Call for Applications: Evidence Summaries Team of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

Call for Applications:  Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Evidence Summaries Writers

EBLIP seeks to add five writers to the Evidence Summaries Team. Evidence Summaries provide critical appraisal syntheses for specific research articles. These research synopses provide readers with information regarding the original research article’s validity and reliability, thus providing information on the presence or absence of evidence with which to make informed decisions. Evidence Summaries Team members are required to write two evidence summaries per year, with a two year commitment to the journal. Evidence Summaries cover all areas of library and information studies and we encourage applications from information professionals in areas such as school, public, and special libraries, as well as academic settings.

Interested persons should send a statement of interest, indicating areas of strength they would bring to the role, as well as a brief résumé to Heather Pretty (Associate Editor, Evidence Summaries) hjpretty@mun.ca by October 15, 2017. Applicants who are shortlisted will be asked to submit a sample evidence summary.

**Please note that Evidence Based Library and Information Practice is a non-profit, open access journal and all positions are voluntary and unpaid. The positions are an excellent opportunity for continuing professional development and gaining experience in reviewing or critically appraising library-related research.

**Only those applicants who are selected or shortlisted will be contacted by the Editors.
About the journal: Published quarterly by the University of Alberta, this peer reviewed, open access journal is targeted at all library and information professionals interested in an evidence based model of practice. By facilitating access to library and information studies research via original research articles and evidence summaries of relevant research from the library literature, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice enables information professionals to practice their profession in an evidence-based manner.

Please visit the Evidence Based Library and Information Practice website for further information about the journal.

CFP: 2017 Best Book Proposal Contest for the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series

This call does not specifically mention archives, but archives fits within their description.

2017 Best Book Proposal Contest for the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series

Contest Sponsored by Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers

Please provide detailed answers to the following prompts, along with required documentation, for a chance to win $250.00 from Rowman & Littlefield and the opportunity to pursue a book contract. To be eligible, proposals must be submitted electronically to Andrea Falcone, Editor, at bpmseries@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on November 15th, 2017.  Submissions will be evaluated by the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Editorial Board.  The contest winner will be contacted in December 2017.

About the Series

Books published as part of the Scholars Series advance knowledge in the discipline and profession of library and information science. More information about the series can be found here.

Book Proposal Outline

  1. Why is this book needed?  Who will want to read it or use it and why? How is it different from other books on the same topic?
  2.  Imagine that your book is in our next catalog.  Begin with a title that captures the tone and spirit of your book.  What would the catalog description be?  Emphasize special features or sections using bullets where appropriate.
  3.  Identify titles on the same topic published in the last 5-7 years. These will be your book’s competition.  Can you give a sentence or two that would make us want to publish your book even though those other books are available? If there are not books on this topic, why is that?
  4.  Construct a 1-3 paragraph biographical statement and submit a copy of your curriculum vitae including information on your previous experience presenting, writing, teaching, conducting research, or other professional activities relevant to the proposed book. In the biographical statement, emphasize the relevance of your education and experience to this book topic.  Please include information about other articles or books you have published.
  5.  Provide a tentative table of contents that includes page number estimates for each chapter.  Please also include for each chapter an estimated number of photographs, figures, tables, or other graphic elements you think you would want to include in the chapter.
  6.  Present at least one example of your published professional writing. This can be a journal article, a poster abstract, a book chapter, or another sample publication.
  7.  What is your target date for completing the manuscript?

2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence

The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) posts the following message.

— 2017 ARSC AWARDS —

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works.

Two awards may be presented annually in each category — one for best history and one for best discography. Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality. The 2017 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2016.

For the 2017 winners, go to:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/awards/awards2017.html

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings — in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals — everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.

Research Study: Archives in Libraries

Part of supporting scholarship is helping others with their research. When they arise, I’m going to start posting calls about surveys, studies, and the like that are designed with a research study in mind. I don’t know if/how these will be published, but supporting each other in these endeavors helps build a research and scholarship community.

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Good afternoon everyone,

I am developing a research proposal focused on the administrative dynamics surrounding archives that exist organizationally in libraries and the potential effects this parent-child relationship has on users. In particular, I am interested in talking with organizations that have reorganized the placement or structure of the archives unit within a library in the last 2 years. If you work in such an organization and are interested in participating in this study, please contact me at atodddiaz@towson.edu

Thank you in advance!

Ashley

Ashley Todd-Diaz, MSIS, MA, CA
Head of Special Collections and University Archives
Albert S. Cook Library
Towson University
Towson, Maryland

Newsletter Calls and Content

Midwest Archivist

Greetings Colleagues!
Has your repository completed an amazing project, received a notable grant or accomplished something that you would like to share with your colleagues?

The Midwest Archives Conference is seeking newsletter content for the News from the Midwest column. The deadline is November 1.

I’m looking for content from Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin. We look forward to promoting archival accomplishments in the Heartland!

Alison Stankrauff
University Archivist
Wayne State University
Walter Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202
alison.stankrauff@wayne.edu
313-577-4027

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Archivists and Archives of Color Quarterly Newsletter

Call for Submissions for Fall 2017 Newsletter

We want to hear from you. The Archivists and Archives of Color Quarterly Newsletter is looking for news, upcoming events, exhibits, staff news, fellowship/scholarship announcements, etc. from your institution.

If you would like your item to be published in our Fall 2017 issue, please submit your announcements/news/photos to Ashley Stevens, Newsletter Editor at asteven8@gmail.com by Friday, October 13, 2017.

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Human Rights Archives Section Newsletter

Something important to you missing from this newsletter? Send a submission my way and let me know what you would like to see.Please submit newsletter items about archives and human rights (writ broadly) to hilary.h.barlow@gmail.com. These can be recent publications, upcoming events or exhibitions, opportunities and scholarships, or something else entirely as long as it connects to archives and human rights. For the October newsletter, please send you submission by October 24, 2017.

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Manuscripts Section Newsletter

The Fall 2017 issue of SAA’s Manuscript Repositories Section Newsletter is available and can be accessed on the Section’s website: https://www2.archivists.org/groups/manuscript-repositories-section

This issue contains minutes from the annual meeting in Portland and the summer steering committee meeting, as well as news and announcements from Williams College, AUC Woodruff Library Archives Research Center, Boston College, and the Black Metropolis Research Consortium. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the newsletter!

For future newsletters, please send submissions to Alison Clemens, at alison.clemens@gmail.com The submissions deadline for the next newsletter is 1 March 2018.

Ashley Todd-Diaz
Chair, Manuscripts Repository Section

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The Florida Archivist

Deadline extended to October 22.

The Florida Archivist provides informative and timely information about the activities of archivists and archival repositories in the state of Florida. Press releases, conference and workshop information, job announcements, exhibition news, grant opportunities, and related topics are also published.  Contact Newsletter Editor Jessica Orozco (jmorozco@stu.edu) for more information.

CFP: Practical Technology for Archives

Practical Technology for Archives is an open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic journal focused on the practical application of technology to address challenges encountered in working with archives. Our goal is to provide a timely resource, published semi-annually, that addresses issues of interest to practitioners, and to foster community interaction through monitored comments. Submissions may be full articles, brief tips and techniques, AV tutorials, reviews (tools, software, books), or post-grant technical reports. Please visit practicaltechnologyforarchives.org for more information.

The editorial board of Practical Technology for Archives is calling for proposals/abstracts for Issue no.9 (2018:Winter).

The submission timeline is as follows:

Proposals due: October 27
Selections made: November 8
1st drafts due: December 8
Draft reviews: December 22
Revisions due: January 19
Publication: February 2

Submissions should be sent to:
Practical Technology for Archives
Randall Miles
Managing Editor
rm527@cornell.edu

Recent Issue: The Reading Room

The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections is now available for download.

Volume 2 | Issue 2 – (Full Issue, Spring 2017)

Bringing Art to the Library: An Undergraduate Art Education Collaborative with the Curriculum Materials Center
Karen Nourse Reed, Middle Tennessee State University

Making the Case for Brown University’s Stamp Collections
Sarah Dylla, Rhode Island School of Design and Steven Lubar, Brown University

A Model for Surfacing Hidden Collections: The Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant Program at the University of North Texas Libraries
Marcia McIntosh, Jacob Mangum, and Mark E. Phillips, University of North Texas

Literary Manuscripts in the Classroom: Using Manuscript Collections to Engage Undergraduate Students
Libby Hertenstein, Bowling Green State University

What was Old is New Again: Managing Streaming Archival Films on Multiple Hosted Platforms
Jessica Clemons, University at Buffalo, and Reed Bresson, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(Semi) Open Access: Taylor & Francis Journals

I recently found out that Taylor & Francis provides some content as open access. Much of what they have is behind subscription paywalls, but I am pleasantly surprised they offer a way to search their journals that’s available to anyone.

The search function is on their website. After a search, you’ll see both open and subscription content. On the left side is a box to check to limit to open access journals.

A quick search for “archives” yielded quite a few results. However, I know not all were relevant to the archival profession. But there are several library and archives journals published by Taylor & Francis, including Archives & Manuscripts, Journal of Archival Organization, Archives and Records, and others.

This is a helpful resource for the many archivists whose institutions don’t subscribe to the database. Enjoy!

Recent Issue: Manuscript Studies

Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Spring 2017 Vol. 2.1

Dedication
Justin McDaniel

Illuminating Archives: Collectors and Collections in the History of Thai Manuscripts
Justin McDaniel

Henry D. Ginsburg and the Thai Manuscripts Collection at the British Library and Beyond
Jana Igunma

Cultural Goods and Flotsam: Early Thai Manuscripts in Germany and Those Who Collected Them
Barend Jan Terwiel

Thai Manuscripts in Italian Libraries: Three Manuscripts from G. E. Gerini’s Collection Kept at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Claudio Cicuzza

Manuscripts in Central Thailand: Samut Khoi from Phetchaburi Province
Peter Skilling and Santi Pakdeekham

Manuscripts from the Kingdom of Siam in Japan 
Toshiya Unebe

The Chester Beatty Collection of Siamese Manuscripts in Ireland
Justin McDaniel

Siamese Manuscript Collections in the United States
Susanne Ryuyin Kerekes and Justin McDaniel

Reviews

The Medieval Manuscript Book: Cultural Approaches eds. by Michael Johnston and Michael Van Dussen (review)
Benjamin C. Tilghman

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Manuscript Collection of Lambeth Palace Library by Christopher Wright et al. (review)
Georgi Parpulov
Christine de Pizan in Bruges: “Le livre de la cité des dames” as “Het Bouc van de Stede der Vrauwen” (London, British Library, Add. 20698) by Orlanda S. H. Lie et al. (review)
Hanno Wijsman

Borthwick Institute for Archives by York’s Archbishops’ (review)
Alexander Devine

Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections by Jeffrey F. Hamburger et al., and: Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections eds. by Jeffrey F. Hamburger et al. (review)
Jessica Brantley

2016 Publications Mander Jones Awards Recipients Announced

Congratulations to the 2016 Publications Mander Jones Award recipients who were presented with a certificate at the 2017 AGM.

Recipients

Category 1A:  City of Sydney, Records Management Challenge eLearning module

Category 1B: Anne Gilliland, Sue McKemmish and Andrew Lau, Research in the Archival Multiverse, Social Informatics Series, Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Press, 2016.

Category 2A: SDN Children’s Services / Dr Leone Huntsman Children, a life interest: a biography of Joan Fry OBE

Category 3: National Library of Australia, Guide to manuscript collections containing currency related items in the National Library of Australia

Category 5: Two winners in this category:

Michael Jones and Richard Vine, “Cultivating Capability: The Socio-Technical Challenges of Integrating Approaches to Records and Knowledge Management” Records Management Journal, Vol. 26 Issue: 3, pp.242-258

Sue McKemmish, “Recordkeeping in the Continuum: an Australian tradition” in ed. Anne J Gilliand; Sue McKemmish; Andrew J Lau Research in the Archival Multiverse, Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Press, 2016. p. 122-160.

Category 6: Dr Rachel Buchanan, How Shakespeare helped shape Germaine Greer’s feminist masterpiece, The Conversation, Australian edition, May 26, 2016.

Category 8: Find & Connect web resource team, eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Find and Connect Web Resource Blog

Commendations

Category 2A: University of Melbourne Archives and Millicent Weber, “A fortune built on slavery: the Bright Family Papers and their journey from UK to Melbourne”, The Conversation, 22 August 2016

Category 3: Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria Ward Records Collection Guide