CFP: Censorship Is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and Programming Under Siege in Libraries

This call does not specifically mention archives, but it is an opportunity to integrate archives into the discussion.
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Call for Chapter Proposals

Working Title: Censorship Is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and Programming Under Siege in Libraries
Editors: Jason D. Phillips and Jordan Ruud
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2023
Publisher: Library Juice Press

Book Description: Libraries, long tasked with defending intellectual freedom, find themselves under siege with threats of censorship for carrying gender/sexuality-related materials or holding LGBTQ-related events. Efforts to censor materials and control programming arguably threaten to have a chilling effect on libraries’ ability to carry out their core missions. We are soliciting contributions from across the library ecosystem exploring the significance of these threats and how librarians have responded, offering an intellectual and practical toolkit, in tandem with lessons with experience, to help libraries make their way through this new intellectual climate.

Topics under consideration might include:

  • Censorship of programming
  • Censorship of materials at any point in the acquisitions cycle
  • Preemptive caution (anticipation of censorship struggles) exerting a chilling effect on intellectual freedom
  • How classification can impede discoverability of controversial materials: “bibliographic invisibility”
  • Visibility of LGBTQ topics in displays
  • LGBTQ YA/children’s lit and its curricular role
  • Safe spaces for digital scholarship
  • The role and inclusion of LGBTQ materials, services, and outreach
  • Responsive collection development policy to address potential challenges
  • Administrative interference (campus, school, or public)
  • Workplace protections for LGBTQ personnel or those involved in LGBTQ
    collection development/programming
  • Information barriers creating a non-inclusive environment
  • Building design as a barrier to vulnerable populations (trans people)
  • Impact of LGBTQ materials and/or programming on student retention/mental health
  • The erosion of tenure as a threat to protection of intellectual freedom
  • Reflection on the role of LGBTQ materials as part of a collection, and as an aspect of overall library/campus DEI strategies
  • Politicization of library funding

We welcome contributions discussing specific situations, and also reflections of a more general nature on the importance of, and threats to, intellectual freedom.

We ask authors interested in contributing to submit a proposal or abstract in our submission form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bP5Eo_GsMXuCBMNerSdgtS9hjUVqrfEEuwvEwrCR-mY/

Deadlines:

  • April 1, 2023: abstracts due
  • April 30, 2023: notification of acceptance
  • September 1, 2023: drafts due
  • December 1, 2023: final revisions due
  • December 31, 2023: final submission of manuscript

Questions: If you have questions, please feel free to ask the editors: Jason D. Phillips (he/him) and Jordan Ruud (he/him)

RAAC brown bag discussion: archival publications

The RAAC Steering Committee is hosting a brown bag discussion on February 22nd where we’ll discuss archival publications, including transitions to digital publishing and the challenges of attracting good submissions. We’ve lined up representatives from the American ArchivistArchival Issues (Midwest Archives Conference), and the Journal of the Society of North Carolina Archivists, so we’ll be hearing from a variety of perspectives from organizations of different scale and scope.

If you have questions you want to pose about archival publications, you may submit them to me or to our RAAC email address before February 22nd, or we’ll also have time for people to ask questions during the discussion. 

Please join us on Wednesday, February 22nd at noon Eastern time for a discussion on this important topic for archival organizations.  Please register for the Zoom session; attendance is free.

CFP: Hidden Worlds: Histories of Disability Things and Material Culture

This call does not specifically mention archives, but considering the increased effort to preserve disability history in archives, some might find it of interest.
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We are inviting submissions for a hybrid (online and in-person) workshop Hidden Worlds: Histories of Disability Things and Material Culture, taking place in September 2023. Abstracts are due May 1 2023.

Hidden Worlds: Histories of Disability Things and Material Culture

For over two decades, historians of disability have called for greater engagement with material culture (Katherine Ott, David Serlin, and Stephen Mihm). Responding to this call, they have extensively examined prosthetics and wheelchairs, focusing on the processes of rehabilitation and design. Recently, the Crip Technoscience Manifesto (Aimi Hamraie and Kelly Fritsch) has encouraged historians to consider how disabled people have played more active roles in hacking, tinkering and re-purposing the material artifacts that have animated their everyday lives. The focus on disability things (Katherine Ott) is a strategic attempt to centre how users lived with these ‘things’ and to broaden what historians usually consider as technologies. We want to encourage papers to think critically about the artefacts that have constituted the everyday lives of disabled people, and to explore conventional disability technologies in new and creative ways. 

Topics may address, but need not be limited to, the following broad themes: 

  • Tinkering architecture to build accessible worlds   
  • Assistive and Health Technologies (including resistance and non-use)    
  • Re-purposed/modified mundane artefacts (anything from beds to Tupperware)   
  • Improvised, bespoke solutions  
  • Tacit and embodied knowledge   
  • Negotiations, power and social hierarchies   
  • Diverse roles of disabled people throughout a technology’s life cycle.   

Practical Details  

Titles and abstracts (300 words maximum) as well as general queries should be addressed to Neil Pemberton (neil.pemberton@manchester.ac.uk) and Beck Heslop (beck.heslop@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk) by May 1 2023. Accommodation and travel costs for invited participants will be covered by the organisers.  

We are committed to making this event as accessible as possible and welcome any suggestions for how we might achieve this.  

The hybrid workshop will be based at the University of Manchester (UK) on Wed 13th-15th September 2023. 

SAA AAC/SNAP panel discussion: “Writing and Publishing for Archivists”

Are you a student or early career archivist interested in learning where and how you can start publishing? If so, join the SAA Archivists & Archives of Color and Students & New Archives Professionals sections for the panel discussion, “Writing and Publishing for Archivists,” on February 20 at 2pm ET / 11am PT.

This webinar will introduce you to some of the many opportunities and pathways archivists have to write and publish. Panelists include: Joyce Gabiola and Kristina Santiago (up//root produced by WeHere); Sharon Mizota (ARTchivist’s Notebook); and Yvette Ramírez (SAA Publications Board).

Learn more about the speakers and register through Zoom.

CFP: Academic Libraries Creating Global Community

Academic Libraries Creating Global Community:
Operating Outside of Traditional Roles and Spaces

To support our students and faculty as global citizens, academic libraries are increasingly engaging with broader community efforts to affect positive change. We want to hear about your approaches to addressing inequality, censorship, climate change, misinformation, low civic engagement, and other stressors that impact our students and the world. Examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Responses to censorship, anti-intellectualism, or misinformation
  • Collection development in coordination with public or school libraries
  • Community-inclusive service or events
  • Collaborations with non-profits or local businesses
  • Involvement in community sustainability or literacy projects 
  • Social justice collaborations 
  • Indigenous science collaborations
  • Efforts to foster civic engagement
  • Community development in special collections and archives
  • Expanding access to graduates and/or community members

The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations is a historic peer-reviewed, open-access, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to academic discussions of the major issues of our age. We are honored that the editorial board has chosen academic libraries as the topic of their 46th volume and we hope this volume will share our library efforts to outside audiences. We are accepting case studies, research articles, book reviews, and opinion pieces. Only case studies and research articles will be processed through peer review.

Send an abstract* of your proposed article to press@humboldt.edu. The abstract deadline is April 7, 2023. Abstracts should include::

  • Article title
  • Abstract 200-400 words
  • Author information:
    • Name
    • Title
    • Affiliation (ex. University name)
    • Email

If your abstract is accepted, the article deadline will be September 1, 2023. Word count for final article submissions are:

  • Case studies and research articles: 3,000-6,000 words
  • Book reviews: 500-2,000
  • Opinion pieces: 1000-3,000 words

ASA or APA citation styles are recommended.

*The abstracts are for our editorial team review only.

Call for 2023 Graduate Student Program Proposals

The application has opened for Graduate Student Program Proposals for the 2023 Joint Annual Meeting. Work from both master’s and doctoral students will be considered. This call encompasses proposals for sessions – presentations or posters – to be presented during the hybrid meeting.

Graduate Student Presentation

The work of three current archives students and/or SAA student chapters will be selected for presentation. Each speaker will be allotted fifteen minutes to present a paper. Be creative! Proposals from individual students as well as SAA student chapter groups will be considered. Proposals may relate to the student’s applied or theoretical research, research about the archives profession itself, or even practical/internship experiences. Student chapters may consider presenting on projects or initiatives conducted in the current term (Fall 2022 through Summer 2023). Participant selection will be based on the quality of proposals submitted.

Graduate Student Poster

The 23rd annual Graduate Student Poster Session will showcase the work of both individual students and SAA Student Chapters. All posters will be presented in-person and virtually in PDF format. More information about preparing posters will be shared upon acceptance. Posters will be available to all meeting attendees throughout the week of the conference and in the virtual platform. 

To submit a paper or poster proposal, please complete the proposal form no later than March 15

Learn more and submit.

New Publications

Museum Management: Opportunities and Threats for Successful Museums (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society).
Milan Jan. Půček, František. Ochrana, Michal. Plaček
Springer, 2022

Technology and the Historian: Transformations in the Digital Age
Crymble, A.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021

Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in the US Context
Danielle Cooper and Katherine Klosek
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R, 2023

Scoping Skills and Developing Training Programme for Managing Repository Services in Cultural Heritage Organisations
Holt, Ilkay; Miles, Susan; Marples, Alice; Kaur, Kirrn; Cope, Jez
British Library, 2022

Bernasconi, E., Ceriani, M., Mecella, M. et al. Design, realization, and user evaluation of the ARCA system for exploring a digital library. Int J Digit Libr (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-022-00343-0

Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in the US Context
Danielle Miriam Cooper, Katherine Klosek
ITHAKA S+R, 2023

A*CENSUS II: Archives Administrators Survey
Makala Skinner
ITHAKA S+R, 2023

The Digital Decisive Moment: Transformative Digitization Practices
Margot Note
Lucidea, 2023

Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges, and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective
Edited By Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Kerstin Rydbeck, Håkon Larsen
Routledge, 2023

Amanda Furiasse, “Sailing on Encrypted Seas: The Archive and Digital Memory in African and Diasporic Futurism,” Journal of Cultural Analytics Vol. 7, Issue 4, 2022.

Library Impact Research Report: A Toolkit for Demonstrating and Measuring Impact of Primary Sources in Teaching and Learning
Clare Withers, Diana Dill, Jeanann Haas, Kathy Haines, and Berenika Webster.
Association of College and Research Libraries, 2022

Call for Nominations: SAA Writing Awards

The Society of American Archivists is in search of excellence! The four awards below celebrate outstanding achievement in writing. Be it a finding aid, published work, or student paper, each of these awards highlights the value and importance of superior writing in the profession.

Do you know someone who has published a groundbreaking book, written an outstanding article, or developed an innovative finding aid? Consider nominating them for one of the awards below!

Nominations are due February 28.

Preservation Publication Award
The Preservation Publication Award recognizes the author(s) or editor(s) of an outstanding published work related to archives preservation. The work can be an article, report, chapter, or monograph in an audiovisual, digital, or print format. It must contribute to the advancement of the theory and practice of preservation in archives institutions. Author(s) or editor(s) of a preservation-related work of relevance to the North American archives community and published in the previous calendar year are eligible.

Check out the most recent recipients and consider nominating!

Theodore Calvin Pease Award
The Theodore Calvin Pease Award recognizes superior writing achievement by master’s or doctoral students of archival studies. Entries are judged on innovation, scholarship, pertinence, and clarity of writing. Papers examining major trends and issues in the archives profession are preferred. Entries are submitted by archival educators, and the recipient is published in a forthcoming issue of American Archivist.

Check out the most recent recipients and consider nominating!

Waldo Gifford Leland Award
The Waldo Gifford Leland Award encourages and rewards writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the fields of archival history, theory, or practice. Monographs or documentary publications in print or digital editions published in English during the previous calendar year are eligible.

Check out the most recent recipients and consider nominating!

C.F.W. Coker Award
The C.F.W. Coker Award for Description recognizes finding aids, finding aid systems, projects that involve innovative development in archival description, or descriptive tools that enable archivists to produce effective finding aids. Nominees must set national standards, represent a model for archival description, or otherwise have a substantial impact on descriptive practices. Individuals, institutions, or groups of individuals or institutions are eligible.

Check out the most recent recipients and consider nominating!

Call for Papers EXTENDED: “Book: Re-imagined and Re-born”

On 29 -30 May 2023, Canada’s bibliographical and book studies community will gather for the Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences for our first in-person conference since 2019. 

The third decade of the twenty-first century has ushered in unprecedented and challenging events. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Black Lives Matters movement, alongside escalating climate emergencies, have brought home the urgent need for collective action in support of racial and climate justice. Against this backdrop, our conference theme invites you to explore and reflect critically on the past, present, and future of the book. We invite submissions that pertain, but are not limited, to: 

  • Revisions in bibliography and book history as reflections of decoloniality, anti-racism, and social justice 
  • Traditions, innovations, and responses to societal challenges in the practice of bibliography, book history, and special collections curation 
  • Books and print media as vehicles for inclusion, participation, and belonging 
  • Material and digital cultures of the book in relation to climate change, sustainability, and post-industrial technology-driven society 
  • Book creation, production, consumption, and collecting in personal, social, and institutional contexts 
  • Human interactions with books and print media and their diversity
  •  Partnering and collaboration beyond the book: galleries, libraries, archives and museums in partnership with custodians of aural, visual and other forms of knowledge 

Congress 2023 will be held at York University. Many Indigenous Nations have longstanding relationships with the territories upon which their campuses are located that precede the establishment of the University. The area known as Tkaronto has been taken care of by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat. It is now home to many First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities. We acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is the subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. 

Please submit a 250-word abstract proposal and brief biography in English or French (including your full name, professional designation, institutional affiliation, or place) no later than 28 February 2023 to proposals@bsc-sbc.ca


Du 29 au 30 mai 2023, la communauté bibliographique et des études du livre du Canada se réunira pour la Conférence annuelle de la Société bibliographique du Canada au sein du Congrès des sciences humaines et sociales, la première en personne depuis 2019. 

La troisième décennie du XXIe siècle a apporté des bouleversement et défis sans précédent. La Commission vérité et réconciliation, le mouvement Black Lives Matters, ainsi que l’accélération des changements climatiques, ont mis en évidence le besoin urgent d’une action collective pour la justice raciale et climatique. Dans ce contexte, le thème de notre conférence vous invite à explorer et à réfléchir de manière critique sur le passé, le présent et l’avenir du livre. Nous invitons des propositions de communications qui abordent, mais ne sont pas limitées, à : 

  • La révision en bibliographie et de l’histoire du livre pour refléter la décolonisation, l’antiracisme et la justice sociale 
  • Tradition, innovation et réponses aux défis sociétaux dans la pratique de la bibliographie, de l’histoire du livre et des collections spéciales 
  • Le livre et l’imprimé comme les vecteurs d’inclusion, de participation et d’appartenance 
  • Cultures du livre matériel et numérique en relation du changement climatique, l’avenir durable et la société post-industrielle axée sur la technologie 
  • Création, production, consommation et collection des livres dans des contextes personnels, sociaux et institutionnels 
  • Interactions entre la personne et le livre et l’imprimé et leur diversité 
  • Partenariat et collaboration au-delà du livre : galeries, bibliothèques, archives et musées en partenariat avec des gardiens de connaissances auditives, visuelles et autres 

Le Congrès 2023 se tiendra à l’Université York. De nombreuses nations autochtones entretiennent des relations de longue date et qui précèdent la création de l’Université avec les territoires sur lesquels se trouvent ses campus. Le territoire connu sous le nom de Tkaronto a été objet des soins de la Nation Anishinabek, la Confédération Haudenosaunee et les Hurons-Wendat. Il abrite maintenant de nombreuses communautés des Premières nations, inuites et métisses. Nous reconnaissons les titulaires actuels du traité, la première Nation des Mississaugas de Credit. Ce territoire est soumis au traité de la ceinture wampum (« Dish with One Spoon »), entente définissant le partage et la préservation pacifiques de la région des Grands Lacs. 

Veuillez soumettre un résumé de 250 mots et une courte biographie en anglais ou en français (y compris votre nom complet, titre professionnel, institution ou affiliation) au plus tard le 28 fevrier 2023 à propositions@bsc-sbc.ca

CFP: How to Work with Academic Faculty: Partnerships, Collaborations, and Services in the Academic Library (ACRL Book Proposal)

Though this call doesn’t specifically mention archives, the topics are directly related to academic archivists.

Editors

  • Amy Dye-Reeves, Associate Education and History Librarian, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Erica Watson, Electronic and Technical Services Librarian, Contra Costa College, California, USA
  • Published: Association of College & Research Libraries

Introduction:

We are excited to invite chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, How to Work with Academic Faculty ), with an anticipated publication date of summer 2025. This edited volume aims to help readers provide support and innovation when working with academic faculty in physical and online spaces. The book will focus on case studies that support collegiality and collaboration. Each section will contain case studies the reader can incorporate based on the size of one’s campus. We welcome creativity and innovative approaches to library collaboration. 

We seek case studies representing all types of institutions and focusing on implications for the future of academic libraries as agenda for change. Case studies featuring empirical research and alternative ways of knowing would be particularly welcome. 

Target Audience:

The editors seek submissions from new to veteran library professionals currently working (or who previously worked) at all-size institutions. We also welcome suggestions from other higher education disciplines and departments.

Objective and Focus:

This volume aims to share narratives from all-size institutions, from varied library staff perspectives (librarians, para-professionals, library techs) that work directly with academic faculty, on campus, and virtually. Chapters should include planning for change and effective communication with faculty; some questions for inspiration might consist of:

  • Have you ever experienced telling your faculty about discontinuing services due to budgetary restrictions? How would you approach it now?
  • Are you stirring the boat when it comes to technology? How can we work with faculty members to map out a plan to meet their needs?
  • Have you ever experienced crickets when it comes time to collaborate on a workshop or instructional session with a faculty member? What are your next steps? 

Book Sections – We invite proposals on non-exclusive topics, focusing on faculty and librarian collaboration. 

Chapter Layout: 

  • Introduction: Literature Review- Overview of the current landscapes of academic librarian collaboration with faculty members
  • Section 1: Instruction
  • Section 2: Collection Development
  • Section 3: Outreach and Engagement Programming Efforts
  • Section 4: Technology 
  • Section 5: Professional Development/Trainings/Workshops

Each submission will contain background information, goals and objectives, collaboration outcomes, program assessment, and takeaways to give readers practical application steps and generate new ideas for their programs.

Submit your proposal: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7aNxTIWPus38__m5xprbxVajBmIMBEqe5YGshMz8XCgRtdw/viewform?usp=sharing

The form will require the following:

  • Author names, job titles, emails, and institutional affiliations
  • A working chapter title
  • An abstract of up to 500 words
  • Link to a current CV or list of publication

Timeline:

  • February 28, 2023: Chapter proposals due
  • April 6, 2023: Authors notified of acceptance of chapter proposals
  • July 10, 2023: Chapter drafts due
  • Late September 2023: Chapter drafts returned to authors for revisions

For all inquiries and submissions, please contact the editors at acrlfacultycollaborationbook@gmail.com