New Issue: VIEW, Journal of European Television History and Culture

We are a faculty member and graduate student in the Information, Library and Research Sciences Department at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro, and we are conducting a research study to explore the practices and attitudes of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) refusal amongst academic library workers in the United States. This survey will ask you questions about your attitudes and practices related to generative AI at your workplace.

The survey is open to anyone who works in an academic or university library in the United States. If you are a paraprofessional, student worker, or professional librarian in an academic or university library, we welcome your participation. Employees at university, college, community college, and special or branch libraries at an academic institution qualify to participate in this survey. You must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

The survey is expected to take about 15-20 minutes to complete. Participation is totally voluntary, and respondents can stop filling out the survey at any point. At the end of the survey, you will be asked if you would like to participate in a follow-up interview to further elaborate on your thoughts on this topic; participation in the interview is also entirely voluntary. Respondents will not receive any compensation for filling out this survey, though this information may contribute to the development of policy recommendations to support AI refusal in academic libraries. Responses will be anonymized to protect participants’ privacy.

Please review the full information sheet on the next page. After reviewing this sheet, we will ask you to agree to participate in the survey.

Survey form

Call for Participation: Food in Collections Survey

We are a group of archivists and librarians at Oberlin College working to quantify the impact of food in collections. We are asking you to consider participating in a brief Qualtrics survey about food in museum, library, or archival collections. The purpose of the survey is to assess inherent vice within different types of collections and its impact on preservation and conservation priorities. We are surveying librarians, curators, collections managers, conservators, and archivists from collecting institutions who are at least 18 years old and who currently work in the United States.

Participation in this survey is entirely voluntary. Should you agree to participate in the survey, your responses will be kept confidential. Your anonymized data will be used for analysis. This study, Protocol AY25-26-ER-02, has been deemed exempt by Oberlin College’s institutional ethics board. For questions related to this survey and your rights as a participant or information about its IRB approval, please contact Associate Archivist Emily Rebmann (erebmann@oberlin.edu) or the Oberlin College Institutional Review Board, Cox 101, (440-775-8410) or email: ocirb@oberlin.edu.

To learn more about the project or to take the survey, please use this link. The Qualtrics survey will remain open until February 28, and we anticipate that it will take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you for your consideration,

Emily Rebmann, Eugénie Fortier, and Gena Reynolds

Call for Chapters: Book — “Documentation of/as Violence” by Liu & Liu

Overview:

We are soliciting chapter proposals for an edited volume titled “Documentation of/as Violence.” In this volume, we seek to explore how documentation, or the lack thereof, can function in capacities that both enforce and protect against violence. We understand documents, and documentation, through two primary functions: surveillance and preservation. The collection of materials capturing violence enacted upon marginalized communities, as well as how the practice of documentation itself can be a violent action of surveillance experienced by marginalized communities complicate the function of representation in library and archival collections.

Throughout this volume, our goal is to encourage readers to reflect on the role(s) of violence in the preservation of history. We seek to map out a range of perspectives that critically engage with how professional practice addresses the documentation of violence, as well as how documentation itself enacts violence on marginalized communities. We welcome contributors writing from critical theoretical, Black, feminist, abolitionist, Indigenous, post-colonial, and liberatory perspectives, as well as contributors working outside of libraries and archives (such as community organizers and activists, and public historians).

Proposal Submission Deadline:

February 18, 2026

Sample topics:

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Documentation and Surveillance Technologies

• Histories of the surveillance of marginalized communities

• Documentation of activism and activist groups

• Absence of documentation as protection (e.g., public libraries)

• Impact of technology/technological developments on documentation and ethics

• Access to and engagement with documentation of violence

Ethical Quandaries

• Agency and consent of the subject of documentation

• Who is entitled to documentation of a community?

• What is the value of documentation of violence?

• Preservation of documentation of violence

• Impact of one’s identity and positionality relative to the content of documentation

What is the value of documentation?

• Differences in the function of documentation for institutions and communities

• Gaps in documentation

• Archival silence

• Does loss of documentation equal violence against a community / history?

Proposal Guidelines:

Proposals should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (APA-7).

Proposals should include:

• Primary author’s name, email address, position title, and institutional affiliation

• Co-authors’ names, email addresses, titles, and affiliations

• Brief author(s) biography (100 words maximum per author)

• Proposed chapter title

• A 300-500 word chapter proposal

Submit proposals via Google forms at https://forms.gle/Tb8hNu2WEQBmig6o6

Communications from the editors will be going to primary authors.

Proposal submission and timelines:

• Proposals for chapters due to editors: February 18, 2026

• Notification by editors of proposal acceptance: Late April

• Authors submit completed chapters: Mid-November 2026

• Anticipated publication is 2027 or 2028

• Additional key dates will be sent to successful proposal authors

Email questions to:

1. Tina Liu, Cataloguing Librarian, tina.liu@mcgill.ca

2. Tellina Liu, Archivist and Liaison Librarian, tellina.liu@mcgill.ca

CFP: Preservation & Migration Seminar 2026

Preservation & Migration Seminar 2026

Digital time: show me how you do it!
Recipes for audiovisual content longevity

The FIAT/IFTA Preservation & Migration Commission (PMC), in collaboration with RTÉ and the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), will host the first on-site edition of the annual PMC Seminar at the Royal Irish Academy on June 4-5, 2026.

The call for proposals welcomes submissions that explore both theoretical perspectives and practical experiences, presented as presentations (30 min), discussion panels (45-60 min), or demos (20 min), within the scope of preservation, migration, and digital preservation of media content.

The deadlines to submit your proposal are:

March 2 – Presentations and Discussion panels
March 30 – Demos

Submit proposal

Open Call for Feedback: A Research Agenda for SAA

We are pleased to announce that the first version of the SAA Research Agenda Draft (SAA-RAD) is now available for public comment.

The SAA-RAD aims to provide SAA and its membership with a focused, practical agenda to guide prioritized research on the archival profession’s most pressing issues over the next 5 years.

The SAA Research Agenda project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant.

To read more context about the project, view and comment on the draft, see the Research Agenda microsite.

The deadline to submit feedback is January 30, 2026.

With kind regards,

Chris Marino (Project Director), Jane Fiegel, Jennifer King, Emily Lapworth, Dennis Meissner

Call for Submissions: Nontheatrical Student Essay Award, Celebrating student work in The Moving Image

In collaboration with AMIA, the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG is delighted to announce its third Nontheatrical Student Essay Award.

Designed to recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship founded upon archival nontheatrical research, this award underscores both organizations’ commitment to mentorship and professional development, connecting award-recipients with mentors to guide them through the process of crafting journal-ready manuscripts. The award-winning essay will also be published (subject to revisions) in The Moving Image.

Our second award went to Miao Wang (University of Chicago), for his paper ‘Formatting Chinese Cinema: Small-Gauge Projectors in the Socialist Era.’ Keep your eyes peeled for its publication in The Moving Image!

In 2025, we also introduced an Honorable Mention. It was received by: Gonçalo Albergaria (Utrecht University) for his paper ‘Geoscientific film in the 1957/58 Capelinhos eruption: Raquel Soeiro de Brito and the moving image as epistemic tool.’

Eligibility

Applicants must be enrolled in a recognized graduate program at the time of entry.

Submission Criteria

The winning scholarly essay will demonstrate original and critical analysis, clarity of argument and exposition, and engagement with varied source materials related to the study of nontheatrical media (e.g. science film, educational film, home movies, government films, etc.)
Students may submit their own paper, or they may be nominated by an advisor or professor with the author’s consent. In either case, the submitter should provide a short author’s CV.
Papers shall be submitted in English and may not have been published in part or in whole by the time of submission. The manuscript should be 4000-6000 words in length (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt, with 1-inch margins, using the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition), including footnotes/endnotes but excluding bibliography.
Before the first-place essay is published in The Moving Image, its author will work with a faculty mentor and The Moving Image editors to revise the essay for publication, in keeping with the developmental editing procedures of the journal.
Submissions will be evaluated by the governing body of the Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and editors from The Moving Image.

Submissions will be due February 15, 2026 and can be sent to nontheatricalessayaward@gmail.com. The author of the winning paper will be contacted in early March 2026, and announced at the 2026 SCMS Annual Conference.

Point of contact for questions about the award and the submission process: Sophia Gräfe, Co-Chair of the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG: sophia.graefe@hu-berlin.de.

Download the Call for Submissions here.

The Moving Image is the journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). It explores topics relevant to both the media archivist and the media scholar. The Moving Image deals with crucial issues surrounding the preservation, archiving, and restoration of film, video, and digital moving images. It features detailed profiles of moving image collections; interpretive and historical essays about archival materials; articles on archival description, appraisal, and access; behind-the-scenes looks at the techniques used to preserve, restore, and digitize moving images; and theoretical articles on the future of the field. More here.

The Nontheatrical Film & Media Scholarly Interest Group (SIG) of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) provides a setting for scholars working in this area to collaborate, share research tips, and debate methodological issues. Moreover, this SIG acts as another connection between the academic and archival worlds, and between other SIGs and committees within SCMS, such as the Media Archives Committee. The mission of the Nontheatrical Film & Media Scholarly Interest Group is to facilitate discussion, consolidation, outreach, and inclusion. More here.

CFP: Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences Annual Meeting

2026 LAMPHHS Annual Meeting Call for Proposals

Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) invites you to submit a proposal for its annual meeting, to be held in Buffalo, New York, June 3 – 4, 2026.

The concept behind this year’s program is thinking beyond the boundaries of conventional health practices. Building on this idea, the Program Committee invites members to look beyond traditional ideas of healthcare and explore the often-overlooked world of alternative healing. We encourage you to review your collections with a new perspective, looking for stories, artifacts, and practices that highlight spiritualism, cultural medical traditions, faith healing, folk medicine, and other local health systems that are hidden in the records of midwives, physician assistants, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and other spiritual caregivers, and family caretakers. This theme opens up conversations about how communities have found wellness in many different ways, including groups such as Christian Scientists and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and how allopathic medicine has responded to or included these alternative treatments. By exploring these connections, the conference aims to expand our understanding of what healing has meant in different times, places, and belief systems.

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

Traditional Conference Presentations: Speakers should expect to give a presentation of no more than 15 minutes followed by discussion.

Panel Discussion: 60-90 minute session with a panel of 3 to 4+ individuals informally discussing a variety of theories or perspectives on a common topic. Please confirm participation with all panelists before submitting the panel proposal.

Special Focus Session: 60-minute session designed to highlight innovative archives or museum programs, new techniques, and research projects. Audience participation is encouraged.

Workshops, Other Formats: Have a format idea that isn’t represented? Feel free to propose an alternative!

NOTE: Panels and sessions are limited to 90 minutes: 12-15 minutes for each panelist + 12-15 minutes for Q&A.

Please submit your proposal via this submission form: https://forms.gle/mUvE6EASRzPeHGvP8

The deadline for submitting session proposals is February 15, 2026.

You must be a LAMPHHS member to submit a proposal. Not a member? Join for only $25.00 at https://lamphhs.org/

If you have any questions, please email Howard Rootenberg at (howard@rootenbergbooks.com) or Brooke Fox (foxeb@musc.edu)

CLIR 2026 Call for Proposals, “Pocket Burgundy” Series

2026 Call for Proposals, “Pocket Burgundy” Series

Deadline for Proposals: March 24, 2026

January 14, 2026 – The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) invites proposals for its “Pocket Burgundy” series. Prospective authors and writing teams can propose ideas for reports relevant to the information and cultural heritage communities. Selected authors and teams will be offered a stipend of $3,000 for each publication. The deadline for submissions is March 24, 2026. Decisions will be announced in late May.

CLIR encourages submissions on any topic affecting information or cultural heritage work anywhere in the world. Prospective authors are encouraged to propose projects that would benefit libraries, archives, museums, and the communities they serve.

Publications will be released in electronic form under a Creative Commons license and will be openly accessible, free of charge.

Applicants are encouraged to read through the full call for proposals, the program FAQs and to review previous Pocket Burgundy publications prior to submitting their proposals. Instructions for submitting a proposal are linked from the program web page. Questions about this opportunity or the application process should be directed to Christa Williford (cwilliford@clir.org).

Call for Posters: Midwest Archives Conference and the Society of Ohio Archivists joint 2026 Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting: Call for Poster Presentations 2026

The Midwest Archives Conference and the Society of Ohio Archivists will hold a joint 2026 Annual Meeting on May 14-16, 2026 at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University’s campus in Columbus, Ohio.

Founded in 1870 as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, The Ohio State University sits a few miles north of downtown Columbus. A city unto itself with an enrollment of more than 65,000, Ohio State is known for its top ranked academic programs in engineering, agriculture, and business, its world class research endeavors. For more information about the host and the conference, see the meeting website.

The 2026 Program Committee invites poster proposal submissions on all aspects of archival practice and research, as well as on topics from allied and related fields. The Program Committee seeks a diverse slate of presenters, representing a variety of personal and institutional backgrounds, perspectives, and voices. We seek to foster a culture of inclusion in the MAC-SOA program and encourage submissions from students, new professionals, first-time presenters, and those from allied professions. Membership in MAC and/or SOA is not required to present. Poster presentations will be onsite only, and at least one author must be present.

Proposals are due by 11:59p CST February 8, 2026. There will be no deadline extension.

The Program Committee invites poster proposals touching on the theme “Find it Here.”

Potential areas of focus include:

Distinct approaches to collecting, reference, and instruction
Overcoming challenges to making collections accessible and discoverable
Successful community archiving projects and partnerships
Utilizing facilities in unique ways to highlight and provide access to collections

For more ideas, see the earlier conference Call for Session Proposals here.

Authors are required to present their posters in person during scheduled times during the meeting, Thursday 3:00 – 3:30 pm and Friday 3:00 – 3:30 pm. These presentations are more like elevator speeches that summarize the poster content with attendees who stop by the poster to view it and ask questions.

Proposal Evaluation

The MAC-SOA PC Poster Subcommittee will evaluate all proposals submitted by the deadline. Proposals will be evaluated in two ways: 1) merit and clarity of the 1750-character abstract; and 2) completeness of the proposal, particularly having well-developed content to understand all relevant aspects of the topic. Authors of posters accepted for inclusion in the MAC-SOA 2026 Annual Meeting will be notified in February 2026.

To submit a proposal, please fill out the MAC 2026 Poster Proposals Submission Form. The deadline for submitting poster proposals for the 2026 MAC-SOA Annual Meeting is February 5, 2026. We look forward to seeing you in Columbus!

Poster Prizes

MAC memberships will be awarded to a select number of posters based on the following criteria:

Originality
Relation to meeting theme (“Find It Here”)
Creativity displayed in the poster

Poster Session Tips

Poster sessions are a means to communicate and exchange ideas, programs, research, and projects to fellow MAC-SOA meeting attendees

Posters typically include pictures, data, graphs and/or diagrams with narrative text on paper backing that are approximately 36×24 inches. MAC will provide easels, thumb tacks, and appropriately sized foam board.

Helpful tips on creating posters are available at these links:

Poster sessions cannot be used to advertise products or to display vendor items. If you are unsure if your proposal qualifies or if you have questions about the poster submission process, please email Adam Wanter, Poster Coordinator, at awanter@midpointelibrary.org

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Will MAC pay my travel expenses and/or registration fee to attend the annual meeting if I am presenting a poster?

Answer: No, MAC cannot reimburse you for your travel or conference registration expenses. However, MAC offers travel scholarships for first-time meeting attendees. Applications for the Mark A. Greene Award for First-Time Meeting Attendees are due March 16, 2026. SOA also offers a variety of scholarship opportunities.

Question: What if I have a conflict with poster session presentation time?

Answer: At least one author of the poster must be present during the poster sessions.This is an opportunity to engage with conference attendees who stop to ask questions and provide further details about poster content. Poster sessions cannot be presented unless at least one author is present during the allotted times.

Question: What happens if I must cancel my poster session because I can’t attend the conference?

Answer: Please plan on a backup person who will be able to represent your poster if an emergency arises. If an alternate presenter is unable to be arranged, your poster will not be included in the poster session.

Question: Can I have an internet connection or other electrical or technical support?

Answer: If your poster session includes electrical equipment, you may need to provide your own source of power (e.g., batteries). We cannot guarantee electrical support or Internet connections in the poster session area. Audio-visual presentations that include sound are not encouraged, as they can be distracting to the other presenters and attendees. However, if you can supply headphones for viewers/listeners, sound is acceptable. Please note in your proposal if you request specific electrical support.

Question: What about simultaneous submissions? Can I submit a poster session proposal about a project for which I’ve also submitted a manuscript for publication in a journal?

Answer: Yes, poster submissions for articles that have been simultaneously submitted for publication are welcomed, if you note the simultaneous submission on the proposal form.

Question: What is the difference between the MAC Exhibit area and the MAC Poster Session Area?

Answer: The exhibit area is designed for vendors or organizations to promote their wares or groups. The poster session area is expressly for authors to present their work on research or projects.

Question: Can I present a session and a poster?

Answer: Yes, but submission preference will be given to authors who are not already presenting.

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