librarianship can inform our approaches to enhancing diversity in our libraries while supporting inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility efforts in libraries 

1-2 chapters that will address more critical perspectives, such as challenges or tensions within slow librarianship theories and/or practices 

1-2 chapters on what the future of slow librarianship may look like with a call to action and concrete practices anyone can incorporate into their work 

Submission Guidelines

  • Chapters should be between 3,000 to 9,000 words.
  • All submissions must adhere to the Library Juice Press Author Guidelines.
  • Both individual and co-authored pieces are welcome.

Abstract Submission

Submit a 300-500 word abstract outlining your proposed chapter (including a tentative title) by August 1, 2024. 

Important Dates

  • Proposal Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
  • Acceptance Notification: Sept. 30, 2024
  • Full Chapter Drafts Due: Feb. 1, 2025
  • Review and Revisions Period: Feb. – May 2025
  • Anticipated Publication: Summer 2025

Contact and Submission

Questions and completed proposals should be directed to the editor Ashley Rosener (she/her) at rosenera@gvsu.edu. 

I encourage you to distribute this call for papers within your professional networks.

The post Call for Chapter Proposals for Slow Librarianship: Reflections and Practices appeared first on Litwin Books & Library Juice Press.

CFP: H-Net 2024 Teaching Conference

“History, Social Science, and the Humanities: Working in Classrooms and Communities”
Proposal Due: May 24, 2024
Conference Date: August 19 – 24, 2024
Location: Virtual on Zoom

H-Net is excited to announce that “History, Social Science, and the Humanities: Working in
Classrooms and Communities” will be our theme for the third annual, 2024 Virtual Teaching Conference. This year’s theme places an emphasis on community building of all kinds, from cultivating educational communities within public history venues to preserving inclusive classrooms in K-16 pedagogy. We welcome individual, panel, and roundtable proposals, as well as workshops or charrettes, that focus on the use of library and digital resources, the influence of career-focused university curriculum on student learning, how attacks on DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and humanities programs affect communities, and any other topic that relates to this year’s theme.

This year, our keynote speaker will be Dr. Steven Mintz, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and former H-Net President. Dr. Mintz, who is the author and editor of 14 books, is particularly well known for spearheading new teaching methods. He has long been a leader in the development of digital history and has received more than $15 million in grants for educational innovation.

The conference will be held in a virtual format during the week of August 19th, 2024. Presenters will have the opportunity to be recorded for future reference via the H-Net Commons. Selected presenters will also be invited to publish their work in the H-Net Conference Proceedings publication.

All proposals should include a title, CVs and email addresses for all presenters, and an abstract of no more than 200 words. No pre-recorded sessions will be accepted.

Submissions are encouraged to focus on any of the following issues:

  • How communities shape and encourage engagement with the social sciences and the
    humanities
  • Challenges and strategies related to the use of digital resources and artificial intelligence
  • How public-facing educational programs and resources (H-Net, National History Day,
    literacy initiatives, etc.) can enrich existing humanities efforts on the local, state, and
    national levels
  • Difficulties relating to government mandates at all educational levels

Email submissions to brothe10@msu.edu by Friday, May 24, 2024.

American Archivist Generative AI Statement

Introduction:

In Spring of 2023, American Archivist editors learned that authors had used artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT in submissions to the Reviews Portal. This sparked a conversation within the Editorial Board about the ethical use of AI in American Archivist content. As ChatGPT and other AI programs are becoming ubiquitous, the American Archivist Editorial Board is endorsing the following Norms and Recommendations for AI use within our publications. 

The Editorial Board recognizes that the technological landscape is rapidly evolving with regard to AI in scholarship and journal publication. We recognize that AI has great potential to contribute to archivists’ professional work, including creating summary documents for finding aids and facilitating data analysis for large projects. The American Archivist Editorial Board recognizes the opportunity to engage AI for scholarship and professional growth.

For the integrity of the journal, our goal is to define standards for the journal and the reviews portal, and to encourage authors to be transparent about their use of generative AI platforms, including ChatGPT, in content they submit. While the Editorial Board will not reject a piece solely based on the use of AI, we want to be clear about how AI is used in any context in American Archivist. We value an ethical approach to publishing and transparency for our professional membership and our readership.

We recognize that there is a distinction between using AI for assistance with spelling and grammar, and using AI to generate content. Multiple disciplines are voicing concerns about generative AI, and as a journal representing one arm of the allied information professions, this is what concerns us most. First, generative AI may pose substantial issues for copyright and intellectual property: generative AI uses other publications and writings that appear online, and these may not be appropriately attributed for copyright purposes. AI generated content may also reproduce biases from existing online content, and spread misinformation. In addition, our own editorial experience has shown that AI generated citations may produce references to articles that simply do not exist.[1]

In an effort to discourage the spread of misinformation, in an effort to maintain integrity of the journal, and to value our responsibility to authors, Society of American Archivist (SAA) members, and readers, the American Archivist Editorial Board is setting forth these Norms and Recommendations for the use of AI in our publications.

Norms and Recommendations:

These Norms and Recommendations represent an ethical agreement between authors submitting content to the journal and portal, and the Editorial Board. They are intended to encourage transparency in the use of AI in the research and publication process. They are not strictly enforced, nor do they purport to be a legally binding agreement between SAA, American Archivist, or the authors submitting content. The Editorial Board will review these norms and recommendations on an annual basis.

• No article will be summarily rejected because of the use of AI.

• Articles containing purely generated AI content are prohibited. 

• Authors must disclose the use of AI when a manuscript (review or article) is submitted. This includes, but is not limited to, AI generated content and data analysis. For maximum transparency, this disclosure should appear at the beginning of the article—in an author’s note, the abstract, or a statement prior to the article’s introduction.

• All content—regardless of the use of AI—will go through normal review channels (double blind peer review and/or editorial review, as appropriate).

• Editorial decisions are made based on peer/editorial review, quality of writing, and content. 

• Editors reserve the right to request AI transcripts from authors as well as additional information about its specific use, including where and how AI was used in the piece.

• Editors reserve the right to provide AI transcripts to peer reviewers as context for the piece.

Adopted February 15, 2024

Next scheduled review: February 2025

[1] Why does ChatGPT generate fake references? – TECHE (mq.edu.au) 

Read other submissions guidelines here. 

CFP: International Oral History Association Conference

Biennial conferences of the International Oral History Association (IOHA) allow for reviewing the global conditions and problems of oral history, regardless of the actual conference theme. This time, the organizers of the 23rd IOHA Conference call on oral historians worldwide to consciously rethink the idea and practice of their discipline.

Oral history today faces both old and new challenges with long-lasting and unpredictable consequences: the crisis of liberal democracy, growing tensions in international politics, climate change with its devastating outcomes on human life, increasing inequalities, wars, and mass migrations. All of the foregoing not only affect the conditions in which oral history is made, but also compels us to rethink its very aim. For Central and Eastern Europe, the full-scale Russian aggression in Ukraine beginning in February 2022 and its consequences are an especially painful reminder of that. Though oral history was, and still is a part of history, it has always been conscious of the responsibility (oral) history has for the current society. Aware of that mission, we encourage the global oral history community to return to the core questions of our practice: what kind of histories should we tell and pass on to the current and future generations?

Therefore, we invite oral historians to rethink this essential issue during the conference that will take place in September 2025 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Participants are encouraged to address one or more of the following questions in their proposals:

– Political involvement or independence: is ethical neutrality achievable and morally correct in a polarized world?
– Methodological standards: how much does the technological development of AI challenge them?
– Healing the wounds: how far can the therapeutic role of oral history go?
– Oral history responses to human crises: what methodological and ethical problems of emergency documenting and archiving may we use?
– “Lending our ears” (Portelli): how can we provide silenced and marginalized voices access to the public discourse?
– Oral history and environmental history: what are the areas of cooperation?
– Empowering community archives: how to teach them to create their own oral histories?
– How do we balance the dominance of Western academia with the voices of the non-Western world? – agency and resources.
– Globality versus locality of oral history: how to translate local practices into internationally recognized scholarship?
– Post-coloniality: how does oral history help societies reckon with colonial pasts and assist in building post-colonial futures?
– Disseminating oral history: what new methods can we use to present interviews to our audiences?
– Multilingualism as a challenge to global oral history: how to record stories in mother tongues?

Proposals for individual papers, session panels (5 papers each), or audiovisual presentations (film/play screenings followed by round table discussions) are to be submitted by July 31, 2024, via the online form on the conference website: https://ioha2025.conference.pl. Members of national oral history associations are encouraged to check the appropriate box and provide the name of the relevant organization. Individual paper proposals (up to 300 words) must contain the title of the paper, an abstract, and a short bio-note of its author(s). Panel proposals (up to 600 words) must include the title and a description of the session, the titles of all papers, and short bio-notes for all participants. Panel proposals must be international in membership (representing at least two countries). Please indicate the language of your paper/panel (English or Spanish). Audio-visual presentation proposals, in addition to including a description of the film/play (up to 300 words), must provide the names and bios of all discussants. If the film/play is not in English, please make sure that it is subtitled. English will be the main language of the conference. Only the plenary events will be translated into Spanish.

Decisions on the acceptance or rejection of proposals will be announced by the end of September 2024. Registration will be open between October 2024 and January 2025. The conference’s program will be ready by February 2025.

The organizers will not cover travel and accommodation costs; however, IOHA may provide a limited number of travel grants (more information on how to apply can be found on the IOHA website: https://www.ioha.org).

In case of any questions, do not hesitate to contact organizers via email: ioha.krakow@gmail.com

Organizer: Polish Oral History Association
Co-organizers: Centre of Community Archives in Warsaw, European Network Remembrance and Solidarity in Warsaw (ENRS), Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, International Oral History Association (IOHA), The Remembrance and Future Centre in Wrocław

Contact Email

ioha.krakow@gmail.com

URL

https://ioha2025.conference.pl