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Call for Editor-in-Chief: Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals seeks a new Editor-in-Chief (EIC) to begin in January 2026. Building upon the EIC and Editorial Board’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as the cultivation of emerging professionals to write and serve the journal in various capacities, the journal seeks an individual or team with the capacity and abilities to introduce, cultivate, and embrace new perspectives will lead the journal, and the field of collections, in unseen directions.

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals is not a society journal. It is a project of SAGE (initially published by Walnut Creek, AltaMira; and Rowman, before transitioning to SAGE in 2017). The relationship with SAGE affords opportunities for authors from across numerous fields and membership societies to bring their research to publication in a timely manner. 

The Editor-In-Chief (EIC) is the head of the editorial team. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Coordinating and cultivating the journal’s Editorial Board;
  • Convening the annual Editorial Board Summit once per year on Zoom (or similar platform);
  • Advancing the Editorial Board’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives;
  • Working with the Editorial team/Editorial Board to develop Focus Issues which are curated around a theme and usually overseen by one or more members of the Editorial Board;
  • Framing journal editorial policy jointly with SAGE, working with the Editorial team on development plans, indexing strategy, and initiatives decisioned by the Board;
  • Actively recruiting authors to contribute to the journal;
  • Promptly responding to author queries, escalating or referring any issues to SAGE as needed;
  • Managing submissions
  • Inviting referees from personal network, connections of the Editorial Board, and online submission site for papers assigned on the system
  • Rendering a final decision on all submissions
  • Ensuring an adequate flow of material to meet the publication schedules;

Application requirements:

The EIC may come from research, practice, or both, and will seamlessly navigate the spaces of archives, museums, and special collections, with an eye to collections (rather than curatorial or other matters, primarily). The EIC will have the support, expertise, and leadership of the international Editorial Board who reflect diverse geographies, perspectives, approaches, and capacities.

  • Current curriculum vitae, including a list of publications
  • Letter of intent explaining your interest in the role

Recent articles have addressed the following areas of interest: women and museums; photographic preservation and collections management; the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center; Atlantic world archives of Louisiana; provenance research; legal issues involving collections; and “hazardous heritage” involving dangerous materials in cultural heritage.

About the journal:

Established in 2004, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals publishes multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed explorations of the issues, practices, and policies related to collections. The journal addresses all aspects of handling, preserving, researching, interpreting, and organizing collections. Archivists, librarians, curators, collections managers, registrars, scholars, and professionals at every stage of their research and practice contribute to the journal, serve as peer reviewers, and comprise the Editorial Board.

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Terms:

The EIC term is three years, with annual renewal following that period. Should an Editor wish to continue their tenure, they are eligible to serve two 7-year terms on a single journal for a total of 14 years.

Upon being named the incoming Editor-in-Chief, the candidate will undergo a period of orientation with the journal’s current Editor, Dr. Juilee Decker, jdgsh@rit.edu, will precede the beginning of the term (November-December 2025).

The position is supported by an annual honorarium from SAGE.

How to apply:

All applications and questions should be directed to the journal editor, Dr. Juilee Decker, jdgsh@rit.edu, by March 1, 2025. The announcement will be made by July 1, with the orientation to begin in November 2025.

US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal—Editor Search

The US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal—Editor Search

 Pioneering scholar in 1971 Juan Gómez-Quiñones recognized oral history interviews “an indispensable source.” In 2012, scholars Maria McDonald and Abraham Hoffman urged others to interview more Chicano activists – “living documents” – while there was still time.

 In recognition of oral history as an essential methodology to research the Latina/o experience in the US, the Journal was established in 2017. Its goals: to promote high-quality, peer-reviewed academic research, providing a platform and feedback to authors; spotlighting successful community efforts that include oral histories; reviewing books that used oral history to study the Latina/o history in the US. Now in its ninth year, the journal seeks a new editor for a four-year term (2026-2029). The new editor will serve as the Associate Editor in spring 2025, observing Journal operations. In 2026, the new Editor will assume all duties.

 The peer-reviewed Journal is sponsored by the Voces Oral History Center at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication and published annually by the University of Texas Press. UT Press coordinates editorial production, manufacturing, distribution, and financial management of the Journal—which is self-supporting.

 The Editor would work closely with two managing editors (MEs), paid by Voces. One ME distributes submissions to the reviewers and communicates with authors submitting/resubmitting manuscripts; the other works on the production side, ensuring the quality of the images and accuracy of the captions. The incoming Editor is expected to secure a course release from their respective institution as an incentive. In addition, a modest stipend from Voces will be offered.

 Editor’s duties:

  • Supervise the managing editors to oversee all aspects of Journal operations
  • Provide an initial reading of article submissions to ensure they are appropriate for distribution to blind reviewers
  • Promote the Journal at conferences and other meetings where appropriate
  • Work closely with the University of Texas Press journal production team at the various stages of production
  • Schedule and host an annual Journal Editorial Board teleconference meeting to discuss current submissions and future work
  • Ensure that standing features meet deadlines
  • Write the Editor’s Note to preface each issue
  • Ensure the Journal meets its annual early April submission deadline for fall publication.

 Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated commitment to oral history methodology and/or theory
  • Some record of using oral history in academic writing
  • Demonstrated commitment to research on Latina/o experiences in the U.S.
  • Familiarity with the U.S. Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
  • Must secure institutional support in the form of a course release

 Deadline to apply: Monday, January 6th, 2025.

Please submit the following materials through this Qualtrics link:

  1. A CV
  2. A short statement (no longer than two pages, double-spaced) of why you wish to be the new editor and what you bring to the position 
  3. A written commitment from the candidate’s institution (dean or above) that they will provide at least one course release annually for the duration of the editorship

Contact Information

Jackie Pedota, Ph.D.

The University of Texas at Austin

Managing Editor, US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal (University of Texas Press)

Seeking Associate Editor: Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies (JCAS) is looking for a new volunteer Associate Editor! Associate Editors work with the JCAS Editorial Board to solicit, select, and develop content for the journal. Primary duties include:

  • Selection of peer reviewers for assigned submissions
  • Supervising the peer review process in consultation with the Managing Editor
  • Evaluating peer review reports
  • Making recommendations to the Managing Editor on the suitability of submissions for publication
  • Participation in programming at events
  • Soliciting submissions
  • Assisting in the development of content
  • Actively participating in the management of the journal

The term of service runs July 2024 – June 2027 with the opportunity to renew for another three-year term.

Applicants must submit a résumé or CV and a brief statement of interest to email.jcas@gmail.com by Friday, June 28.

Call for Applicants: Associate Editor for SAA Case Studies on Teaching with Primary Sources

The Teaching with Primary Sources sub-committee of the Reference, Access and Outreach Section of the Society of American Archivists is accepting applications for the role of Associate Editor for the Case Studies on Teaching With Primary Sources series. For more information about the series, visit: https://www2.archivists.org/publications/epubs/Case-Studies-Teaching-With-Primary-Sources.

The Associate Editor works with the Editor to maintain the Teaching with Primary Sources Case Studies as a contribution to the professional scholarship and illustration of the application of the Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy. The position, in collaboration with the Editor, coordinates the review process and works with peer reviewers. The Associate Editor role shall become the Editor when their term expires, requiring a two-year commitment. The expected start date for the Associate Editor is July 1, 2024.

Duties:

●       In consultation with the Editor, identify potential authors and solicit proposals

●       Assist in coordinating the peer review process, and work with peer reviewers to provide timely feedback

●       As directed by the Editor, communicate reviews and feedback to authors

●       Promote recently published case studies to the RAO membership and broader community of practitioners

Applications will be accepted to twps-casestudies@archivists.org until June 7, 2024. Applicants should submit a statement of interest explaining their experience editing; their ideas for including more diverse voices, institutions, and/or case studies; and a resume/CV. Questions may be addressed to current editors, Mary Feeney and Kara Flynn, at twps-casestudies@archivists.org.

Call for Volunteers: H-HistBibl Listserv

Join us in making H-HistBibl bigger, better, and more useful!

H-HistBibl is an international network of librarians, archivists, curators, and other scholars and practitioners interested in the practice and study of bibliographic, library and cultural heritage services to support the study and teaching of history. In line with the guidelines of our parent non-profit, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences online, our network is an open, moderated forum that makes all its digital content available for free and is committed to academic and editorial best practices. We are free from spamming, trolling, and narrowly self-promotional behaviors. Our content circulates directly to our subscribers around the world.

Service with an H-Net network like H-HistBibl can be an excellent way to support scholarship and pedagogy, gain experience and academic connections, and drive the field forward. H-Net provides quick and helpful online training to our editors and sustains an editorial support network.

If you are interested in joining our volunteer staff, please note that we require that all volunteers: 1) have regular internet access; 2) can read and write English well; 3) can work collaboratively with other scholars as well as independently of them; 4) remain in regular communication with the rest of our staff and H-Net via email; and 5) are active in our fields of study and practice.  If you haven’t already done so, please take some time to acquaint yourself with the topics we cover.

We are always eager to correspond with scholars and practitioners who believe they might be interested in volunteering, so please do not hesitate to contact us with questions at editorial-histbibl@mail.h-net.org

Open Positions

We are very interested in volunteers who can help develop the following projects and initiatives.

Announcements: we would welcome support with circulating academic announcements to our subscribers. This work is light and routine in nature, but interesting as it helps us stay current with significant issues of interest to subscribers. It can be particularly helpful to junior scholars and other academics seeking to gain a broad view of the field. Duties include browsing H-Announce for relevant posts (like calls for papers) and monitoring relevant submissions to H-HistBibl.

Subject editors: editors in these positions focus on tracking discussions about topics relevant to H-HistBibl that can be found in informed public media, such as through scholarly publications and blogs, news reporting, social media, and more. The work involves publishing posts on H-HistBibl on a regular basis, weekly or semi-weekly, pointing to an interesting resource and briefly summarizing it.

Subscriber Engagement: we would welcome an editor to help oversee the approval of new subscriptions to our network, with an emphasis on requiring new subscribers to fully complete their user profiles. 

Advisory Board Members: advisory board members actively support our editors, help with subscriber recruitment, remain in reliable email communication, advise on the scope and projects of H-HistBibl, and mediate any disputes that arise. Ideally, they may propose new initiatives and offer improvements of ongoing efforts.

We encourage candidates who will further advance the goal of fostering a diverse and inclusive online community.

More information about joining and volunteering with H-Net is available at Join H-Net.

To Apply

Please email a single PDF containing the following to editorial-histbibl@mail.h-net.org : 1) Your C.V., including current contact information. 2) A description of about 250 words explaining your areas of expertise. Before applying, please update your H-Net profile if you have not already done so (see the Updating your Profile guide for more information).

Call for Managing Editor: Libraries: Culture, History, and Society

The co-editors of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society seek a Managing Editor, who will also serve on the journal’s Board of Associate Editors.

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association. It aims to study libraries within their broader historical, humanistic, and social contexts. In addition to Library Science, the journal welcomes contributors from History, English, Literary Studies, Sociology, Education, Gender/Women’s Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Architecture, Anthropology, Philosophy, Geography, Economics, and other disciplines. The only journal in the United States devoted to library history, LCHS positions library history as its own field of scholarship, while promoting innovative cross-disciplinary research on libraries’ relationships with their unique environments.

The Managing Editor will serve a term of two years, with the option to renew. This is a  remote volunteer position with regular virtual meetings with the co-editors.

Responsibilities

The Managing Editor of LCHS will be responsible for the following, in approximate order of importance:

  • Working with our submissions platform, Editorial Manager, to prepare submissions for the co-editors; to assist authors in using the platform; to track the status of submissions; to send reminders about outstanding peer reviews; and to compile reports about the number of submissions and acceptance rates.
  • Coordinating communication and meetings among the editors and editorial boards.
  • Assisting and monitoring promotion of LCHS by preparing text and images for issue email, web, and social media communications.
  • Assisting the co-editors and authors in finding available and appropriate illustrations for accepted articles.

Required qualifications:

  • Attention to detail and deadlines.
  • Familiarity with scholarly journals and the basics of peer-review processes
  • Knowledge of Editorial Manager and/or a high comfort-level with learning new software systems.
  • Familiarity with MS Word and Excel and other editorial management tools.
  • A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness as expressed in the LCHS DEI Statement and Action Plan
  • A strong commitment to mentoring authors.

Desired qualifications:

  • Awareness of LCHS as a significant journal in the field.
  • Awareness of the field of library history.
  • Awareness of the field of bibliographical study.
  • Strong writing skills.

Please apply by email to the co-editors, Dr. Nicole Cooke (NCOOKE@mailbox.sc.edu) and Dr. Carol Leibiger (c.leibiger@usd.edu), including a declaration of interest, a description of your editorial experience and qualifications for the position, and a statement of the contributions you hope to make to LCHS.

 We will start reviewing nominations immediately. The position will be open until it is filled, with an aim to have the successful candidate begin work in January 2024.

Call for Editors: Scholarly Editing: The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editors in Chief of Scholarly Editing, we write to issue a call for editors and other recovery practitioners. Scholarly Editing seeks to develop and advance all aspects of textual and documentary editing, including the recovery of texts and artifacts that represent and celebrate the lives and contributions from and about Black, Latinx, and Indigenous peoples; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people of the Global South as well as others whose history has been erased, misrepresented, or disregarded. As we strive to diversify the journal’s staff and bring in new voices, we strongly encourage applications from these communities, as well as those who have expertise in the histories and literatures of those groups and peoples. This call reflects our commitment to ensure the journal’s sustainability by cultivating a robust editorial team that will succeed the senior editors over time. We reinforced this pledge in our recent call for contributions for Volume 40, published in 2022. Applications from outside the US are welcome.

Scholarly Editing seeks to fill the following positions on our editorial team, as described on our About website page:

·       Reviews Editor (Print and Digital) (1)

·       Voices and Perspectives Editor (1)

·       College and University Classroom Editor (1)

·       Interviews Editor (1)

Editors serve for three-year terms. Because the journal is grounded in higher education’s tradition of service, the work of editors is voluntary and uncompensated.

Editors have two main tasks in the production of each annual volume of Scholarly Editing, and both tasks involve spending time on outreach. Each editor’s first task is to cultivate contributions that speak to the rolling call. The editors’ equally important second task is to cultivate peer reviewers who will adhere to the journal’s commitment to generous and developmental peer review.

New editors can expect to spend roughly twenty hours per month on their work for the journal. Section editors meet monthly to discuss content development plans for their sections. A sample content development plan can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/s2un3ccn. Members of the executive editorial team are available for consultation and collaboration as needed.

The deadline for applications is September 30, 2023.

To apply, please complete the application form, which asks for a short statement of interest. It is available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EUDAKc6UoasxdN53LXN_8uUj4azc7VVxityAI9gTs9I.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about Scholarly Editing or the positions that the journal is seeking to fill.

Please circulate widely.

Noelle Baker

noelle.baker@me.com

Kathryn Tomasek

tomasek_kathryn@wheatoncollege.edu

Call for Applications: Associate Editor of Provenance

—- SGA is still accepting applications

Interested in harnessing your editorial skills and passion for organizing fellow writers to serve as the associate editor or book reviews editor of a well-established open source archival journal?

The Society of Georgia Archivists’ Nominating Committee is accepting applications for the roles of Associate Editor and Book Reviews Editor for Provenance. For more information about Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, visit: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/provenance/. The application deadline is August 11, 2023.

Candidates do not have to reside in the state of Georgia but must be members of the Society of Georgia Archivists. Information about membership can be found here: https://soga.wildapricot.org/membership

The Provenance Associate Editor assists the Editor in soliciting, editing, and production of Provenance. The position is a three-year term. Appointed by the Provenance Editor with SGA Executive Board approval. The time commitment: 5-8 hrs/month on average, with additional work required around publication.

DUTIES:

  • Solicits articles for inclusion in Provenance. 
  • Reviews articles as assigned by the Editor. 
  • Assists in copy and final editing considering content, quality, and style set by journal requirements. (could be done by a separate copy editor)
  • Works with contributors as assigned. 
  • Assists Editor with use and management of Bepress system.
  • Oversees marketing of Provenance, including advertising and exhibiting at professional meetings. 

The Provenance Book Review Editor solicits critical assessments of books, software, websites, and other tools useful to the archival profession. The position is a three-year term. Appointed by the Provenance Editor with SGA Executive Board approval. The time commitment: 5-10 hrs/month on average, with additional work required around publication. 

DUTIES: 

  • Solicits and selects, with advice from the Editor, publications or other relevant content to be reviewed for inclusion in each issue of Provenance. 
  • Arranges for reviewers of each identified publication or other content. 
  • Coordinates with reviewers; provides guidelines and determines deadline for submission. 
  • Edits the text of all reviews submitted for inclusion and submits final product to the Editor. 
  • Sends PDF copy of each review to the author and the publisher of the book. 

Applications will be accepted to nominating@soga.org until August 11, 2023. Applicants should submit a statement of interest explaining their experience editing; a writing sample; and a resume/CV. Questions may be addressed to nominating@soga.org. Thank you, 

2023 SGA Nominating Committee

–Cathy Miller, Chair

–Alex McGee, Georgia Tech

–Laura Starratt, Emory University

Call for Editorial Board Members: Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania Project

The Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania project is seeking Editorial Board members to assist in ongoing efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on its sites and within its editorial operations. For additional project and application details, see below. If interested, contact Bernadette A. Lear (BAL19@psu.edu), Affiliate Faculty of the PACFTB and Administrator of the Maps initiative, no later than Friday, July 14th, 2023.

The Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania is a digital humanities project and reference source developed and maintained by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book (PACFTB, a state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book) within the Education Library at Penn State’s University Park campus. It currently consists of a database of approximately 1,000 biographies of literary and cultural figures who are connected to Pennsylvania, about 300 feature articles concerning Pennsylvania cultural history topics, plus a Literary Heritage Map, a Cultural Heritage Map, and other maps that present similar information geospatially. Elementary and secondary curricula are being developed to encourage educational use of the sites. For more information, see our About page.

Inspired by a paper-based map from the 1950s and significantly expanded 10-20 years ago, our existing biographies and feature articles were primarily developed as course-related writing assignments for Penn State and Lock Haven University undergraduate students. After undertaking significant content assessments in 2021/2022, however, we have redeveloped our Inclusion Guidelines for Biographies and Inclusion Guidelines for Feature Articles to center diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We now prioritize new content about women, people of color, and other historically excluded/underrepresented groups. Also, we are revising older content to be more culturally aware and informative. Thus, we seek additional Editorial Board members with personal or professional experiences, community connections, and/or academic knowledge that can assist us in attaining our current purpose of representing all geographic locations and demographic groups that have contributed to Pennsylvania’s literary and cultural heritage. We especially welcome Editorial Board members who will empower and equip others who choose to work with us, and who will help us identify and correct editorial procedures that contain systemic biases or otherwise hinder the project’s development.

Editorial Board members’ duties are as follows:

  • Assist PACFTB faculty and staff in reviewing incoming submissions pertaining to one’s assigned areas of expertise.
  • Assist PACFTB faculty and staff in identifying and prioritizing cultural and literary topics, categories, and biographies to be added to the project.
  • Identify potential authors within one’s geographic and other communities; communicate the project’s purpose, priorities, and procedures to them; and assist PACFTB faculty and staff in reviewing authors’ contributions to the project.
  • Assist authors in using primary and secondary information sources pertaining to one’s assigned areas of expertise.
  • Notify PACFTB faculty and staff of, and assist with, opportunities to promote the project to educators, librarians, historical society and museum employees, and other potential users within one’s assigned areas of expertise.
  • Assist in assessing and evaluating the Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps project’s websites and advise PACFTB faculty and staff about opportunities for enhancement.
  • Review inclusion criteria, style guides, and other project documentation and advise PACFTB faculty and staff about necessary or desirable revisions.
  • Attend meetings (held virtually, approximately once per month) and assist with other aspects of the project upon request of the project’s administrator (Bernadette A. Lear) 
  • Maintain one’s knowledge of Pennsylvania culture, history, literature, populations, and scholarship by engaging in relevant educational activities or professional development opportunities. 

We are seeking at least 3 new Editorial Board members this year. New members will serve staggered terms of 2 or 3 years (August 1, 2023-July 31, 2025, or August 1, 2023-July 31, 2026), with the possibility of reappointment for additional 2-year terms. Each member will be assigned several Pennsylvania counties contiguous to their location or research interests; chronological periods; populations; and/or subject areas of expertise (such as African American History). 

If interested, contact Bernadette A. Lear (BAL19@psu.edu), Affiliate Faculty of the PACFTB, no later than Friday, July 14th. Please include a brief statement indicating your background related to DEI, History, Humanities, Geography, Literature, development/review of reference sources, editorial work, and other topics related to the project. Also, please indicate which Pennsylvania counties, major cities, chronological periods, topics, and populations are of greatest interest to you. As currently configured, the project’s websites highlight:

  • Cultural Subjects:  Activism, Art and Design, Athletics, Business, Education, Entertainment, Law and Politics, Medicine, Military, Religion, and Science
  • Cultural Periods: Before 1600, 1600-1775, 1775-1800, 1800-1865, 1865-1900, 1900-1945, 1945-present
  • Literary Genres: Children’s, Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic/Comic, Journalism, Nonfiction, Oral Tradition, and Screenwriting/Playwriting
  • Literary Periods: Before 1600, Colonial, Revolutionary, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Contemporary

We look forward to hearing from you!

Bernadette A. Lear

Affiliate Faculty, Pennsylvania Center for the Book

BAL19@psu.edu 

Contact Info: 

Bernadette A. Lear

Affiliate Faculty and Project Administrator

Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Center for the Book

BAL19@psu.edu  |  717-948-6360