New/Recent Publications

Books

Digital Preservation without Tears
Margot Note
(Lucidea Press, 2020)

Open Heritage Data: An introduction to research, publishing and programming with open data in the heritage sector
Henriette Roued-Cunliffe
(Facet Publishing, 2020)

Mapping Information Landscapes: New Methods for Exploring the Development and Teaching of Information Literacy
Andrew Whitworth
(Facet Publishing, 2020)

The Anarchivist
Geof Huth
(AC Books, 2020)

Digitizing Enlightenment: Digital Humanities and the Transformation of Eighteenth-Century Studies
Edited by Simon Burrows and Glenn Roe
(Oxford University Press, 2020)

Pen, print and communication in the eighteenth century
Archer-Parré, CarolineDick, Malcolm
(Liverpool University Press, 2020)

See the Museum & Archives catalog from Rowman & Littlefield.

Articles

“Radical Holdings? Student Newspaper Collections in Australian University Libraries and Archives,” Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, (May 2020)
Jessie Lymn & Tamara Jones

Other

Archives and Special Collections Linked Data: Navigating between Notes and Nodes
OCLC Research Archives and Special Collections Linked Data Review Group
(OCLC, 2020)

Podcasts

Archivist’s Alley:
S4.5: Miranda Barnewall: Advocacy, Career Examinations and Material Importance
S4.4: Claire Fox: Best Case Scenarios, Metadata Milieus & Graduating in a COVID-19 Landscape

The Keepers:
145 – Louis Jones, Field Archivist, Detroit

Library and Archives Canada:
Upcoming episodes

Library of Congress Digital Preservation:
William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition

Lost in the Stacks:
ENCORE Episode 312: Data Driven Decisions
Episode 468: Bodies on the Line
Data as Wood

Transcripts:
Gender Reveal
Country Queers

New Issue: Feminist Review

Feminist Review, Vol. 125 no 1 (July 2020)
Some content is open access.

Photos on the Mantelpiece
Leo Hermitt

Archival Experiments, Notes and (Dis)orientations
Nydia A. Swaby, Chandra Frank

Experimentations With the Archive: A Roundtable Conversation
La Vaughn Belle, Zayaan Khan, Holly A. Smith, Julietta Singh

Speculative Fabulations: Enter the Archive, or ‘Beneath Yaba’s Garden’
Ama Josephine B. Johnstone

Being Close to, With or Amongst
Onyeka Igwe

‘Listening’ With Gothenburg’s Iron Well: Engaging the Imperial Archive Through Black Feminist Methodologies and Arts-Based Research
Lena Sawyer, Nana Osei-Kofi

Out of Sorts: A Queer Crip in the Archive
Ryan Lee Cartwright

Black Tree Play: Learning From Anti-Lynching Ecologies in The ‘Life and Times’ of an American Called Pauli Murray
Virginia Thomas

Archiving the African Feminist Festival Through Oral Communication and Social Media
Ifeanyi Awachie

June Givanni’s Pan-African Cinema Archive: A Diasporic Feminist Dwelling Space
Aditi Jaganathan, Sarita Malik, June Givanni

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
Eddie Bruce-Jones

CFP: Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures – ALA 2021 Annual Conference

Submit an ALA 2021 Annual Conference program proposal for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, which will begin on September 1, 2020.

Proposals are due September 30, 2020, and you don’t need to be a Core member to submit a proposal.

Submit your idea using this proposal form.

Core welcomes topics of interest to a wide range of library professionals in many different areas, including…

  1. Access and Equity
  • Advocacy in areas such as copyright, equity of access, open access, net neutrality, and privacy
  • Preservation Week
  • Equity, diversity, and inclusion, both within the division and the profession, as related to Core’s subject areas
  1. Assessment
  • Emphasizing the role of assessment in demonstrating the impacts of libraries or library services
  • Assessment tools, methods, guidelines, standards, and policies and procedures
  1. Leadership and Management
  • Developing leaders at every level
  • Best practices for inclusion by using an equity lens to examine leadership structures
  • Leadership for talent management and human resources
  1. Metadata and Collections
  • Best practices and knowledge in work areas that support collections and discovery
  • Best practices for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the development and description of collections
  • Standards and best practices for selection, acquisition, description, access, and preservation of information resources
  • Preservation of both print, media, and digital resources
  1. Operations and Buildings
  • Changing trends in organizational structures, services, staff operations, and facilities
  • Best practices for inclusive practices and design
  1. Technology
  • Best practices for inclusive practices and design
  • Emerging technologies and actionable plans for library services
  • Bridging the technology related needs across all types of libraries and operational areas

Submission Process

  • To propose an event, please submit an online proposal using the ALA Program Proposal Submission Site.
  • Log into the ALA system or create a new user account to begin your online proposal.
    • When completing the proposal, be sure to select the Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures to have your proposal reviewed by Core.
  • A program is a one-hour educational sessions held at the ALA Annual Conference. A program is audio recorded.
  • Anyone can submit a proposal regardless of membership status.
  • Submission Deadline: September 30, 2020
  • Proposals will be reviewed by the Core Program Committee and proposal submitters will be contacted in October.
  • Final decisions will be announced by early December 2020.

We seek and encourage submissions from underrepresented groups such as women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities.

For all inquiries regarding content submission for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference, please visit the Submission Site.

For further information, including updates, you can also visit the 2021 ALA Annual Conference website, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.

If you have any questions about submitting a proposal for Core, please contact Tom Ferren, Future Core Program Officer for Professional Development, at tferren@ala.org.

Registration for the 2021 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition opens at 12 p.m. CT on Friday, January 15, 2021.

Call for proposals for Innovation Column for 2021: Journal of New Librarianship

You are invited to submit a proposal for the Journal of New Librarianship’s On Innovation in Libraries column.

Innovations in a Time of Crisis and Complexity

Rogers (2003) defined innovation as an “idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption” (p. 12). Innovations may take place as social problems gain a position of high priority in response to heightened recognition of problems or needs (Rogers, 2003). As the Journal of New Librarianship completes its transition to OJS at CU Boulder, we are issuing a call for proposals for the column, On Innovation in Libraries. The theme for this cycle of column publications will explore the topic of library innovations in a time of crisis and complexity during which we have seen exacerbation of existing inequalities (Campbell, 2020). We invite you to share what this has looked like in your Library’s praxis.

Completed columns will be 1,500 – 3,000 words. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals of 200-500 words on or before Monday, September 21, 2020. Authors will be notified by Wednesday, October 21, 2020 regarding the status of their proposals and to discuss a timeline for column submission, editorial review, and publication in early 2021 on our new OJS platform.

Please submit column proposals via this web form. [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fokstatelib.qualtrics.com%2Fjfe%2Fform%2FSV_2aVV41UunoLtUu9&data=02|01|cristina.colquhoun%40okstate.edu|c99d10c8c5b84140f33508d8359044df|2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964|0|0|637318241029274081&sdata=HWtradEN2PxmdHO4WQBz5vnTaGF%2Fcl4mZQnZY3uplhM%3D&reserved=0) ]

Campbell, L. (July 8, 2020). Sustaining an ethic of care. Open World. https://lornamcampbell.org/higher-education/sustaining-care/.

New Research and Education Special Interest Group, Australian Society of Archivists

10 Aug 2020

ASA Council has approved the formation of a new Research and Education Special Interest Group, or REDSIG.

Many researchers and educators in fields such as archives, archival science, records management, digital preservation, conservation, and related disciplines (referred to here as ‘archival research and education’) work in the university, training, and consultancy sectors, as well as in dedicated archival institutions. Though these members of the ASA and their colleagues have many shared issues and concerns (e.g. accreditation, changing university fee structures, student access, proposed changes to research funding models, the need to develop links between theory and practice) their interests are not currently represented by an existing ASA SIG.

The draft objectives of REDSIG are as follows:

  1. To develop Australia’s research capacity and capability with regard to archives, archival science, records management, and digital preservation, and promote the rich legacy of Australian archival research and archival theory.
  2. To advocate on behalf of researchers and educators to government, educational institutions, unions, employers, and the Society with regard to issues which affect archival research and education in Australia.
  3. To foster relationships and collaborations which create and invigorate connections between archival theory and practice in Australia.
  4. To assist with the diversification of Australia’s archival profession, through the pursuit of equity of access to archival education and improved diversity and representativeness in research.
  5. To advise the Society on matters related to research and education, including accreditation standards and advocacy issues.
  6. To provide opportunities for researchers and educators to discuss matters of mutual concern and to study the problems and needs of Australian archival researchers and educators, including publishing or otherwise promulgating the results of such studies.
  7. To provide a local organisational structure through which to develop further engagement with international groups such as the Archival Education and Research Initiative (AERI) and the International Council on Archives Section for Archival Education and Training (ICA-SAE).

The rules of the SIG, including these objectives, will be confirmed at an inaugural REDSIG AGM in September, at which time a Convenor and Secretary will also be elected. In the meantime, Dr Mike Jones will act in these roles for the purposes of setting up the AGM and corresponding with prospective members.

To join the REDSIG:

  • go to My Memberships in the Member Centre
  • select the Update Details tab
  • select REDSIG from the list of available Special Interest Groups.

If you have any questions regarding the new group please contact Mike via email here.

New Issue: Archeota

Archeota, Vol. 6 no. 1, Spring/Summer 2020
(open access)

Unfiltered History: Pride and prejudice at Godman Air Field June 1945
Kelli Roisman

Untold Stories Get Told: The Importance of Archivists in Diversifying History
Alyssa Key

Reinventing the Wheel: An Archeologist Digs for Metadata
Erin Estrup

Introducing Melissa Ward: Digital Archivist at Blizzard Entertainment
Danielle Dantema

So, You Digitized Your Collection, Now What? The Subtle Craft of Digital Preservation
Terry Schiavone

Conquering the Backlog: Special Collections and Archives’ Backlog Elimination Project at UNLV
Angela Moor

Francis Parker School Archive: 100 Years of History and Pride
Dakota Greenwich

Archiving in Times of Crisis: Archivists Respond to COVID-19
Marissa Friedman

Our staff Recommendations for Summer Reading

Introducing our 2020/2021 Team SJSU Student Chapter of the Society for American Archivists

Call for papers for the Tunnock Essay Prize (Scottish Archives)

We present you today a great opportunity to have your research published in a well-respected journal and receive a prize of £250.

The weather is wonderful and the archives are closed but you may well still be in a position to think about writing up an entry for the Tunnock Essay Prize. Aimed at post graduates and kindly sponsored by Thomas Tunnock Ltd, entries should focus on the use and interpretation of Scottish Archives both within Scotland and further afield.  Submissions should consist of between 4,000 and 6,000 words. Any submission that makes use of archival material to explore historical matters relevant to Scotland will be considered. The winning entry will be awarded a prize of £250 and, subject to peer review, will be eligible for publication in Scottish Archives, the journal of the Scottish Records Association.

The closing date for entries is 1 September 2020.

Further details are available on the SRA website at https://www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/the-tunnock-prize-2020 or email: editorscottisharchives@gmail.com

Call for papers: Collect & Connect conference

Leiden (The Netherlands), 23-24 November 2020

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the international conference Collect & Connect: Archives and Collections in a Digital Age. The conference will be held at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (depending on COVID-19 it could be moved online) on 23-24 November 2020.

The aims of this international conference which officially concludes the NWO/Brill Creative Industries Project Making Sense of Illustrated Handwritten Archives are two: to present results of finished and original research in the field of digitized archives and natural and cultural heritage collections, and to promote exchange and discussion between researchers and heritage professionals in the field of digital natural and cultural heritage.

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

Dr. Sharon Leon (Michigan State University)
Prof. Lambert Schomaker (University of Groningen)
Prof. Franco Niccolucci (PIN – University of Florence)

Paper formats & submission:

Regular papers with 10 to 12 pages (max. 12 pages, min. 10 pages) and short papers with 5 to 9 pages (max. 9 pages, min. 5 pages) need to be submitted through EasyChair.
All papers will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by at least two members of the conference’s program committee.

Important dates:

11 September 2020 (deadline for short and long papers)
2 October 2020 (notification of authors)
15 November 2020 (camera-ready papers)

Thematic scope of the conference:

In recent years, libraries, archives and museums have spent major efforts on annotating and enriching their digitized archives and collections with contextual information, in order to make them retrievable and interlinked in novel ways. Often institutions aim to enhance their reach and relevance for broader user groups. A major challenge in the field is the heterogeneous character of many of such digitized collections. Many handwritten archives and collections of physical objects in the realms of natural history, archaeology, history, and art history entail combinations of textual and visual elements whose interpretation requires a range of different expertises and computational technologies. This conference therefore welcomes papers that present, discuss, and reflect upon the technical, social, and institutional challenges digital heritage professionals and researchers encounter when enriching heterogeneous digitized collections with context.

Six to eight papers selected among those presented at the conference are expected to be selected for publication in the Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH). The authors of the selected papers will be asked to extend their conference papers to comply with the editorial standards of the Journal. They will be informed at the end of the Conference by the Selection Committee, formed by the Conference Chairs and JOCCH Editor-in-Chief, and will provided with a suitable deadline to prepare their papers for publication. Thus, to publish in this Special Issue it is necessary to present the paper at the International Conference Collect&Connect.

More information on guidelines and paper submission at:

https://sites.google.com/naturalis.nl/makingsenseproject/conference/cfp

CFP: Libraries: Culture, History, and Society

Type: Call for Papers
Date: August 27, 2020
Location: United States
Subject Fields: Graduate Studies, Humanities, Political History / Studies, Social History / Studies, Women’s & Gender History / Studies

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) is now accepting submissions for volume 5, number 1, to be published Spring 2021, and for subsequent issues to be published semiannually. A peer-reviewed publication of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association and the Penn State University Press, LCHS is available in print and online via JSTOR and Project Muse.

The only journal in the United States devoted to library history, LCHS positions library history as its own field of scholarship, while bringing together scholars from many disciplines to examine the history of libraries as institutions, collections, and services, as well as the experiences of library employees and users. There are no limits of time period or geography, and libraries of every type are included (private, public, corporate, academic, and school libraries, and special collections). In addition to Library Science, the journal welcomes contributors from History, English, Literary Studies, Education, Sociology, Gender/Women’s Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Architecture, and other disciplines.

Submissions for volume 5, issue 1, are due August 28th, 2020, and the deadline for volume 5, issue 2 will be in late February. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through LCHS’s Editorial Manager system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/LCHS . They must also conform to the instructions for authors at https://www.editorialmanager.com/LCHS/account/LCHS%20Author%20Submission%20Guidelines.pdf. New scholars, and authors whose work is in the “idea” stage, are welcomed to contact the editors if they would like guidance prior to submission.

For further questions, please contact the editors:
Bernadette Lear, BAL19@psu.edu
Eric Novotny, ECN1@psu.edu

Contact Info:
Bernadette A. Lear
Co-Editor, LCHS
BAL19@psu.edu

Contact Email:
bal19@psu.edu

URL: http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_LCHS.html

 

New Issue: Judaica Librarianship

The newest issue of Judaica Librarianship includes several articles about archives.

Judaica Librarianship, Vol. 21 (2020)
(open access)

Editorial
Vol. 21 Editor’s Note
Rachel Leket-Mor

Essays and Research

The Victor Perera Papers: The Archive of a Twentieth Century Sephardic-American Writer
Gabriel Mordoch

The Importance of Being Discovered: The Werner Von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection
Melanie Hubbard

The UCLA Sephardic Archive Initiative: Finding the Keys to an Untold History
Max Modiano Daniel

Primary Sources in the College Classroom: The Beck Archives at the University of Denver Libraries
Jeanne Abrams

The Sydney Taylor Book Award at Fifty: Trends in Canonized Jewish Children’s Literature (1968–2020)
Rachel Leket-Mor, Fred Isaac

The Cultural Doings and Undoings of the Sydney Taylor Book Award
Stacy M. Collins

“Love Your Neighbor”: An AJL Project to Combat Antisemitism
Heidi Rabinowitz, Kathleen Bloomfield

Columns

JS/DH: Primary Sources and Open Data
Michelle Chesner

Scatter of the Literature
June 2017–February 2020
Haim A. Gottschalk