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Call for Applications: American Archivist Editor

The Society of American Archivists seeks an avid reader, writer, and editor of professional archival literature to serve as Editor of American Archivist. 

SAA seeks a dynamic individual with excellent communication skills who will enhance the visibility of American Archivist in the archives and allied professional communities and grow the number of high-quality submissions.

Established in 1938, American Archivist is the leading publication in the archives field. Published semi-annually by the Society of American Archivists, the journal features research articles, case studies, perspectives, and international scene pieces as well as reviews of professional literature, archival technologies, and resources. It strives to publish contributions that advance the core organizational values and strategic goals of SAA.

The Editor is responsible for the solicitation, selection, peer review, and final approval of articles and features. A successful candidate shall demonstrate an ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as reflected in the SAA Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Critical to advancing the goals enumerated in the SAA Strategic Plan, we seek a candidate who will continue to diversify and strengthen the peer review system, harness the diverse talent and perspectives of the Editorial Board, and focus on making our journal more inclusive and accessible. Thus, we welcome a candidate who will maintain the independence, prominence, and credibility of American Archivist as a critical venue for presenting the diversity of knowledge and ideas relevant to the archival profession through a rigorous peer review process that values diversity and inclusivity and produces excellent scholarly and professional contributions.

The Editor will use PeerTrack (an author- and reviewer-friendly manuscript submission and peer review system) to work with authors and prospective authors on necessary revisions. In addition, the Editor works closely with the reviews editors, a copyeditor, an indexer, and SAA staff (who handle journal production and business matters). The Editor coordinates the activities of the American Archivist Editorial Board, serves ex officio on the SAA Publications Board, and reports to the SAA Council.

Candidates should possess the following qualifications:

  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including a strong and clear showing of a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, and a vision that places the journal at the forefront of professional dialogue.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture relationships with authors, both emerging and established, to encourage them to explore interesting questions, and to submit ideas and articles to the journal.
  • Strong understanding of archival work or the archival profession
  • Ability and willingness to develop ideas in emerging areas of the profession and to support the thoughtful reexamination of past professional insights, and to address issues of particular relevance to historically underrepresented populations.
  • Ability to nurture intriguing, but not completely formed, submissions to successful publication.
  • Excellent personal communication and writing skills, including the ability to edit scholarly material, to give feedback to authors, and to make timely reports to those in SAA with oversight responsibility for the journal.
  • Sufficient financial and time-management skills to ensure that the journal is published regularly, on time, and on budget.

The new American Archivist editor will serve a three-year term, beginning no later than October 1, 2026. The honorarium is budgeted at $36,000 per year.

Application

Submit letter of interest and curriculum vitae/résumé by May 15, 2026, to hr@archivists.org with the subject line “Application for Editor of American Archivist.” Interviews of finalists will be conducted in June 2026. 

Call for Applications: Small Grants Fund for Early Career Digital Publications

Now through Monday, May 18 at 5pm ET, the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library welcomes applications to our Small Grants Fund for Early Career Digital Publications for the 2026-2027 academic year.

The grant consists of a stipend of $1,200 to support research and development time, together with institutional research and technical support from LMEC staff through the stages of the digital publication process. Projects may be conducted by scholars working both inside and outside of the academy on all topics related to geography, maps, history, and the humanistic spatial social sciences, either individually or in a group (though the stipend amount is fixed regardless of the number of scholars involved in the project). The primary author of the publication should be an early career scholar.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. Please submit your application by Monday 5/18 at 5pm ET.

Contact Information

Ian Spangler, Associate Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography, Leventhal Map & Education Center

https://www.leventhalmap.org/about/people/ian-spangler/

Contact Email

ispangler@leventhalmap.org

URL

https://leventhalmap.org

Call for Contributors: forgingUS with the Center for Digital Editing

The Center for Digital Editing would like to invite you to take part in forgingUS, a new project that brings together leading documentary editing projects, scholars, educators, and technologists to expand access to primary sources from the Founding Era and Early Republic. Centered on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, forgingUS aims to create a free, public website featuring curated, document-based exhibits, interactive maps and timelines, and more.

We’re already at work on several exhibits related to the Declaration of Independence, and we’ve tentatively identified future areas of interest, including the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Phillis Wheatley. That said, we’re very much open to new ideas discussing historical documents, individuals, and events between the dates of 1770 and 1812. We welcome any topics where your expertise can illuminate how documents were produced, circulated, revised, and remembered.

Participation in forgingUS is a paid opportunity. Content creators receive an honorarium of $1000 for their work on an exhibit. As an exhibit creator, you would be asked to:

  • Propose a topic.
    • Successful exhibits will be framed around a central, compelling question like “Why did the founders edit Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence?” or “How did colonists respond to the Declaration of Independence?”
  • Break the exhibit topic down into an outline of 3–7 short sections that contextualize the key topics, individuals, events, and documents related to the exhibit topic. Then, prepare the text.
    • Successful exhibits will include short, digestible segments written in language easily understood by the casual, history-loving public. Most importantly, it AVOIDS a “wall of text.”
  • Suggest ideas for engaging or interactive elements to be featured within the exhibit, like timelines, maps, image hotspots, short videos or sound clips.
  • Create a list of people, places, and events that you think readers might need to know to understand the exhibit.
  • Identify essential external resources that readers may use to explore a topic further.

Throughout the content development process, our team will support you in thinking through engaging ways to frame and present your digital exhibit. We will also handle the technical build and integration, allowing you to focus on scholarly input rather than platform mechanics.

If you are interested in participating, we invite you to submit your exhibit idea(s) here: https://forms.gle/X1kBCakDnfUvpQ8a9. For more information on what a forgingUS exhibit may look like or what the content submission process entails, please visit: https://sites.google.com/virginia.edu/forgingus.

Oral History Australia Seeking New Editors

Oral History Australia is seeking to fill the role of editor for our journal Studies in Oral History.

The role is voluntary but offers the opportunity for an experienced oral historian to give back to our community and/or for an early to mid-career oral historian to develop their skills.

In recent years the role of editor has been filled by two people. This is a very useful arrangement for sharing the workload of editor. It would be ideal for two editors of similar experience or an experienced editor mentoring a more junior colleague.

Studies in Oral History is an open-access academic journal providing peer-reviewed articles as well as reports and reviews of interest to the broader oral history community.

The new editor/s will commence with the 2026 edition of the journal. It is expected that the Call for Papers for the 2026 edition will be issued before the end of the year.

The current editors, Skye Krichauff and Carolyn Collins, are very happy to assist in the handover of the role.

Deadline

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 22 November 2025. Submissions should be made to the OHA President Elisabeth Gondwe via email – president@oralhistoryaustralia.org.au.

Further information

For more information about the editor’s role and submitting an expression of interest please refer to this document – Journal editor – Expressions of Interest.

For information about our journal go to: About our journal.

Call for Editors: Humanities Methods in Librarianship #OpenAccessJournal

Call For Editors

Apply by: September 15th, 2025

Humanities Methods in Librarianship – a new, no-fee, open access journal – is looking for editors to join our talented editorial team! The journal publishes high quality, peer-reviewed research, creative works, and book reviews. We aim to broaden the scholarly conversation by encouraging submissions that deploy methods from the humanities to address current or salient issues in the library profession.

If you are interested in being an editor, irrespective of your academic background, we’d love to hear from you!

Please fill out the form here, and we will reach out to you to start a conversation. 

For additional information, please reach out to editors@humanitiesmethods.org.

Submit a Topic

Greetings Readers:

Recently, I realized that I wasn’t receiving notifications from the Google form I had on the Contact page. I have since adjusted the settings and it should working now! To those who had previously used the form – I apologize for missing your submissions and I hope you will submit again in the future.

I subscribe to and follow many journals, websites, organizations, and so forth. But of course it’s hard to find everything. If you hear of calls for papers or presentations, new publications and journals, or anything related to publishing in the archives profession, please send it along and I’ll be glad to post it.

Thanks for reading!
Cheryl

Call for Applications: Oral History Association Newsletter Editor

The Oral History Association (OHA) seeks to hire a newsletter editor to assist with communications within our organization and to the broader community of oral historians. Since 1966, the OHA has served as the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history. The OHA Newsletter Editor will lead the creation, curation, and distribution of two regular digital newsletter publications that are described below. This position is responsible for editorial planning, content development, and ensuring that these publications reflect the mission, diversity, and evolving work of OHA’s membership. The two publications are as follows:

  • The OHA Newsletter has been published regularly since the founding of the Oral History Association. Its purpose is to inform and engage the membership of the OHA. It features general news, columns from the current leadership and the executive office, profiles of members, and information on OHA programming, initiatives, and resources. Starting in 2026, the OHA Newsletter will be published quarterly.
  • The Oral History Community Bulletin is a new publication that will be directed toward programs, institutions, and associations outside of the OHA membership. It will be framed to curate useful information for groups interested in the work of the OHA but also for matters related to many fields of oral historians in general. The digital publication will be produced three to four times per year

Review of applications will begin September 1, 2025. Position begins January 2026. To apply, send 1) a letter of application indicating your interest and qualifications and 2) a resume or CV. Submit these materials and any questions you have about the position to the Executive Director of the OHA, Stephen Sloan, at stephen_sloan@baylor.edu.

The Oral History Association is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Contact Information

Dr. Stephen Sloan 

Executive Director, Oral History Association

Director, Institute for Oral History

Professor, Department of History (Baylor University)

Contact Email

Stephen_Sloan@Baylor.edu

URL

Call for Applications: OHA Newsletter Editor

SHARP Annual Bibliography 2024

SHARP, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing has compiled a bibliography of 2024 publications related to book, reading, and publishing history.

See also past bibliographies.

Break from April 25-May 16

I am on vacation so there will be no posts for a few weeks. When I return, I’ll do my best to catch up but of course may miss a few announcement deadlines.

I also want to say thank you to everyone who follows and reads this blog. So far this year there have been 80 posts, over 6,000 views, and over 3,500 visitors. I am so appreciative that people use this resource!

Happy writing, researching, presenting, and publishing!

Call for Peer Reviewers: Teaching With Primary Sources Case Studies

Call for Peer Reviewers

The Case Studies on Teaching With Primary Sources series sponsored by the Reference, Access, and Outreach (RAO) Section of SAA seeks individuals who conduct instruction work in archives and special collections to serve as peer reviewers for its open-ended series of case studies. Single-blind peer review is conducted using a rubric to evaluate and share feedback on submissions. 

To volunteer to become a peer reviewer, please complete our sign up form by March 15, 2025. A member of the editorial team will reach out to you after the deadline with more information.

For questions, please contact twps-casestudies@archivists.org.

ABOUT THE TWPS CASE STUDIES

Sponsored by the Reference, Access, and Outreach (RAO) Section of SAA, this open-ended series of case studies is designed to illustrate the application of the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy. The guidelines were developed by a joint task force charged by SAA and the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS).