New Issue: Journal of Western Archives

Proposals are now being accepted for Concordia University Library’s 15th Annual Research Forum, in the beautiful city of Montreal. This year’s Research Forum will be held on Friday, April 28th, 2017, at the Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre.

The Research Forum provides an opportunity for librarians, archivists, graduate students, teaching faculty, and information professionals to describe and promote their completed or in-progress research, practical case studies or projects. The Forum also provides a venue for researchers to seek suggestions for enhancing their research interests, to identify potential new partners for projects, to test the effectiveness of their undertakings, and to promote research in academic libraries.

This year’s keynote speaker is Miguel Figueroa. Mr. Figueroa works at the Center for the Future of Libraries, an initiative from the American Library Association. He has previously held positions at the American Theological Library Association; ALA’s Office for Diversity and Office for Literacy and Outreach Services; NYU’s Ehrman Medical Library; and Neal-Schuman Publishers. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Knowledge River Program, an initiative that examines library issues from Hispanic and Native American perspectives.

Call for Proposals

Proposals are invited for presentations and / or posters on research or a case study in any area of Library and Information Science including literacy instruction, social media, library history, citation analysis methods, scholarly publishing, services to users with disabilities, new library technologies, resource sharing, research data management, reference service models and innovations, library space and design.

Presentations and posters may be in English or French.

At least one of the presenters of the poster and/or presentation should be the primary researcher involved with the original project.

Presentations should be between 15 and 20 minutes, followed by a question period.

Posters may also be submitted. These will be on view for the entire day. Poster presenters will have an opportunity to describe their posters during the day.

Submission deadline: Monday, February 6, 2017, 9 a.m.

For more information, please visit: http://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum

To submit a proposal, please click here.

For more information about the Concordia University Library’s 15th Annual Research Forum please contact Krista Alexander, Chair of the Librarians’ Research Forum Committee at Krista.Alexander@concordia.ca .

Warm regards,

The Librarians’ Research Forum Committee
Krista Alexander (Chair)
Guylaine Beaudry
Kathleen Botter
Melissa Rivosecchi

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Vous êtes invités à soumettre une proposition de communication ou d’affiche pour le 15^e Forum annuel de recherche en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l’information de la Bibliothèque de l’Université Concordia, à Montréal. Le Forum de recherche de cette année aura lieu le vendredi 28 avril 2017, au Centre des congrès des Jésuites de Loyola.

Le Forum de recherche donne l’occasion aux bibliothécaires, aux archivistes, aux étudiants des cycles supérieurs, aux professeurs des cégeps et des universités ainsi qu’aux praticiens des milieux documentaires de présenter leur projet de recherche ou un retour d’expérience, qu’ils soient en cours ou complétés. Le Forum est également un lieu pour les chercheurs qui souhaitent recevoir des suggestions et des commentaires sur leur projet de recherche, rencontrer de nouveaux partenaires, tester l’intérêt de leur approche ou promouvoir la recherche dans les bibliothèques universitaires.

Le conférencier principal est Miguel Figueroa. Monsieur Figueroa travaille au Center for the Future of Libraries, une initiative de la American Library Association (ALA). Auparavant, il a travaillé à la American Theological Library Association, au Bureau pour la diversité et au Bureau pour la litéracie et le rayonnement de l’ALA, à la bibliothèque médicale Ehrman de l’Université de New York et chez les éditeurs Neal-Schuman. Il est diplômé du programmeKnowledge River de l’Université d’Arizona, une initiative qui d’intéresse aux questions bibliothéconomiques du point de vue des Premières Nations et du peuple hispanique.

Appel à propositions

Vous êtes invités à proposer des communications et des affiches sur des sujets de recherche ou des retours d’expérience de les domaines de la bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, y compris le développement des compétences informationnelles, les médias sociaux, l’histoire des bibliothèques, la bibliométrie, l’édition savante, les services aux utilisateurs handicapés, les technologies de la bibliothèque, le partage des ressources, la gestion des données de recherche, les modèles de services de référence et les innovations en matière de conception d’espaces de bibliothèque.

Les communications et les affiches peuvent être présentées en anglais ou en français.

Au moins un des auteurs d’une communication ou d’une affiche doit être impliqué dans la recherche présentée.

Chaque communication doit durer entre 15 et 20 minutes et est suivie d’une période de questions.

Vous êtes également invités à proposer des affiches. Celles-ci seront accessibles tout au long de la journée, et les auteurs des affiches auront la possibilité de les présenter.

La date limite pour les soumissions est le lundi 6 février 2017, 9h.

Pour plus d’informations : http://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/francais.php

Pour soumettre, cliquez ici.

Pour plus d’informations sur 15^e Forum annuel de recherche de la Bibliothèque de l’Université Concordia, veuillez communiquer avec Krista Alexander, présidente du comité organisateur du Forum de recherche (Krista.Alexander@concordia.ca).

Cordialement,

Le comité de recherche du Forum des bibliothécaires
Krista Alexander (Responsable du comité)
Guylaine Beaudry
Kathleen Botter
Melissa Rivosecchi

New Issue: Practical Technology for Archives

Issue no.7, January 2017

Articles

Access and Preservation in Archival Mass Digitization Projects
John Yolkowski and Krista Jamieson
The Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds digitization project was carried out by the Dalhousie University Archives (DUA) in 2014-2015. At 55.5 linear meters and containing diverse media types and a broad range of content, this fonds was an excellent test case for the DUA’s first mass digitization project and represents a digitization project that, in terms of scale, falls between one-off digitization and a Google books style approach. As a pilot, much of this project was dedicated to grappling with intellectual and technical challenges of digitization projects, such as selection, copyright and rights management, documentation, scale of data created, processing of digital materials, and online presentation. From this, the project team strived to create best practices in balancing preservation and access.

Streamlining Delivery of Online Oral History Metadata through LibGuides
Heather Fox, Terri Holtze and Randy KuehnThe University of Louisville Oral History Center houses over 2000 interviews.
A collaborative project between Archives and Special Collections, the Office of Libraries Technology, and Web Services improved access to interview records by making a LibGuides webpage tied to a database containing the oral history metadata. This project has enhanced access for our users to the item level metadata of individual interviews and created a simplified, efficient workflow for our staff to maintain the information. In the following article, the authors discuss the methods and code they employed to offer users an interactive interface, and provide staff with a streamlined process for keeping the oral history material current.

Using Google Analytics, Voyant and Other Tools to Better Understand Use of Manuscript Collections at L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ryan K. Lee, Cory L. Nimer, J. Gordon Daines, III, and Shelise Rupp
This paper expands on a previous study on how the use of Web analytics and in-house statistics could provide a solid basis for making decisions about which collections to digitize as well as which collections in L. Tom Perry Special Collections merited deeper description. The study also revealed some intriguing insights into how our collections were being used and raised some important questions about the impact of description, digitization, and other factors on both digital and physical usage. This article will show how we repurposed data from Google Analytics; used free, online tools like Voyant; and employed other means to dig deeper into our usage data to answer many of the questions posed in our initial study.

Using LibAnswers in the Archives: A review and implementation report<
Tim Hutchinson
The need for an enquiry management system at the University of Saskatchewan’s University Archives & Special Collections was identified at the time of an organization restructuring, which involved the amalgamation of previously independent archives and special collections units, and a new model for reference service. While there were delays in selecting and deploying a system, this allowed requirements to be refined; LibAnswers was ultimately selected. This article reviews key features of the enquiry management and reference statistics components of LibAnswers, in the context of its implementation for an archival reference service.

Python for Archivists: breaking down barriers between systems
Gregory Wiedeman
Working with a multitude of digital tools is now a core part of an archivist’s skillset. We work with collection management systems, digital asset management systems, public access systems, ticketing or request systems, local databases, general web applications, and systems built on smaller systems linked through application programming interfaces (APIs). Over the past years, more and more of these applications have evolved to meet a variety of archival processes. We no longer expect a single tool to solve all our needs and embraced the “separation of concerns” design principle that smaller, problem-specific and modular systems are more effective than large monolithic tools that try to do everything. All of this has made the lives of archivists easier and empowered us to make our collections more accessible to our users.

American Archivist Seeks Editor

Are you an avid reader of the professional literature? Are you a published author? Do you have experience as an editor? Do you get excited about nurturing new and veteran voices? Are you brimming with ideas for expanding this journal’s readership?

Established in 1938, The American Archivist is the leading publication in the archives field. Published semi-annually by the Society of American Archivists, this refereed journal is available online and in print. The journal features research articles, case studies, perspectives, and international scene pieces as well as reviews of professional literature, archival technologies, and resources.

SAA seeks a dynamic individual with excellent communication skills who will enhance the visibility of The American Archivist in the archives and allied professional communities, and grow the number of high-quality submissions. The Editor is responsible for the solicitation, selection, peer review, and final approval of articles, and features. She or he 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 and works closely with the reviews editor, a copyeditor, an indexer, and the SAA staff (who handle journal production and business matters). The Editor also coordinates the activities of The American Archivist Editorial Board, serves ex officio on the Publications Board, and reports to the SAA Council. The position carries with it an annual honorarium.

Candidates should possess the following qualifications:

Demonstrated leadership skills that allow her or him to present a vision of the journal that places it at the center of the profession’s intellectual dialog.
Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture relationships with authors, both established and newly emerging, to encourage them to explore interesting questions and submit material to the journal.
Ability to nurture intriguing but not completely satisfactory submissions to successful publication.
Ability and willingness to pay special attention to the need to develop ideas in emerging areas of the profession, support the thoughtful reexamination of past professional insights, and address issues of particular relevance to historically underrepresented populations.
Excellent personal communication and writing skills, including the ability to edit scholarly material, the ability to communicate successfully with those who make submissions, and the ability to report to those in SAA with oversight responsibility for the journal.
Sufficient financial and time-management skills to complete tasks in an acceptable manner and, most importantly, to publish the journal at appropriate and regular intervals as established within the annual budget work plan.

The term of the current Editor, Greg Hunter, expires on December 31, 2017. His successor, who will serve a three-year term, will begin work no later than January 1, 2018.

Interviews of finalists will be conducted in May 2017. Submit letter of interest and curriculum vitae by April 14, 2017, to saahq@archivists.org and in subject line state “Application for Editor of The American Archivist.”

Questions should be directed to SAA Executive Director Nancy Beaumont at nbeaumont@archivists.org or 312-606-0722.

CFP: Archives and Manuscripts

Archives and Manuscripts is inviting submissions of up to 5000 words for a themed edition on RADICAL RECORDKEEPING for publication in November 2017. We are hoping that this call elicits submissions that come from persons with varied experiences, organisations, and time in the field. We realise that this call is broadly conceived. Not sure if your idea or paper fits with the theme? Please reach out to the editor or guest editors and we would be happy to discuss!

Aims and Scope
The concept of radical recordkeeping is broad in scope: it can encompass recordkeeping of radical acts, as well as radical approaches for the formation and use of records and archives. Radical recordkeeping serves to disrupt traditional recordkeeping paradigms in revolutionary or profound ways using different approaches that inform practice, scholarship and teaching.

Radical, by the Oxford Dictionary definition is:
1. Especially of change or action relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something;
2. Characterised by departure from tradition; innovative or progressive.

Archives and Manuscripts
is the leading peer-reviewed archival journal published in the Australasian region and has been published continuously since 1955. Over the past 60 years, Archives and Manuscripts has published hundreds of articles by archival and recordkeeping academics, researchers, practitioners, students and theorists.

Further information, including guidelines and style requirements for prospective authors and submission deadlines, is available on the journal’s webpage at
www.tandfonline.com/raam or by contacting the General Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo at journaleditor@archivists.org.au

New Issue: Journal of Documentation

Volume 73, Issue 1

Articles

Re-conceiving time in reference and information services work: a qualitative secondary analysis
Jenny Bossaller, Christopher Sean Burns, Amy VanScoy

A knowledge management framework for effective integration of national archives resources in China
Xiaomi An, Wenlin Bai, Hepu Deng, Shuyang Sun, Wenrui Zhong, Yu Dong

Researching fractured (information) landscapes: Implications for library and information science researchers undertaking research with refugees and forced migration studies
Annemaree Lloyd

Cult of the “I”: Organizational symbolism and curricula in three Scandinavian iSchools with comparisons to three American
Koraljka Golub, Joacim Hansson, Lars Selden

Warrant as a means to study classification system design
Julia Bullard

The conceptual ecology of digital humanities
Alex H. Poole

An analytical approach to building a core ontology for food
Devika P. Madalli, Usashi Chatterjee, Biswanath Dutta

In-between strengthened accessibility and economic demands: Analysing self-service libraries from a user perspective
Lisa Engström, Johanna Rivano Eckerdal

GAFA speaks: metaphors in the promotion of cloud technology
Maria Lindh, Jan Michael Nolin

Reviews and Commentaries

About and on Behalf of Scriptum Est by Vesa Suominen
Steven Laporte

CFP: Archival Issues

Archival Issues, one of the premier publications of archival literature is accepting submissions. The Editorial Board of the Midwest Archives Conference strives to publish articles that will interest and educate a broad range of information professionals. Acceptable topics for articles cover the full range of archival activity.

Although Archival Issues publishes contributions from well-established professionals, the Editorial Board particularly encourages submissions from archivists who have not published previously. Editorial Board reviews of articles are conducted in a blind review process, and authors are usually informed of publication decisions within six weeks.

Please send submissions and questions to Alexandra Orchard, alexandra@wayne.edu.

New Issue: The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections

Volume 2 | Issue 1 – (Full Issue)

The Case of the Awgwan: Considering Ethics of Digitization and Access for Archives
Peterson Brink, Mary Ellen Ducey, and Elizabeth Lorang
Building a Special Collection of Popular and Middlebrow Fiction, 1900-1950
Erica Brown, She eld Hallam University
Training the Next Generation: Best Practices in Student Training at the University of California, Riverside Libraries
Sarah M. Allison
Assessing Archival Collections through Surveys
Wendy Pfug, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Read a Zine, Then Make One, Then Catalog it: Creating a Zine Library at SUNY New Paltz
Madeline Veitch, SUNY New Paltz

CFP Extension: Journal of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives

Extension: Call for Papers: Journal of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Issue no. 47

Extended Dates
November 30, 2016: Full article submission deadline
January 5, 2017: Journal release

General Call for Papers

IASA Journal invites proposals covering general topics of interest to the sound and audiovisual archives communities throughout the world. Articles, reviews, essays, and technical documents are welcome.

Issue no. 47 special considerations:

We encourage submissions that respond to critical issues for audiovisual archives today:

* Degradation in legacy physical collections, especially magnetic carriers
* Obsolescence of playback equipment and strategies for acquiring spare parts for playback machines
* Selecting sustainable and compatible target codecs and wrappers for A-to-D video reformatting projects
* The proliferation of born-digital audiovisual formats and codecs
* Planning for the necessary technical infrastructure needed to ingest and manage the large digital collections being created and acquired at sound and audiovisual archives worldwide
* Intellectual property rights
* Metadata strategies for time-based media objects
* Providing meaningful and useful access to sound and audiovisual collections for researchers of all kinds and in all locations

Please consider submitting an article covering one of these topics or the results of independent research that would be of interest to the IASA membership and the international audiovisual archives community.

The IASA Journal is a peer-reviewed publication. All submissions must include (1) a separate title page with submitter’s name(s) and institution(s), and (2) a Word document or plain text submission of the proposed article (please do not include the submitter’s name on any part of this document).

Submissions may be in French, German, Spanish, or English. Supporting images can be sent as digital images in GIF, JPEG, PDF, PNG,  or TIFF formats.

Please submit articles no later than November 14, 2016, via email to the editor: editor@iasa-web.org.

Information for authors

1. Soft copy as a .doc file for text should be submitted with minimal formatting.
2. Illustrations (photographs, diagrams, tables, maps, etc) may be submitted as low resolution files placed in the .doc file AND high-resolution versions for publication must also be sent separately as attachments.
3. Use footnotes not endnotes.
4. References should be listed at the end of the article in alphabetic order and chronologically for each author and should adhere to the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html).
5. Authors are encouraged to submit original research or to develop their conference  presentations into more detailed accounts and/or arguments for publication in the journal. In principle, articles should be no longer than 5,000 words.

Information for advertisers

Enquiries about advertising should be sent to the Editor (editor@iasa-web.org). Current rates can be seen on the website at http://www.iasa-web.org/iasa-journal-advertising.

Please contact editor@iasa-web.org with any questions.

Thanks, and best —

Bertram Lyons, Editor, IASA Journal

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