Recent Issue: Archives and Records

Archives and Records, Vol. 45 no. 1, 2024
(partial open access)

Articles

Best practice in volunteer management in archives: analyzing two organizations
Inês M. Ferreira

Trusting the copies? Historical photographs and native title claims
Joanna Sassoon, Michael Aird & David Trigger

Defining ‘proper research’: privileged access, local authority archives and the academic researcher
Jessamy Carlson

Access to Public Archives in Europe: progress in the implementation of CoE Recommendation R (2000)13 on a European policy on access to archives
Michael Friedewald, Iván Székely & Murat Karaboga

Book Review

English archives, an historical survey
edited by Richard Olney, Liverpool, Liverpool University Press with the British Records Association, 2023
Maureen Jurkowski

Practical approaches to collections care
by Samantha Forsko, London, Routledge, 2023
Fiona Bourne

New/Recent Publications

Books

Chapron, Emmanuelle, and Fabienne Henryot, eds. Archives en bibliothèques, XVIe-XXIe siècles. Lyon: ENS Editions; Institut d’histoire du livre, 2023.

Drawing from the Archives: Comics Memory in the Contemporary Graphic Novel
Crucifix, Benoît
Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
Helton, Laura E.
Columbia University Press, 2023.

On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age
Holsinger, Bruce W.
Yale University Press, 2023.

Tactical Publishing: Using Senses, Software, and Archives in the Twenty-First Century
Ludovico, Alessandro
MIT Press, 2023.

Spoils of Knowledge: Seventeenth-Century Plunder in Swedish Archives and Libraries
Molin, Emma Hagström
Brill, 2023.

Digital Humanities in the Library, Second Edition
Arianne Hartsell-Gundy Laura Braunstein Liorah Golomb
ACRL, 2024

Journalism History and Digital Archives
Edited By Henrik Bødker
Routledge, 2021

The Specter and the Speculative: Afterlives and Archives in the African Diaspora
Edited by Mae G. Henderson, Jeanne Scheper and Gene Melton II
Rutgers University Press, 2024

The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890–1945
Edited by Laura Cleaver, Danielle Magnusson, Hannah Morcos and Angéline Rais
ARC Humanities Press, 2024

Self-Determined First Nations Museums and Colonial Contestation: The Keeping Place
Robert Hudson, Shannon Woodcock
Routledge, 2022

Welcoming Museum Visitors with Unapparent Disabilities
Beth Redmond-Jones, ed.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2024

Materialities in Dance and Performance: Writing, Documenting, Archiving
Gabriele Klein / Franz Anton Cramer (eds.)
transcript, 2024

Global Voices from the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition
Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive
Marija Dalbello, Sarah Wadsworth, eds.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Illustration and Heritage
Rachel Emily Taylor
Bloomsbury, 2024

Articles

Jatowt, A., Sato, M., Draxl, S. et al. Is this news article still relevant? Ranking by contemporary relevance in archival search. Int J Digit Libr 25, 197–216 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-023-00377-y

Garg, K., Jayanetti, H.R., Alam, S. et al. Challenges in replaying archived Twitter pages. Int J Digit Libr 25, 217–236 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-023-00379-w

Alenka Kavčič Čolić, Andreja Hari. “Improving accessibility of digitization outputs: EODOPEN project research findings.” Digital Library Perspectives 40, no. 2 (2024)

Podcasts

Archives in Context: Season 8, Episode 3: Maryna Paliienko

Recent Issue: Journal of the History of Collections

Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2024
(partial open access)

The art collections and museum of King William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849)
Ellinoor Bergvelt

Lucanian heritage across the world: the Spanish collections
Alain Duplouy and Mariana Silva Porto

Acquisition, duplicates and exchange: C. P. de Bosset’s collections from Cephalonia, Ithaca and Delphi in the British Museum
Amelia Dowler

Continuity and change in the British diplomatic service in the Levant: The ‘Levantine’ question and the lure of antiquities
Lucia Patrizio Gunning and Despina Vlami

Garden catalogues as sources for studying the collection and transmission of plants: Madeiran plants in the Ajuda botanical garden as a case-study
Sandra Mesquita and others

Creating the Bowes Museum: Collectors, dealers and auctions in mid-nineteenth-century Paris
Simon Spier

Collecting copper alloy portrait heads: A history of the acquisition and export of the Wúnmọníjẹ̀ heads in late colonial Nigeria
Tomos Llywelyn Evans

Reading between the lines: The Alba collection after the end of entailment (nineteenth and twentieth centuries)
Whitney Dennis

Andrew Carnegie’s museum of evolution
Diana Strazdes

Collecting antiquities in wartime: The First World War Antiquities (Queensland) Project
James Donaldson and others

Twentieth-century private collecting: Dr Philip Nelson’s acquisition of sculptures from the Kinnaird collection at Rossie Priory
Georgina Muskett

Rediscovering John Martin: Collecting the apocalypse in post-war Britain
Laia Anguix-Vilches

Book Reviews

Collective Wisdom: Collecting in the early modern academy
Paula Findlen

Dai Medici ai Rothschild: mecenati, collezionisti, filantropi
Jörg Zutter

Ulisse Aldrovandi: Naturalist and collector
Henrietta McBurney

Sarcophagi and other Reliefs, 4 vols., Part A.III of The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo: A catalogue raisonné
Arnold Nesselrath

The Temple of Fame & Friendship: Portraits, music, and history in the C.P.E. Bach circle
Naomi J Barker

A Collection in Context: kommentierte Edition der Briefe und Dokumente Sammlung Dr. Karl von Schäffer
Jonathan Kagan

Wilhelm Bode and the Art Market: Connoisseurship, networking and control of the marketplace
Alan Crookham

Ancient Art and its Commerce in Early Twentieth-Century Europe: The John Marshall Archive. A collection of essays written by the participants of the John Marshall Archive Project
Lynn Catterson

The Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas: Leo Steinberg’s library of prints
Armin Kunz

Recent Issue: ESARBICA

ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives / Vol. 42 (2023) 
(open access)

Editorial
Nampombe Saurombe, Makutla Mojapelo

Digital records curation education in Zambia
Abel M’kulama, Akakandelwa Akakandela, Tuesday Bwalya, Sitali Wamundila, Chrispin Hamooya

Ingesting digital records into an archival system
conceptual framework within a South African perspective
Lorette Jacobs, Thulisile Lemekoana

Exploration of education and training of records and archives management staff in the public sector organisations of Lusaka, Zambia
Chembe Kaluba, Thelma Siame Kapapa

Internet of Things for archival ease of access to users in the Fifth Industrial Revolution
Mashilo Modiba, Ngoako Solomon Marutha

Safeguarding plantation records of Malawi
Innocent Mankhwala

Archives as evidence for land restitution process in South Africa
Lyborn Mabapa

Navigating the digital era: challenges and solutions for archival professional in education and training
Tolulope Balogun

Disaster preparedness for records management at the Workers’ Compensation Fund, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Praygod Ng’unda, Esther Ndenje-Sichalwe

Impact of COVID-19 on access to the National Archives of Zimbabwe
post-pandemic accessibility and future operations
Samuel Chabikwa, Patrick Ngulube

Digitisation of claims records at the Road Accident Fund in South Africa
Vanessa Neo Mathope

Moving with times
The inclusion of Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in the curriculum of Library and Information Science Schools in Botswana and South Africa
Olefhile Mosweu, Sidney Netshakhuma

Unearthing archival climate change baseline data in southern and eastern Africa
Graham Dominy

CFP: ai4Libraries Conference – October 23, 2024 (Virtual Conference)

ai4Libraries is now accepting proposals for their second-year conference. This conference is a free, virtual event that is scheduled to take place on October 23, 2024 (time to be determined). Please note that the registration limited to 500 attendees this year. 

The conference is accepting proposals for the following session types: 

  • Lightning Talk (10 minutes, includes Q&A)
  • Presentation or Library Project Demo (20 Minutes, includes Q&A)

We are particularly interested in learning more about your AI projects with:

  • Technical Services, including cataloging
  • Electronic resource workflow
  • Collection development and assessment
  • Licensing workflows
  • Archives projects

Submit your proposal at: bit.ly/4caBLax

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: Friday, September 2, 2024
  • Acceptance notifications: September 16, 2024
  • Registration opens: Monday, September 30, 2024

CFP: Southern Association of Women Historians (SAWH) 2025, “Unspeakable Challenges”

Unspeakable Challenges

Southern Association for Women Historians 2025 Triennial

Click here for proposal form/instructions

The Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) invites proposals for its thirteenth triennial conference, to be held June 19-22, 2025, at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The conference provides a stimulating and congenial forum for discussing all aspects of southern women’s history and gender history. The program organizers seek to reflect the best in recent scholarship and the diversity of our profession, including college and university professors, graduate students, public historians, K-12 teachers, community organizers, and independent scholars.

In partnership with The Mary McLeod Bethune Institute for the Study of Women and Girls at Bethune-Cookman University, this SAWH meeting is an unprecedented opportunity for our organization to mark the 150th anniversary of Dr. Bethune’s birth (and the 120th anniversary of the university). This year’s theme, “Unspeakable Challenges,” is inspired by yet another taxing moment in history. The Bethune Institute is an artfully crafted resource for intentional research, programming, and support for issues paramount to the survival and success of women and girls. Of particular note are gender equity topics such as women’s leadership, food and housing security, body image, physical and sexual health and safety, LGBTQ+ challenges, mental health and emotional wellness, maternal health, and healthy relationships. In this spirit, we want to address the front lines of the battle to ensure a bright future for all in this state and nation.

We recognize the specific obstacles and challenges that traveling to Florida might present, and we acknowledge that these obstacles and challenges exist throughout the South and, increasingly, the nation. The organization is committed to providing a safe space for scholarship and conversations about “unspeakable challenges.”

Proposals on any topic related to Southern Women’s histories will be considered, but those related to this year’s theme are most likely to be accepted. Click here for proposal form/instructions.

Topics May Include:

  • Native American history and challenges
  • Immigration
  • Health Care
  • Education
  • Public History
  • Teaching in &/or about this Moment
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Sex, Sexuality and Gender
  • Safety
  • HBCUs
  • Student Movements
  • Teaching History in Florida and Other Southern Schools

The program seeks proposals for the following:

  1. Panels (we prefer to receive proposals for complete 3-paper sessions with a chair, but will consider individual papers as well). 
  2. Roundtables (informal discussions of a historical or professional issue).
  3. Workshops (informal discussions centered around professional development).
  4. Scholars or community leaders interested in chairing or commenting on a session are invited to submit a 500-word vita.

The submission deadline is September 1, 2024.

SAWH program committee:

Chairs: Françoise N. Hamlin & Robin Morris
Denise Bates
Beverly Bond
Lorri Glover
Pippa Holloway
Briana Royster

Contact Information

sawhsubmission@gmail.com

Francoise Hamlin and Robin Morris, Program Committee Co-Chairs

Contact Email

sawhsubmission@gmail.com

URL

2025 Triennial Call For Proposals

CFP: Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Books by Rowman & Littlefield

The Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, published by Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of Bloomsbury, welcomes book proposals that advance knowledge in the discipline and profession of library and information science. The following broad topics are suggestions that future authors may wish to undertake, but is by no means an exhaustive list:

  • The economics of information and libraries
  • Innovative service options in different environments
  • Technologies that facilitate librarians’ and information specialists’ work
  • Examination of the dynamics of communities
  • Complexities of decision making
  • Developing professionals to make differences in organizations
  • Research into communication challenges
  • Serving ethnically, culturally, and/or linguistically diverse populations
  • Creating models for the sustenance of leadership in organizations

More information about the series can be found here. To see our most recent publications, please view the Rowman & Littlefield website.

Authors are asked to submit proposals that include the following:

  1. Working title
  2. Expected publication date and anticipated timeline
  3. Estimated length of manuscript
  4. Summary
  5. Outline of chapters
  6. Drafted chapter (if possible)
  7. Explanation of the significance of the manuscript
  8. Resume or vita addressing author’s qualifications

Inquiries, questions, and proposals should be sent directly to the Editor, Andrea Falcone, at bpmseries@gmail.com.

CFP: Markers: Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies

Call for article submissions for the 2026 issue of Markers, the scholarly journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. The deadline is November 1, 2024.

The subject matter of Markers is defined as the analytical study of gravemarkers, monuments, tombs, and cemeteries of all types and encompassing all historical periods and geographical regions. Markers is of interest to scholars in public history, anthropology, historical archaeology, art and architectural history, ethnic studies, material culture studies, historic preservation, American studies, folklore and popular culture studies, linguistics, literature, rhetoric, local and regional history, cultural geography, sociology, and related fields. Articles submitted for publication in Markers should be scholarly, analytical, and interpretive, not merely descriptive or entertaining, and should be written in a style appropriate to both a wide academic audience and an audience of interested non-academics.

Questions and submissions to Markers should be sent to Editor Elisabeth Roark, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at Chatham University, at roark@chatham.edu.  To learn more about the Association for Gravestone Studies, please visit our website at https://www.gravestonestudies.org/.

Contact Information

Dr. Elisabeth Roark, Editor, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, Chatham University

Contact Email

roark@chatham.edu

URL

https://www.gravestonestudies.org/agspublications/markers

New Issue: Archival Science

Archival Science Volume 24, Issue 2
June 2024
Special Issue: Dignity by Design: Pathways to Participatory Recordkeeping Systems
Issue Editors: Elliot Freeman, Violet Hamence-Davies, Joanne Evans
(partial open access)

Dignity by design: pathways to participatory recordkeeping systems
Elliot Freeman, Violet Hamence-Davies, Joanne Evans

Returning love to Ancestors captured in the archives: Indigenous wellbeing, sovereignty and archival sovereignty
Kirsten Thorpe

Beyond access: (re)designing archival guides for changing landscapes
Mike Jones, Rebe Taylor

Archival dignity, colonial records and community narratives
Jeannette A. Bastian, Stanley H. Griffin

Caring records: professional insights into child-centered case note recording
Martine HawkesJoanne EvansBarbara Reed

The need for a participatory recordkeeping system for children and young people placed in residential care homes: the case of Sweden
Proscovia Svard, Sheila Zimic

Designing recordkeeping systems for transitional justice and peace: ‘on the ground’ experiences and practices relating to organizations supporting conflict-affected peoples
Victoria Lemieux, Amber Gallant, Niloufar Vahid-Massoudi

The perpetual twilight of records: consentful recordkeeping as moral defence
Gregory Rolan, Antonina Lewis

New Issue: American Archivist

American Archivist 87.1 (Spring/Summer 2024)
Table of Contents

(Review access here)

From the Editor

Presidential Address

Theodore Calvin Pease Award Essay

Articles

Perspectives

Reviews