SAA Book Club

Hi All! I have scheduled a virtual meeting for the SAA Book Club on January 16th at 2 PM EST. This is a meeting to discuss ideas for updating the book club’s setup and our first three books.

Below is an invite for the virtual meeting. The meeting can only last 40minutes, so it will be a short one but hopefully an informative one as well. If you would be interested in being a moderator for the club please let me (Melanie) know during the meeting. Thank you!

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 
Time: Jan 16, 2025 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Melissa Gydesen

CFP: IslandoraCon 2025

On behalf of the Islandora Foundation, we invite submission of proposals for IslandoraCon 2025, taking place in person July 14-17, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with options to present and attend online.

The theme of IslandoraCon 2025 is: All in on Islandora.

IslandoraCon brings together a community of librarians, archivists, cultural heritage collections managers, technologists, developers, project managers, and open source project enthusiasts in support of the Islandora framework for digital curation and asset management. 

We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics related to managing collections with Islandora, developing Drupal modules and software support for Islandora, and Islandora community initiatives and interests. These may include:

  • Digital accessibility
  • Workflows, policies, and training
  • Multimedia viewers and displays
  • Institutional repository requirements, migrations and integrations
  • Metadata 
  • Documentation
  • User testing
  • Bots, site performance, and security
  • Drupal versions, updates, modules, and potential integrations
  • Islandora architecture and affordances
  • Digital preservation workflows and integrations
  • Digital exhibits
  • Assessment and metrics

We anticipate having a variety of session formats, including lightning talks (5 minutes), individual presentations, panel discussions, and longer workshops, training, or troubleshooting sessions. Sessions will be 25 or 50 minutes, which includes time for questions. The planning committee is open to additional suggestions for session formats – in your proposal, please indicate what kind of format you think will best fit your topic and presenters.  All sessions will be streamed and/or recorded.

If you have an idea for a session and are looking for co-organizers or co-presenters, please post in the IslandoraCon 2025 Slack channel!

Deadline for session proposals: February 14, 2024. Please use this Google form for proposal submissions. If you have questions about proposal format or submission, please post in the IslandoraCon 2025 Slack channel or email IslandoraCon 2025 co-chairs Cory Lampert or Cary Gordon. We look forward to seeing you there!

CFP: LAMPHHS Annual Meeting

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) invites you to submit a proposal for its annual meeting, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 30-May 1, 2025. While there is no specific theme for this conference, we are particularly interested in presentations on the following topics:

  • Handling sensitive materials in your collections
  • Best practices with limited resources
  • Case studies on how to get it done: engaging with students, provenance research, and other day-to-day medical collection questions
  • Adapting to changes: leadership, ways we approach collections or collection topics, funding, staffing, and more

Session Formats: The Program Committee encourages submission of proposals that may include, but are not limited to, the following formats:

  • Traditional Conference Presentations: Speakers should expect to give a presentation of no more than 15 minutes followed by discussion.
  • Panel Discussion: 60-90 minute session with a panel of 3 to 4+ individuals informally discussing a variety of theories or perspectives on a common topic. Please confirm participation with all panelists before submitting the panel proposal.
  • Special Focus Session: 60-minute session designed to highlight innovative archives or museum programs, new techniques, and research projects. Audience participation is encouraged.
  • Workshops, Other Formats: Have a format idea that isn’t represented? Feel free to propose an alternative!

NOTE: Panels and sessions are limited to 90 minutes: 12-15 minutes for each panelist + 12-15 minutes for Q&A.

Please submit your proposal via this submission form: https://forms.gle/Lg7Ed477GWAAqCr77

The deadline for submitting session proposals is January 31, 2025.

You must be a LAMPHHS member to submit a proposal. Not a member? Join for only $25.00 at https://lamphhs.org/

If you have any questions regarding proposals, please email Sheridan Sayles at sayless@mskcc.org

More information will be shared as it becomes available.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact the LAMPHHS 2025 Program Committee or Local Arrangement Committee

Online Event: SAA Write Away Forum

Wondering what it takes to write a research article? Draft a book proposal? Prepare a case study on archival practice? Review a professional resource? Define terminology in the archival lexicon?

Join SAA to find out how! There are a wide range of opportunities to write for SAA and contribute to its newsletters, blogs, case studies series, reviews portal, magazine, journal, dictionary, and books. Whether you are a novice writer, an experienced voice, or anything in between, learn how to share your experiences and expertise through SAA’s writing opportunities at this free virtual forum on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. CT.

Register Here

RSVP required for Zoom security.

At the forum, SAA publications staff Savanah Tiffany and Hannah Stryker will kick off a discussion with Publications Editor Stacie Williams, American Archivist Editor Amy Cooper Cary, Journal Reviews Editors Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke, SAA staff Julia Pillard on Archival Outlook, Emily Lapworth from the Committee on Data, Research, and Assessment (CORDA), as well as the Dictionary Working Group. Each speaker will highlight their respective publishing outlet and address how to submit content, topic trends, and new directions. There will be a Q&A session following the presentations, as well as more information on how to connect with the editors after the forum.

Join SAA and “write away”!

CFP: Best Practices Exchange 2025

The Best Practices Exchange (BPE) 2025 Program Committee is now accepting session proposals for our next unconference, Behind the Scenes: People and Practice, which will be held June 9-11, 2025, at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. View the full Call for Proposals.

Submit your proposal via this short form (forms.gle/jTTWh5tTzph5rY5V8) by Friday, February 28, 2025. Acceptance notifications will be sent in April of 2025.

Find more information about the 2025 unconference here: bpexchange.wordpress.com/2025-conference. View programs from past conferences here for examples of topics and session formats.

Interested in collaborating with others on a particular topic? Connect with others about potential proposals: BPE Proposals Brainstorming Spreadsheet

Recent Issue: RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

RBM, Vol. 25 no. 2 (2024)
(open access)

Editor’s Note
Diane Dias De Fazio

Articles

An Analysis of RBMS News Blog Job Advertisements, 2013–2021
Ikumi Crocoll, Kelli Hansen

Artist Interviews as a Tool in the Preservation of Artists’ Books
Jessica Pace, Lou Di Gennaro, Josephine Jenks, Catherine E. Stephens

From Mesoamerican Codices to Twentieth-Century Otomí Artists’ Books: Amate Papers in Rare Book Libraries and Special Collections Departments
Remy Jackson

Reviews

Georgios Boudalis. On the Edge: Endbands in the Bookbinding Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2023. Hardcover, xii, 334p. $80 (ISBN 9781953421111).
Diane E. Bockrath

Jessica Brantley. Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. Hardcover, 346 p. $65. (ISBN: 9780812253849).
Joshua Hutchinson

CFP: Society of Mississippi Archivists 2025 Annual Meeting

The Society of Mississippi Archivists will hold its annual meeting at the Mississippi University for Women’s Fant Library on March 27-28, 2025.

Theme: “Praise the Bridges that Carried Us Over”: Mississippi Women in the Archives

Mississippi archives are brimming with women’s stories. Our collections contain letters and diaries of wealthy women who lived on the fruits of stolen labor, records and photographs of dedicated educators and home demonstration agents, notes of trail-blazing journalists, political materials saved by bold civil rights activists, scrapbooks and cookbooks produced by women’s clubs, and even sentimental keepsakes like hair and baby teeth. The record cartons in our stacks document what women in the United Daughters of the Confederacy and women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party wanted history to remember about them.

For our 2025 meeting, we invite proposals related to women in Mississippi archives, including:

  • Interesting stories uncovered while processing collections or working with researchers
  • Writing finding aids and metadata that make women’s materials more discoverable
  • Obtaining more collections related to women
  • Exhibits (physical or digital) of materials that document women
  • Working in the archival field as a woman
  • Projects that research and document prominent alumnae of educational institutions
  • Stories of Mississippi women preserved in out-of-state archives

Proposals are not restricted to the conference theme. All proposals related to archives will be considered.

This call is open to non SMA members, and student proposals are encouraged!
Please write your proposal in roughly 250 words and send to DeeDee Baldwin at dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu) by January 15, 2025.

New Issue: Studies in Oral History

Studies in Oral History, Issue no. 46, 2024
theme ‘Oral History and Working Lives’
Oral History Australia
open access

Editors
Skye Krichauff and Carolyn Collins

Guest editors
Nicholas Herriot and Paul Sendziuk

Contents

To access a specific article click on the linked title. It will take you to a PDF that you can view and/or download.

Editorial and contents

Peer-reviewed articles

Reports

Reviews

Obituaries

CFP: 12th Annual Kraemer Copyright Conference

12th Annual Kraemer Copyright Conference

Copyright and the Future of Libraries

June 16-18, 2025
Ent Center, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Hosted by the Kraemer Family Library, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

2025 Conference Theme

The 12th annual Kraemer Copyright Conference promises to be an exciting event, delving into how libraries can bounce back stronger after facing restrictive copyright rulings and ongoing challenges to equitable access. This year’s theme is all about advocacy strategies, fostering innovative partnerships, and highlighting transformative ideas that empower libraries to uphold their mission of providing public access to knowledge, even in the face of growing information privatization. Join us for a dynamic exploration of resilience and innovation in the library world!

Conference Tracks

  • Libraries in the Future Track
    This track focuses on envisioning a robust future for libraries amidst changing copyright landscapes. Topics include advocacy for copyright reform, partnerships that bolster public access, and initiatives to reinforce libraries’ vital role in equitable knowledge access.
  • Open Track
    A flexible track for proposals that bring fresh perspectives to copyright, libraries, and public access, extending beyond the primary conference theme.

Presentation Formats

  • 45-Minute Sessions
    In-depth presentations offering substantial exploration of ideas or case studies.
  • 5-Minute Lightning Talks
    Quick, focused presentations that highlight innovative ideas, initiatives, or case studies in a concise format.
  • Poster Sessions
    Visual presentations providing an interactive opportunity for sharing projects, research, or case studies.

Topics of Interest Include (but are not limited to)

  • Emerging technologies (AI, data analytics) and their implications for copyright
  • Innovative perspectives on copyright reform and access to knowledge
  • Strategies for negotiating licenses and overcoming copyright barriers
  • Copyright education and literacy initiatives for library staff and users
  • Collaborations between libraries, archives, and museums to advance access
  • Ethical considerations around copyright, access, and privacy
  • Strategies for libraries to handle copyright challenges, including licensing shifts, emerging technologies, and evolving fair use interpretations.
  • The Role of Libraries in Shaping Copyright Law
  • How libraries can adapt to and thrive amid restrictive copyright rulings and increasing privatization of knowledge
  • How library technology could evolve to allow libraries to better use their rights under 108, Fair Use and other areas of copyright law.

Proposal Submission Details

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Submit Your Proposal

Conference Proceedings
Selected participants will have the opportunity to publish their work in the Kraemer Copyright Conference 2025 Proceedings, curated by the Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship (JCEL).

Proposals Submissions

The committee must receive all proposals through the submission form by midnight (MST) January 15, 2025.

The submission form requires the following information:

  • Primary presenter’s contact information: name, title, affiliation, email address
  • Additional participant(s): name, title, affiliation, email address
  • Presentation format (Presentation, Lightning Talk, Poster Session)
  • Presentation track (Future of Copyright and Libraries, Open Track)
  • Presentation/Poster Title
  • Brief description for the conference program (up to 300 words) 

Proposal Review and Notification
The conference organizer will review proposals, evaluating each on quality and clarity of content, relevance to conference themes, and ability to engage the audience. 

The conference organizer will start notifying presenters of selection decisions after the submission deadline has passed.

Additional Requirements
Once selected presenters confirm attendance, they will be registered for the Kraemer Copyright Conference. Presentation and digital poster materials will be required for non-peer reviewed conference proceedings via the Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship.

Conference workshops, presentations, and other documentation/media may be collected by the conference organizer via email at kcc@uccs.edu and preserved in the Kraemer Family Library institutional repository or another appropriate and accessible platform.

Non-Commercial Policy
The Kraemer Copyright Conference programs are non-commercial educational learning experiences. Under no circumstances should a speaker promote their product, service, or other self-interest.

Questions
Please email questions to the Kraemer Copyright Conference Planning Committee at kcc@uccs.edu. 

New Issue: Journal of the South African Society of Archivists

Journal of the South African Society of Archivists Vol. 57 (2024)
(open access)

Editorial Overview
Ngoako Marutha

Records management for transparency and accountability on land allocation at the Nkambeni Tribal Authority in Mpumalanga province of South Africa
Innocentia Vidian Khoza, Jan Resenga Maluleka

Records management programme towards good governance and service delivery in Singida Local Authorities, Tanzania
Lameck Sospeter Kashaija, Prisca Julius Chacha, Cecylly Cornel Ngudungi , Seleman George Dutu

Records management practices to support administrative operations at the University of Venda in South Africa
Geven Singo, Lefose Makgahlela

Leveraging dark data for governance of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company
Gloria Regina Mukhongo, Evans Munge Mwangi , Elsebah Maseh

Records management for administration of Traditional Council at Ga-Mphahlele in Limpopo, South Africa
Kabelo Kgomoeswana, Lefose Makgahlela, Amogelang Molaudzi

Digital preservation of records at Wazalendo and Umoja Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Tanzania
Erasto Gerald Luvanda , John Jackson Iwata

Myths and realities of land registration in Zanzibar
Abdul-Nasser Hikmany

Transition from audio-visual archives to trusted digital repository at the National Archives of Zimbabwe
Amos Bishi, Mpho Ngoepe