Call for Participation – Digital Collection Development Policy Survey

You are invited to participate in a survey with the goal of gathering information about policies that describe criteria for the selection of Special Collections resources (i.e. rare and unique archival photographs, manuscripts, ephemera, rare books, and donated born-digital items) for digitization and publication in open access digital libraries. These policies are often known as “digital collection development policies.” This study is being conducted by two librarians at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library, representing a cross-departmental collaboration between Digital Library Services and Special Collections.

Please click on bit.ly/digcolldevp  to take the survey. 

This survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete and will be open until Monday, November 25th. If you would like additional information about the study, please contact any of the people listed below.

We appreciate your time and participation. Please excuse any cross-postings.

Thanks,

Jessica Breiman, Digital Archives Librarian, University of Utah (jessica.breiman@utah.edu)

Rachel Wittmann, Metadata Strategies Librarian, University of Utah (rachel.wittmann@utah.edu)

The University of Utah’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) has approved this study. Contact the IRB if you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant. Also, contact the IRB if you have questions, complaints or concerns which you do not feel you can discuss with the investigator. The University of Utah IRB may be reached by phone at (801) 581-3655 or by e-mail at irb@hsc.utah.edu.

CFP: Radio and Audio Media Area, and Biographies Area, Popular Culture American Culture Association Conference

Radio and Audio Media Area

April 16-19, 2025, NEW ORLEANS

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:  NOVEMBER 30, 2024

We invite papers and presentations on all aspects of radio and audio media, including but not limited to: radio and audio media history; radio and audio media programs and content (music, drama, talk, news, public affairs, features, interviews, sports, college, religious, ethnic, community, low-power, pirate, etc.); podcasting (news, public affairs, commentary, audio drama, branded content); new audio media (internet radio, streaming audio, etc.); audio social media (Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Reddit Talk, etc.); radio literature studies; media representations of radio and audio media; rhetorical research; legal and regulatory policy; economics of radio and audio media; and radio and audio media technology. We welcome U.S., international, or comparative works and media presentations and are catholic regarding method, theory, or approach. Papers or presentations should be planned for no more than fifteen minutes. We encourage you to emphasize audience involvement and elicit stimulating questions and discussion.

Recent papers have included “Radio Adaptations of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca,” Remediating Narrative Experience: The Symbolic Work of Actual Play Podcasts,” and The Viral Orality of Hate: Right-Wing Radio in [Jordan Peele’s] Quiet Part Loud” . 

Paper or presentation proposals must include an abstract of 200 words and paper or presentation title, and author’s institutional affiliation and email address. We do not accept undergraduate student submissions. Submit your paper or presentation proposal to: https://www.aievolution.com/pcaaca/

The proposal will include an abstract of 200 words and paper or presentation title, institutional affiliation, and email address. In order to submit a paper or presentation proposal, your PCA membership must be valid for 2024-2025.

Address paper or presentation proposals or inquiries via email to: Matthew Killmeier, PCA/ACA Radio and Audio Media Area Chair, Dept. of Communication and Theatre, Auburn University at Montgomery, mkillmei@aum.edu 

November 30, 2024    Deadline for Paper Proposals

December 15, 2024     Travel Grant Applications Due

December 31, 2024     Early Bird Registration Ends for Presenters

January 31, 2025         Regular Registration Ends for Presenters

February 15, 2025       Late Registration Ends for Presenters

*Presenters not registered by Feb. 15 will be dropped from the program.

Contact Information
Matthew Killmeier
Contact Email: mkillmei@aum.edu

Biographies Area

The Biographies Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA)  is soliciting papers for the 2025 conference that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:

– Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater
– Biography and film
– Biography and criminal justice
– Television programs about biography
– Biography and urban legends
– Biography and folklore
– Biography and literature
– Scholarly Biography
– Controversial Biography
– Psychoanalysis and Biography
– Historical Biography
– Political Biography
– Autobiography

The conference will be held April 16-19, 2025 at the New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana  70130. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. 

Below are some recent titles of presentations in the Biographies Area panels:
·Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll: Celebrity Biography through the Lens of Autopsy
·Will Rogers: American Folk Hero or Elitist Fraud
·Manufacturing “Soupy Sales:” Biographical Insights in the Emergence of a Comic Entertainer

If interested in submitting for the conference, please provide the title and abstract of your presentation.

Please see this link for details and guidelines on submitting to the conference:
https://pcaaca.org/general/custom.asp?page=submissionguidelines  

Deadline for Paper Proposals: November 30, 2024.

Please direct any queries to the Biographies Area Chair:

Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
UNLV Libraries
Las Vegas, NV 89154
702-895-2141
susie.skarl@unlv.edu OR susieskarl@gmail.com

Contact Information

Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
susie.skarl@unlv.edu
702-895-2141

Contact Email

susie.skarl@unlv.edu

Call for Publications: Routledge Practicing Oral History Book Series

The Routledge Practicing Oral History book series invites proposals for works on applying oral history in our complex, contemporary world. Much has changed since the first title was published fourteen years ago, in technology, methodology, and recent history. We are here to meet the moment and bring new titles with the most current best practices to practitioners in areas where oral history might be used. 

 Recent titles:

  • Oral History at a Distance
  • Student-Centered Oral History: An Ethical Guide
  • Family Oral History Across the World
  • Practicing Oral History with Military and War Veterans

Contact Information

Nancy MacKay
Series editor
Contact Email
nancymackay@gmail.com

URL: https://www.routledge.com/Practicing-Oral-History/book-series/POHLCP

CFP: RBMS Conference, “A Multitude of Stories”

Deadline: Friday, December 13, 2024

The RBMS Conference Program Planning Committee enthusiastically invites you to contribute to our exploration of “A Multitude of Stories“. We seek innovative and thought-provoking proposals for in-person or virtual presentations that delve into the transformative work of decolonization in libraries and cultural heritage institutions.

This conference is your opportunity to showcase how you are actively engaging with critical themes such as repatriation, reparative cataloging, reconciliation, and more. We want to hear about the bold steps you’re taking to rethink and reshape the narratives within your collections, particularly those connected to colonial histories, Indigenous cultural heritages, and marginalized communities.

Your voice and experience are crucial to this dialogue. Whether you’re pushing boundaries with new methodologies or reflecting on the challenges and successes of your decolonization efforts, we want to amplify your story. Join us in a collective effort to rethink and reimagine the role of special collections in fostering a more inclusive and equitable future.

Six session formats are available and potential topics might include but are not limited to:

  • Innovative repatriation practices
  • Strategies for reparative cataloging
  • Reconciliation efforts in archival work
  • Ethical challenges in decolonization projects
  • Collaborative initiatives with Indigenous communities
  • Addressing the legacy of colonialism in special collections

Submit your proposal and be part of a powerful movement to transform how we engage with our collective histories.

Collaboration Spreadsheet

Seeking someone to collaborate with on a presentation? Use this spreadsheet to help find someone!

Modality Options

All presenters in the same session must be either ALL in-person in New Haven, CT or ALL virtually presenting from their own location(s). Please note, slots for virtual presentations are limited.

Selection Criteria

The RBMS 2025 Conference committees will evaluate proposal content on the following criteria:

  • Point of view/Creativity
  • Applicability/Timeliness
  • Relevance to Conference Theme (exclusion for Seminars and Workshops)
  • Clarity of Proposal and Suitability for Session Format

Seminar proposals will also be evaluated for their:

  • Educational component
  • Originality

Workshop proposals will also be evaluated for their:

  • Level of preparation, including:
    • Plan for the session
    • Selection of speakers
    • Learning objectives
  • Potential value as a workshop

For every session format, you must complete the proposal application in full to receive full consideration.

You may submit multiple proposals for consideration, but if accepted for more than one program, you may be asked to choose one.

Requirements

RBMS 2025 presenters will be required to: 

SAA Publishing-related Volunteer Opportunities

SAA has put out the call for volunteers, and there’s a few publishing/research-related ones:

Available Positions

American Archivist Editorial Board (2) 

Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment (2) 

Dictionary Working Group  

Publications Board (2, 1 midterm) 

Podcast Working Group 

Awards:
Waldo Gifford Leland Award  (for writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice)
Preservation Publication Award  (for outstanding published work related to archives preservation)
Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award  (for outstanding essay in most recent volume of The American Archivist)
Theodore Calvin Pease Award  (for superior writing achievement by a student of archival studies as nominated by his/her instructor)

Application Deadline: December 15, 2024

Request for participation: Recruitment of information professionals in academic libraries

Greetings!

We would like to invite you to consider participating in a short survey that focuses on recruitment of information professionals in academic libraries. It will examine how elements of an academic job description are perceived by participants. The purpose is to identify if any patterns exist in how features of the advertisement are perceived by participants, based on factors including the participant’s work experience, educational background, and individual differences. Anticipated benefits of this study include the potential to identify the most widely appealing factors of academic library advertisements to improve diversity in applicant pools. 

Anyone over the age of 18 who identifies as a librarian and/or archivist is eligible to participate. If you decide to participate, you will be asked to answer approximately 50 questions, which should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. The informed consent and survey are available at: https://towson.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5z1qFAZvYKqs0Vo

Please do not put any information in your response that could be used to identify you. 

The survey will be live for 4 weeks until November 24, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact the Principal Investigator, Ashley Todd-Diaz (atodddiaz@towson.edu). 

Thank you in advance for considering,  

Ashley Todd-Diaz, Towson University, Principal Investigator  

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Ashley Todd-Diaz
Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections and University Archives
Towson University

Seminar Recording Available: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law

A public seminar was held on Sovereignty, History and Archives at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on 2nd May 2024. Recording of the seminar is now available.

Leading experts in the fields of international law and archival science discussed the importance of archives to both past and ongoing decolonisation efforts.

Raymond Frogner, Head of Archives/Senior Director of Research, National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada, was the keynote speaker. He was joined by Lisa Mullins, Archivist, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canada; Njörður Sigurðsson, Assistant Director, National Archives of Iceland; and Bjarni Már Magnússon, Professor of Law, Bifröst University Iceland. Rachael Lorna Johnstone, University of Akureyri, gave a short introduction. Astrid Nonbo Andersen, Senior Research, DIIS, moderated the session and James Lowry, Associate Professor, City University of New York, chaired the roundtable discussion.

To view the recording, visit https://www.uarctic.org/news/2024/6/seminar-the-importance-of-archives-in-decolonisation-processes-in-the-north-and-the-role-of-international-law-recording-available/

New/Recent Publications

Articles

Itza A. Carbajal, Tara Saleh, Yubing Tian, Marika Cifor, & Ricardo Gomez. “A Labyrinth of Public Information: A Cross-Case Analysis of Ongoing Research and Advocacy Using Public Records Requests.” The Journal of Civic Information 6, no. 2 (September 2024).

Treasa Harkin. “Interactive Scores at the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA).” Fontes Artis Musicae Volume 71, Number 3 July–September 2024.

Emma C. Beck, Terri L. Holtze, Rachel I. Howard, and Randy Kuehn. “Customizing Open-Source Digital Collections: What We Need, What We Want, and What We Can Afford.” Code4Lib Issue 59, 2024-10-07.

Challen R. Wright & Rayla E. Tokarz. “Analyzing course descriptions and student learning outcomes for digital primary source collection development.” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship vol. 36 (2024).

Books

Access to Special Collections and Archives: Bridging Theory and Practice
Jae Jennifer Rossman
Rowman & Littlefield, 2024

Architecture, Media, Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project
Ana Bonet Miró
Bloomsbury, 2024

Future Stories in the Global Heritage Industry
Edited By Alia Yunis, Robert Parthesius, NiccolòAcram Cappelletto
Routledge, 2024

Heritage and Wellbeing: The Impact of Heritage Places on Visitors’ Wellbeing
Faye Sayer
Oxford University Press, 2024

Inclusive Cataloging: Histories, Context, and Reparative Approaches
Amber Billey, Elizabeth Nelson, Rebecca Uhl, Core
Facet Publishing, 2024

Yves Pérotin (1922-1981): L’archiviste inimitable (Yves Pérotin (1922-1981): The inimitable archivist)
Anne-Cécile Tizon-Germe, Édouard Vasseur
l’École nationale des chartes – PSL, 2024

Objects in the Archives: Modern Material Culture and Heritage in the North
Edited By Kristján Mímisson, Davið Ólafsson
Routledge, 2024

Digitization, Copyright and the Law: Copyleft and the Future of Intellectual Property
Ettore M. Lombardi
Routledge, 2024

Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums and Other Nonprofit Organizations: A Handbook for Volunteer Management, Second Edition
Kristy Van Hoven and Loni Wellman
Rowman & Littlefield, 2024

Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage and the Law: A Research Companion
Edited By Alberta Fabbricotti
Routledge, 2024

Surveillance Law, Data Retention and Human Rights: A Risk to Democracy
Matthew White
Routledge, 2024

Stardust: Cinematic Archives at the End of the World
Hannah Goodwin
University of Minnesota Press, 2024

Human Rights Museums: Critical Tensions Between Memory and Justice
Jennifer Carter
Routledge, 2024

Podcasts

Discover Library and Archives Canada, Porter Talk

Archives & Things, Phil Vassell & Donna McCurvin, Canada Black Music Archives

Reports

A Digital Knowledge Act for Europe
COMMUNIA Association

Recent Issue: Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volume 67 (May-June 2024)
partial open access

Capturing experts’ knowledge in heritage planning enhanced by AI: A case study of windcatchers in Yazd, Iran
Mahda Foroughi, Bruno Andrade, Ana Pereira Roders

Historical silks: a novel method to evaluate their condition with ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis
Ludovico Geminiani, Francesco Paolo Campione, Cristina Corti, Barbara Giussani, … Laura Rampazzi

Enhancing capillary action of acidified paper to achieve uniform deacidification and long-lasting aging resistance
Bei He, He Zhao, Weiying Li, Ling Meng, … Pujun Jin

Physical prospective of polyamide 6 for the consolidation of fragile vegetable tanned Leather artifacts
Gomaa Abdel-Maksoud, Ola A. Mohamed, Wael S. Mohamed, Khaled Elnagar, … Medhat A. Ibrahim

2-Mercaptobenzimidazole compounded with the conventional sealer B72 for the protection of rusted bronze
Zhifeng Han, Xia Huang, Jiachang Chen, Junying Chen

Blockchain technology applications in maintaining heritage buildings
Mohamed Marzouk, Nouran Labib, Mahmoud Metawie

An algorithm of line segmentation and reading order sorting based on adjacent character detection: A post-processing of OCR for digitization of Chinese historical texts
Aram Lee, HongYeon Yu, Gihyeon Min

Novel non-invasive method for extracting proteinaceous binders from panel paintings
Jin Dong, Zhanyun Zhu, Jianghao Du, Zhiyong Lu, … Menglian Ding

Probabilistic evaluation of cultural soil heritage hazards in China from extremely imbalanced site investigation data using SMOTE-Gaussian process classification
Chao Song, Hongzhen Peng, Ling Xu, Tengyuan Zhao, … Wenwu Chen

Research on the species identification and craftsmanship of the leather on boots (220AD∼420AD) using integrated approach
Hailiang Yang, Xin Sun, Xiaoying You, Yang Zhou

Digitizing traditional dances under extreme clothing: The case study of Eyo
Temi Ami-Williams, Christina-Georgia Serghides, Andreas Aristidou

Analysis of cracking behavior of murals in Mogao Grottoes under environmental humidity change
Huihui Zhang, Chun’an Tang, Qinglin Guo, Yanwu Wang, … Linyi Zhao

Isolation and identification of fungal biodeteriogens from the wall of a cultural heritage church and potential applicability of antifungal proteins in protection
Kinga Dán, Sándor Kocsubé, Liliána Tóth, Attila Farkas, … László Galgóczy

Comprehensive characterization of modern industrial Argentinian paints for improved chronological painting attribution
Florencia Castellá, Marta Pérez-Estebanez, María Reinoso, Michael Schilling, … Fernando Marte

Sonocatalysis: Eco-design strategy for developing novel inorganic sonogels for the conservation of stone heritage
B. Sena da Fonseca, A.P. Ferreira Pinto, S. Piçarra, M. Rucha, M.F. Montemor

A novel identification method for collagen-based cultural heritage: Integrating thermokinetics and generalized master plots
Mingrui Zhang, Zonghui Zhang, Fang Wang, Jie Liu, … Keyong Tang

Usability of eye trackers as tools for designers of anastylosis
Marta Rusnak, Zofia Koszewicz, Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka

Non-destructive microwave techniques for the quantification and elimination of moisture in cultural heritage monuments
M.E. Rizou, R. Marcelli, G. Capoccia, E. Proietti

Extension study of the assessment of aqueous cleaning on nBA/MMA and EA/MMA acrylic paints
Irene Cardaba, Itxaso Maguregui

Analysis of the ruined murals from the Resurrection Church of the Derevyanitsky Monastery (Veliky Novgorod, Russia): Dating and attribution
O.S. Philippova, N.V. Lobacheva, A.Yu. Dmitriev, T.J. Tsarevskaya, … S.G. Lennik

Automatic analysis of pottery sherds based on structure from motion scanning: The case of the Phoenician carinated-shoulder amphorae from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon)
Luca Di Angelo, Aaron Schmitt, Michael Rummel, Paolo Di Stefano

Use of a hydrotalcite isopropanol dispersion for deacidification and preservation of cellulose cultural heritage objects – Preliminary study
Milan Králik, Svetozár Katuščák, Pavel Fellner, Katarína Vizárová, … Blažej Horváth

Impact of washing and aging process on the physical and mechanical properties of pre-Hispanic fabrics found in the Museum of Site and Archeological Sanctuary of Pachacamac, Perú
María José Alván, Sergio Candiotti, Elena Flores, Samuel Charca

Characterization of 17th century archaeological metallic statuettes using combined neutron tomography and neutron diffraction
Tushar Roy, Yogesh Kashyap, M.R. More, Anita Rane-Kothare, … P.S.R. Krishna

The potential of new eco-friendly formulations in enhancing the protection of ceramic artifacts
M.G. Mohamed, N.M. Ahmed, W.S. Mohamed, A.H. Ibrahim, H.M. Mohamed

Expressiveness in metronomic rolls for player piano: A new field of research?
P. Bontempi, P. Zappalà, S. Canazza

Identification of organic binding media in ancient architectural decoration by THM–Py–GC/MS
Yingchun Fu, Yazhen Huang, Shuxuan Shi, Shu Zong, … Shuya Wei

Regional implementation of coastal erosion hazard zones for archaeological applications
Benjamin D. Jones, Ben Collings, Mark E. Dickson, Murray Ford, … Emma Ryan

Practices of the Mont Saint-Michel scriptorium in the use of parchment for manuscripts in the 11th century
Laurianne Robinet, Sylvie Heu-Thao, Lucie Arberet, Anne Michelin, … Stéphane Lecouteux

A miniature world: Revealing warring states period shell paintings from zhongshan state by multiple-methods
Dian Chen, Wenjing Zhang, Wenrui Zhang, Xiaokun Wang, … Wugan Luo

Insight into natural ageing of historic baltic amber objects by untargeted metabolomics approach
Xingping LI, Weiwei SI, Qi Liu, Yi Zhou, Qinghui LI

Improving non-destructive testing methods for detecting cavity damage and internal defects in stone cultural relics: A focus on ultrasonic testing and acoustic tapping technology
Wei Qian, Xujun Zhu, Tao Zhang, Ning Li, Zhaoyang Zhu

Correlative microscopy and Micro-Raman spectroscopy for enhancing the evaluation of corrosion damage in archaeological objects
Martina Bernabale, Flavio Cognigni, Silvia Contessi, Serena Silvestri, … Marco Rossi

Preparation of a nano aluminum phosphate enhanced hydroxyapatite coating for marble conservation
Yaoqi Gu, Jianrui Zha, Feng Wang, Huarui Han, … Shuya Wei

Quantitative analysis on the impact factors of salt weathering for sandstone grottoes along Silk Road, China
Yunxia Shen, Chuxin Liang, Michael Steiger, Zhangzhe Cao, Manli Sun

Stability and durability assessment of alum-tawed skin by light transmission analysis
Fulvio Mercuri, Cristina Cicero, Letizia Dadi, Carola Gottscher, … Noemi Orazi

Systematization proposal for the analysis of columns from point clouds
Agustí Costa-Jover, Amparo Núñez Andrés, Felipe Buill Pozuelo, David Moreno Garcia, Sergio Coll-Pla

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

Vol 25, No 1 (2024)
open access

Articles

Crafting Connections: Bridging Collections and Communities with Knitting
Jacquelyn Sundberg, Kristen Howard

Narrowing the Lens: Preservation Assessment for Digital Manuscripts
Hafsah Hujaleh, Jess Whyte

“But I Believe Survival Is Based upon the Many and Not the Few:” Connecting Librarians and Artists to Build Special Connections
Courtney Becks, Sarah Carter

Describing Games for Special Collections Libraries
Elizabeth Hobart

Anthology: Papers from “The Power of New Voices”

Practical Book History: Making an MLIS Practicum Work for Me
Anna Opryszko

Overnight College Historian: Historical Whiplash and the Flexibility of New Archivists
Louise LoBello

Archiving Against Professionalism
Lia Warner

Feeling What We Teach: Mitigating the Emotional Labor Slide in Affect-Based Instruction
Anastasia Armendariz

Artists’ Books and Critical Literacy Pedagogy: Kara Walker’s Freedom: a Fable
Sam Regal

The Necessity of Embracing Collection Gaps: Moving Towards Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Collecting
Ruth Kramer

RBMS Notes

Chair’s Note
Sarah M. Horowitz

RBMS 2024 Conference Preview
Alison Fraser, Rachel Makarowski

Reviews

Eliasof, Jane Mitchell. Rebranding: A Guide for Historic Houses, Museums, Sites, and Organizations. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield/AASLH, 2022.
Mindy Price

Fox, Adam. The Press and the People: Cheap Print & Society in Scotland, 1500–1785. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. (electronic book)
Marian Toledo Candelaria