CFP: Propose a Topic for an ITAL column: “From the Field” or “ITAL &”

Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), the quarterly open-access journal published by ALA’s Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures division, is looking for contributions to two of its regular, non-peer-reviewed columns: ”From the Field” and “ITAL &” for volume 45 (2026). Proposals are due by December 1, 2025, and authors will be notified by December 31, 2025.

The two columns are intended to be practitioner-focused, and editors will happily entertain submissions from folks who have expertise in libraries and technology but who may not work in a traditional “library” environment or role. We are also happy to work with first-time authors and folks based outside of North America, though columns must be submitted in English.

Columns are generally in the 1,000-1,500 word range and may include illustrations. These will not be peer-reviewed research articles but are meant to share practical experience with technology development or uses within the library. The September 2026 issue of ITAL will likely be a special issue about AI, so we will be looking for AI-themed topics to coincide with that publication. Topics for the other three projected ITAL issues in 2026 will include a broader variety of subject areas, as outlined for each column below.

Please note: there is more information about each column below, and there are different submission forms for each column. You are welcome to submit proposals to one or both, but please avoid submitting the exact same proposal to both columns, and please ensure you are using the correct form for your submission.

From the Field:

“From the Field” highlights a technology-based project, practice, or innovation from any library in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) community. The focus should be on the use of specific technologies to improve, provide access to, preserve, or evaluate the impact of library resources and services.

Recent “From the Field” columns highlighted innovative technology projects in small and large libraries and archives ranging from using visualization technology to make more effective use of library budgets to using ChatGPT to identify and highlight the work of early modern women printers. Sample future columns could include implementations around management of research data; implementation of new open source products; preservation of digitized or born-digital objects; uses or development of AI tools; support of open science/open education, etc.

Those who are interested in being an author for “From the Field” should submit a brief proposal / abstract that outlines the topic to be covered. Proposals should be no more than 250 words. Please submit your proposals via this form no later than December 1, 2025.

ITAL &:

“ITAL &” is a featured column that focuses on ways in which the library’s role continues to expand and develop in the information technology landscape. The emphasis will be on emerging ideas and issues, with a particular aim to recruit new-to-the-profession columnists.

Recent “ITAL &” columns have discussed accessibility requirements for web-based content, critical thinking about and usage of emerging generative AI tools, a review of a practitioner’s first year as a new systems librarian, issues surrounding knowledge access in the prison industrial complex, and a comparison of free graphic design software platforms commonly used by library workers. Future topics could include, but are not limited to: disability and accessibility, cybersecurity and privacy, the open movement / open pedagogy, linked data and metadata, digital humanities / digital praxis, digitization efforts, programming and workshops, the overlap between library technology and other library departments (acquisitions, readers advisory, information literacy and instruction, scholarly communications), or other emerging technologies and their implications for library work.

Those who are interested in being an author for this column should submit a brief proposal / abstract that outlines the topic to be covered. Proposals should be no more than 250 words. Please submit your proposals via this form no later than December 1, 2025.

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Since these are both non-peer-reviewed columns, there is also an opportunity to engage in new or different formats, so creative submissions will also be considered. (Examples: comics, zines, videos, autoethnography, case studies, white papers, policy documents, interviews, reports, or other things commonly referred to as “grey literature.”) If you would like your column to be in a format that differs from a standard editorial essay, please explain in your proposal.

Contact Cindi Blyberg at cindi@blyberg.net (From the Field) or Shanna Hollich at shollich@gmail.com (ITAL &) with any questions. Please forward to any colleagues who may be interested. Thank you!

CFP: Society of Mississippi Archivists Annual Meeting

The Society of Mississippi Archivists will hold its annual meeting at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on March 26-27, 2026.

Theme: Reflecting on American History in the Archives

The Society of Mississippi Archivists invites proposals for presentations and panels that explore the 250th anniversary of the United States by focusing on how archivists, archival collections, and archival practices reflect, interpret, and preserve American culture and history.

We welcome proposals that address topics such as (but not limited to):

  • Interesting stories uncovered while processing collections or working with researchers
  • Collection development
  • Exhibits (physical or digital) highlighting collections
  • Integrating collections into bibliographic instruction
  • Working with donor and collection supporters
  • Digital archives
  • Programming centered on collections
  • Using archives in K-12
  • Preserving archival material
  • Collecting materials on under-documented histories
  • Working with born digital collections

Submission Guidelines

  • Submit an abstract of approximately 250 words describing the topic.
  • Include the names, affiliations, contact information and presentation titles of all presenters.
  • All proposals are welcome. While the theme is “Reflecting on American History in the Archives,” we will consider archival-related proposals beyond the theme.
  • Submissions are open to Society of Mississippi Archivists members and non-members, and we welcome proposals from students at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Deadline: January 12, 2026

Submit to: Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu.

Questions: Contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu.

Oral History Australia Seeking New Editors

Oral History Australia is seeking to fill the role of editor for our journal Studies in Oral History.

The role is voluntary but offers the opportunity for an experienced oral historian to give back to our community and/or for an early to mid-career oral historian to develop their skills.

In recent years the role of editor has been filled by two people. This is a very useful arrangement for sharing the workload of editor. It would be ideal for two editors of similar experience or an experienced editor mentoring a more junior colleague.

Studies in Oral History is an open-access academic journal providing peer-reviewed articles as well as reports and reviews of interest to the broader oral history community.

The new editor/s will commence with the 2026 edition of the journal. It is expected that the Call for Papers for the 2026 edition will be issued before the end of the year.

The current editors, Skye Krichauff and Carolyn Collins, are very happy to assist in the handover of the role.

Deadline

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 22 November 2025. Submissions should be made to the OHA President Elisabeth Gondwe via email – president@oralhistoryaustralia.org.au.

Further information

For more information about the editor’s role and submitting an expression of interest please refer to this document – Journal editor – Expressions of Interest.

For information about our journal go to: About our journal.

CFP: ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026

ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026 

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Saturday, August 1, 2026

New Orleans, Louisiana

We are living in a period of momentous change for the archives, records management, and cultural heritage professions. These changes have affected everything from workflows to community engagement, and from personnel issues to sustainability. Different types of repositories have experienced these political, technological, cultural, and environmental forces in diverse ways. ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026 gives us an opportunity to take stock, to explore innovative solutions to the problems we are encountering, and to assess our professions’ history, practices, assumptions, and training.

The Program Committee seeks perspectives from across our profession that help us strengthen our professions’ diversity, our institutions, and our people. We encourage proposals that demonstrate the amazing variety of ways to be an archivist and to participate in the archives profession. The Committee recognizes that creating a sustainable and bright future for our profession involves creating a diverse program in which participants can freely choose the topic they wish to share. Therefore, instead of specific topic suggestions, we pose the following questions to hopefully prompt some ideas for your session proposals.

  • How can the histories of our professions inform our current situation?
  • What are the impactful practices you have implemented in appraisal, processing, access, community engagement, preservation, or management in response to recent changes?
  • What types of technological changes have you implemented at your institution, and how were you successfully able to advocate for those improvements?
  • How do you appraise, gather, store and provide access to data, and how do you determine whether your practices are ethical?
  • How does archival training and professional development need to change to adapt to changes in our professions?
  • How can workplaces be more responsive to the needs of employees, including such issues as disability and trauma?

We welcome proposals on all topics related to archives and archival work.

Proposal Evaluation

The Program Committee invites submissions for 60- to 75-minute sessions (live and/or hybrid) and poster presentations. Proposals are welcome on any aspect of archives, records, and information management—local, state or territorial, national, and international—especially their intersections with other professions and domains. Each proposal will be evaluated on its completeness and the strength of the 150-word abstract and other statements. Proposals should incorporate one or more of the following:

  • Statement of potential impact on archives, records, and information management;
  • Diversity of presenters, including but not limited to racial diversity, gender diversity, experiential or professional diversity, institutional diversity, diversity of ability, and/or geographic diversity;
  • Relevance of the topic for SAA members and other interested attendees; and/or
  • A plan for, or description of, how the session will incorporate interaction and engagement with session attendees.

We expect program sessions to reflect SAA’s core values as well as their commitment to a diverse and inclusive program and profession. Each session should include individuals and/or organizations with varied personal and professional experiences, perspectives, and identities. Please indicate—in a summative way—how your proposal reflects individual, organizational, or geographic diversity and/or supports the development, inclusion, and stewardship of a diverse profession or cultural record. This could include positionality statements that reflect on the unique identities of the panelists in relation to the work they will discuss, a recognition of dominant positionality inherent in your identity or organization, or the ways in which privilege and power manifest in the session and how you will use or respond to it.

Session Formats

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

Panel Presentation. Session consisting of a panel of three to five individuals discussing or presenting theories or perspectives on a given topic. Session may consist of a series of prepared presentations or a moderated discussion and should include time for audience feedback. If giving prepared presentations, presentation titles should be provided and will be included in the program. A moderator is required (this role may be performed by the chair); a commentator is optional.

Professional Poster Presentation. Report in which information is summarized using brief written statements and graphic materials, such as photographs, charts, graphs, and/or diagrams mounted on poster board (if in person) or in a PDF document (if virtual). Presenters will be assigned a specific time during which they must be with their poster to discuss it with attendees if presenting in-person.

Lightning Talks. Session consisting of eight to ten lively and informative 5-minute talks. The session chair secures commitments from speakers and compiles all presentation slides into one single presentation to ensure timely speaker transitions.

Mix and Match. “Mix and Match” allows individuals to propose an individual talk rather than a full session. Similar or complementary proposals will then be combined into one session. We hope this option will encourage individuals who have not previously submitted a proposal to do so, as well as provide an opportunity to connect archivists who might not have otherwise met one another. We will accept proposals for 5 or 20-minute presentations.

Alternative Format. Don’t feel confined by the prescribed formats—suggest an alternative or create your own! Alternative format sessions may take a variety of forms. Examples include world café and fishbowl discussions. Propose a moderated debate offering opposing points of view, or an “experiential” format involving simulation, role play, or games to convey key principles and learning objectives. We welcome your creative ideas about how your topic might best be addressed! Proposals in this category must: 1) specify the format and session facilitator and 2) describe briefly how the format will enhance the presentation of the material. You may suggest up to four presenters for the session.

Your format choice will not affect the Program Committee’s decision. The Committee may, however, recommend the proposed format be changed if it believes that a different format may better serve the session’s learning objectives or desired audience.

We are bringing back Pop-Ups! A separate call for Pop-Up proposals will be issued in the spring of 2026. Do not use the session proposal form for Pop-Ups.


Reminder for Proposal Submitters and Session Participants

Archivists and records administrators who participate in the program (including in Pop-Up sessions) must register and secure institutional or personal funding. Participants whose employment does not involve performing, teaching, or managing any aspect of the archival or records administration function, or who are from outside the United States and Canada, may be eligible for complimentary registration upon request. SAA cannot provide funding for speakers, whether they are international, non-archivists, non-records administrators, members, or nonmembers.

Proposal Submition

Proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting are due on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT. The Program Committee will not consider proposals received after the deadline.

Submission Form will be available by mid-November.

Review the submission form questions (PDF) before submitting your proposal. Note: Submissions will only be received through the online submission form not the PDF.

See frequently asked questions (FAQs) https://www2.archivists.org/am2026/program/calls/program-proposals-faqs 

The 2026 Program Committee has created a Google spreadsheet to be used as an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration on session proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting. It is not monitored by SAA or the Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.

Questions? Contact the Conference Office at conference@archivists.org.

CFP: Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting

deep in the heart of Archives
April 29-May 2, 2026
Waco, Texas and Virtually via Zoom Events

An archive is more than a collection of documents, books, and media. These materials are processed, exhibited, and stewarded by the dedicated individuals who make up our profession. At the heart of every archive is an archivist. Whether you’re a lone arranger or part of a team, archivists are passionate, resourceful, and ready to help. For this year’s conference, we want to focus on the library, archive, and museum professionals that contribute to this amazing work. Please join us in Waco to find out what’s “deep in the heart” of your colleagues. Tell us what you are passionate about in your collections and what issues matter to you. Discuss how we as archivists can help each other. Share with us your fears and concerns and let’s encourage a sense of mutual support and community. Do what you do best by sharing what you know and love with folks throughout our region and beyond.

Session proposals are welcome on any subject, training, or topic relevant to library, archive, and museum professions. Proposals will be evaluated on the completeness of the description, the originality of the topic, and the diversity of speakers. Abstracts outlining presentations should be 200 words or less.

The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held both in-person in Waco, Texas, and virtually, allowing for broader participation and engagement.

Proposals must be submitted no later than Friday, November 21, 2025. Click here to submit your proposal.

The Program Committee invites submissions in the following formats:

  • Panel Discussion

A traditional session with three or four speakers, each giving 15 to 20 minute presentations on a single theory or perspective on a given topic, followed by time for questions. One of the speakers should act as a moderator or session chair.

  • Roundtable Discussion

A roundtable discussion consists of one to three presentations of 10 minutes each that describe a theory, issue, or initiative followed by small group discussions where participants and speakers share ideas. A session chair is not required.

  • Lightning Talks

A large panel of eight to ten speakers that deliver five minute talks on a common theme or issue, keeping a lively pace and sharing relevant take-away ideas. A session chair is required to compile presentation materials and maintain the time schedule.

  • Skills Training

Are you a whiz at making phase boxes? Do you have advanced Excel skills or other technical expertise? Share your skills with other members in a mini-workshop setting. Focus on one or two skills that can be shared in a 60 or 90-minute session. Skills training sessions should have one or two speakers. Proposals should include details of the speaker’s relevant experience or training.

  • Lunch Meetings/Discussion

Are you part of a state or local archival organization that would like to meet up at SSA? Want to start a book club or a study group? Get your special interest in the program to reach more potential members.

Have a session idea and are looking for other folks with the same interests? Use our 2026 Annual Meeting Proposal Connector Spreadsheet to build sessions with other folks in the region. 

Click here to submit your proposal. Have a question? Email us at program@southwestarchivists.org.

Please note conference registration is required for presenters whose proposals are accepted. 

Join us in Waco as we explore what’s deep in the heart of archives!

G.L.A.M. Bookworms Book Club

Everyone is welcome to join Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Archives’ next G.L.A.M. Bookworms Book Club discussion: THE MUSEUM OF ORDINARY PEOPLE by Mike Gayle, via Zoom, Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7pm (EST). RSVP for Zoom link: info@wolfsonarchives.org.

THE MUSEUM OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
By Mike Gayle
While dealing with the loss of her mother, Jess discovers a unique museum in a warehouse dedicated to everyday items that hold significant personal meaning. As she becomes the unofficial custodian of the collection, Jess uncovers heartwarming stories and secrets that help her navigate her own grief and find a new purpose.

Thank you!

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Lou Ellen Kramer
Manager
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Archives
lkramer1@mdc.edu
info@wolfsonarchives.org

Call for Radio and Audio Media Papers, Popular Culture/American Culture Assoc. Conference

RADIO AND AUDIO MEDIA AREA POPULAR CULTURE AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

April 8-11, 2026, ATLANTA

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:  NOVEMBER 30, 2025

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 “Landing Radio on the Moon and Mars: From Tik Tok radio, “Spatial Audio to Space Radio,” “Mic Check: Does the term Auteur fit Podcasting?” and “’A Forceful Agency’: New York Governor Alfred E. Smith and Radio Broadcasting, 1925-1927” 

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 2025-2026.

Address paper or presentation proposals 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 334-244-3950 (work) 207-317-7693 (mobile)

Contact Information

Matthew Killmeier, Auburn Univ. at Montgomery

Contact Email

mkillmei@aum.edu

URL

https://www.aievolution.com/pcaaca/

CFP: Session(s) on the Empire-Self Making of the Land-Grant University

Thank you Dulce Kersting-Lark at University of Idaho for sending this CFP!

Call for Proposals: Session(s) on the Empire-Self Making of the Land-Grant University
Western History Association | Portland, OR | October 21-24, 2026

Considering the Western History Association’s 2026 theme, “Unsettled: New Wests, New Lessons,” we call attention to how federal land-grants, including the universities they enabled, fueled westward expansion toward industrialization. Scholarship on the modus operandi of the land-grant university has emphasized mechanized agriculture and exploited labor on stolen land as outputs of a fraught system, but scattered discourse abounds regarding the ways the wheels of the land-grant university empire-self making apparatus could not turn without the reconstitution of its own image/knowledge. Indeed, much of this conversation resides in Anthropological and Sociological study, and we seek to aggregate Historical-adjacent analysis into interconnected panels focused on the knowledge regime of the land-grant university.

Ethnic studies scholar Sarah E. K. Fong offers racial-settler capitalism as a term to explain the co-constitutive relationship between the violent accumulation of Indigenous lands and racialized labor exploitation on stolen land.i Abolitionist university studies scholars Abigail Boggs and Nick Mitchell co-locate the university within and between settler colonial and racial capitalist accumulation.ii

The proverbial land-grant university’s three-prong approach (agriculture and mechanical arts education; agriculture experiment stations; cooperative extension service) manifests racial-settler capitalism in three ways: 1) the Morrill Acts of 1867 and 1890, as well as the Equity in Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 redistributed stolen Indigenous land to 2) physically occupy stolen land with machines, domesticated plants, factories, and workers and 3) legitimates the ongoing recreation of its own empire through a knowledge regime that includes university archives, community engagement projects and marketing, and youth programming. It is this self-legitimizing knowledge regime which we highlight in these sessions.

Feminist studies scholars Abigail Boggs and Nick Mitchell instruct us to short circuit the university to confront its “foundational epistemological and material violences,” and ethnic studies scholar la paperson (aka K. Wayne Yang) urges us to “hot-wire” the university to make it do what we need and want.iii Together, they help us to imagine and repurpose the university’s “resources, capacities, and function of reproducing sociality with and for other ways of being, other ways of living.”iv Preference is given to panels which direct us toward tangible solutions.

Interconnected panels focused on the knowledge regime of the land-grant university might include discussion of:

Critical archives and knowledge production

Decolonization and/or abolition archives, broadly construed

Critical youth instruction and Cooperative Extension programming

Indigenous land theft and occupation

Community-engagement marketing, land-grant lexicon on stolen land

What does it look like to short circuit and hot-wire the university for ends which prioritize our relationships with each other? How do we make the university do the community engagement to which it claims commitment?

Session Organizers and Deadline: Please submit proposals of up to 250 words to both organizers below by 11:59p PST on November 24, 2025. See the second page for special consideration. Shiloh Green Soto, Assistant Professor of History, Washington State University: shiloh.greensoto@wsu.edu. Dulce Kersting-Lark, Head of Special Collections & Archives, University of Idaho: dulce@uidaho.edu.

While all are welcome, we seek intellectual representation from/about the following land-grant universities and colleges in the U.S. West:

Alaska:
University of Alaska
Iḷisaġvik College
Arizona:
University of Arizona
Tohono O’odham Community College
Diné College
California:
University of California
Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University
Colorado:
Colorado State University
Hawaii:
University of Hawaii
Idaho:
University of Idaho
Kansas:
Kansas State University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Montana:
Montana State University
Blackfeet Community College
Salish Kootenai College
Aaniiih Nakoda College
Stone Child College
Little Big Horn College
Chief Dull Knife College
Fort Peck Community College
Nevada:
University of Nevada
New Mexico:
New Mexico State University
Navajo Technical College
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Oregon:
Oregon State University
Texas:
Texas A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
Utah:
Utah State University
Washington:
Washington State University
Northwest Indian College
Wyoming:
University of Wyoming

New Issue: Records Management Journal

Records Management Journal, Volume 35 Issue 3
(open access)

Role of records and archives in countering disinformation and misinformation: the perspective of LIS educators in Nigerian universities Available
Ugonna Vivian Ailakhu

Auditing of investigation records and information (AIRI) process: components, elements and principles Available
Widura Abd Kadir; Umi Asma’ Mokhtar; Zawiyah M. Yusof

A novel ranking model for information technology security controls through COBIT and MCDM Available
Mohammad Nikbakht; Saeed Rouhani; Vahideh Mojtahed

An assessment of record keeping practices at construction sites: Nepalese perspectives Available
Uttam Neupane; Bhupendra Prasad Jaisi

Examining blockchain’s role in securing and authenticating digital records: perspectives from IT specialists and records managers Available
Akinade Adebowale Adewojo

Digital management of legal records: analyzing user acceptance of digital land management Available
Aslan Noor; Guntur Atur Parulian; Fachrully Pratama; Rahmi Zubaedah; Imanudin Affandi

Access to science archives in Brazil: absence of regulations and guidelines Available
Shirley Franco; Thiara Almeida Costa; Cynthia Roncaglio

Exploring the nature, drivers and consequences of electronic medical record workarounds in Tanzanian public primary health care Available
Joseph Makaranga; Goodiel Moshi; Felix Sukums

CFP: Photographic interiors: between staging and documentation / Intérieurs photographiques : entre mise en scène et documentation

Photography, along with other printed image technologies, is a major component of the ordinary visual environment that papers domestic surfaces, at the same time it proves to be a particularly adequate means of documenting interiors. The conference “Photographic Interiors: Between Staging and Documentation” aims to think through this mirror effect of photographed photographs, by considering together images of domestic worlds and everyday image practices anchored in the dwelling. The aim is twofold: to examine the various ways of capturing interiors through photography, and to think about the life of images within interiors. The conference will be held on 7 April 2026 at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), Paris and co-organised by InVisu (INHA/CNRS) and ECHELLES (Université Paris Cité/CNRS). We invite you to send your proposals in French or English (an abstract of 300 words max. with a title and an image) by November 7, 2025 to images.invisu@inha.fr

Contact Information

Organization:
Manuel Charpy (InVisu, CNRS/INHA)
Éliane de Larminat (ECHELLES, Université Paris Cité/CNRS)
Ece Zerman (ECHELLES, Université Paris Cité/CNRS)
 

Contact Email

images.invisu@inha.fr

URL

https://invisu.cnrs.fr/2025/10/14/7-11-2025-appel-interieurs-photographiques/

Attachments

interieurs-photographiques-conference.pdf