We're looking for a new Marketing and Outreach Associate to serve November 2026-October 2029! Submit your résumé/CV and brief statement of interest to email.jcas@gmail.com by Wednesday, September 2.
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
@jcasonline.bsky.social
The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies is a peer-reviewed, #openaccess journal sponsored by Yale University Library and New England Archivists.
We are pleased to announce the publication of our newest #OpenAccess articles! “An Architecture of Vanishing: Toward a Protocol of Archival Disappearance" by Edgardo Civallero: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol13/i... (1/2)
We're looking for a new Marketing and Outreach Associate to serve November 2026-October 2029! Submit your résumé/CV and brief statement of interest to email.jcas@gmail.com by Tuesday, August 25.
We are pleased to announce the publication of our newest #OpenAccess article “Unpacking Architectural Drawing Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy Approach to Architecture Collections" by Shima Hosseininasab, Virginia Ferris, & Burak Erdim: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol13/i...
We’re pleased to celebrate our 175th published article with five new #OpenAccess articles to enjoy! (1/6)
And we also have 3 new #OpenAccess #BookReviews to check out: “Review of Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History," by Kai H. Uchida of the University of New Hampshire Library: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol13/i... (1/3)
We’re pleased to announce our first publications of 2026! We have 4 new #OpenAccess articles to enjoy: “Leveraging Consumer-Level AI for Descriptive Metadata Creation in Archival Collections," by Hope Dunbar & Ken Axford of SUNY Buffalo Libraries: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol13/i... (1/4)
We’re looking for reviewers to write #BookReviews for our #OpenAccess journal! Take a look at the list of available titles and our reviewer guidelines: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/bookrev... Interested? Email us at email.jcas@gmail.com by Jan 21!
![Graphic contains JCAS logo and reads: “Book Reviewers Wanted! From Interrogation to Integration: Centering Social Justice in Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation edited by Kim Hoffman and Rachel Makarowski; Archival Materialities in a Digital Age by Eirini Goudarouli and Andrew Prescott; Cripping the Archive: Disability, History, and Power edited by Jenifer L. Barclay and Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy. Would you like to cover one of these titles?
Email the Journal at email.jcas@gmail.com. Include [Book Reviews] in the subject line.
Please include in your response:
1) your affiliation and preferred email address
2) a statement of interest detailing how your subject expertise or background makes you a good fit for reviewing the book
3) your preferred mailing address for review copies
Sign up by January 21! Elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7py7xlgdyzr5s6p3xs6q57h/bafkreigwkxrndnax3flht46li56di5ratmykl3btfak7canw5pszm2c4la)
We're wrapping up this year with the publication of four new #OpenAccess articles! Announcing the publication of "Archival Notations of the Norwegian Charter Material" by Juliane Tiemann: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i... (1/4)
November is #CareerDevelopmentMonth - are you looking to develop your #archives skills? Let JCAS be a step on your path with our 165 #OpenAccess articles and global reach! elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/ (1/3)
We are pleased to introduce our two newest associate editors! (1/3)
Need some weekend reading? We have 5 new #OpenAccess publications for you, hot off the press! Announcing the publication of “Community Defining Archives: A comparative view of community archives definitions” by Britney Bibeault: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
Did you know that September is #SelfImprovementMonth? Improve your professional archival skills by reading one (or more!) of our 160 #OpenAccess articles! Find them all at elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/
Join the @nearchivists.bsky.social and JCAS authors for a reading group discussion of the article “Beyond the Grant: Cultivating Sustainable Next Steps” – September 24 at 1 PM on Zoom. Register: newenglandarchivists.org/event-6301787 & read: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol11/i...
We’re looking for reviewers to write #BookReviews for our #OpenAccess journal! Take a look at the list of available titles and our reviewer guidelines: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/bookrev... Interested? Email us at email.jcas@gmail.com by Aug 29!
![Graphic contains the JCAS logo and reads: “Book Reviewers Wanted! Archives and Emotions: International Dialogues Across Past, Present, and Future edited by Ilaria Scaglia and Valeria Vanesio; Stories on Skin: A Librarian’s Guide to Tattoos as Personal Archives by Terry Baxter and Libby Coyner-Tsosie; Indigenous Archives in Postcolonial Contexts: Recalling the Past in Africa edited by Mpho Ngoepe and Sindiso Bhebhe.
Would you like to cover one of these titles? Email the Journal at email.jcas@gmail.com. Include [Book Reviews] in the subject line. Please note in your response: 1) your affiliation and preferred email address 2) if your subject background or expertise matches the subject matter of the book 3) your preferred mailing address for review copies Sign up by Aug 29! elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7py7xlgdyzr5s6p3xs6q57h/bafkreig3suk6xbg3ydjop752ulxp63aapng3t65x4gr3hqo4meixq7tlg4)
Announcing the publication of two new #OpenAccess #BookReviews! "Review of Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library” by Nicholas Wantsala: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i... (1/2)
Announcing the publication of a new #BookReview! "Review of Averting the Digital Dark Age: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage” by Rebecca L. Hastings: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
Announcing the publication of a new #BookReview! "Review of Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries” by Adrian Johnson: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
Announcing the publication of our newest #OpenAccess article “Tracing Transformations: (Digitized) World War II Correspondence Through the Lens of the Records Continuum Model" by Milan M. van Lange and Carlijn Keijzer: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
We're seeking new peer reviewers, accepting on an ongoing basis! Send your CV and statement of interest to email.jcas@gmail.com & learn more about the peer review process at elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/peer_re...
We're looking for new Associate Editors to serve July 2025-June 2028! Submit your résumé/CV and brief statement of interest to email.jcas@gmail.com by Monday, June 30.
We’re looking for reviewers to write #BookReviews for our #OpenAccess journal! Take a look at the list of available titles and our reviewer guidelines: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/bookrev... Interested? Email us at email.jcas@gmail.com by May 23!
![Graphic contains the JCAS logo and reads: “Book Reviewers Wanted! After Disruption—A Future for Cultural Memory by Trevor Owens (note: this is an e-book and a PDF reader is required) Photo Archives and the Place of Photography edited by Geraldine A. Johnson and Deborah Schultz Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers by Bobbi L. Newman Would you like to cover one of these titles? Email the Journal at email.jcas@gmail.com. Include [Book Reviews] in the subject line. Please note in your response: 1) your affiliation and preferred email address 2) if your subject background or expertise matches the subject matter of the book 3) your preferred mailing address for review copies Sign up by May 23! elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7py7xlgdyzr5s6p3xs6q57h/bafkreidqbmmnonusiq6wg3yhsu27vusgfa2ci2z6lvv22jycsxbrzldicu)
Thinking about #Preparedness at your cultural heritage org this #MayDay? Check out Ben Goldman’s 2019 review of Sustainable Thinking: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol6/is...
Announcing the publication of “The Gulf Coast LGBT Radio and Television Digitization Project: Providing Equitable Access to Houston's LGBTQ Broadcast History" by Emily Vinson and Bethany Scott: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
We’d like to celebrate and offer our immense gratitude to Rosemary K.J. Davis as her term as Managing Editor comes to a close. We have grown so much under her leadership! Rosemary says: “I have boundless gratitude for my time working with JCAS. Not only have I encountered a remarkable..." (1/4)
Announcing the publication of our first #BookReview of 2025! "Review of Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice” by Shir Bach at the University of Vermont Libraries: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
Announcing our first article of 2025! “Teaching Archival Intelligence through an Immersive Class Experience” by Dulce Kersting-Lark from University of Idaho Library: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol12/i...
We’re looking for book reviewers! Take a look at the list of available titles and our reviewer guidelines: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/bookrev... Interested? Email us at email.jcas@gmail.com by January 20! #OpenAccess #BookReviews
![Graphic contains the JCAS logo and reads: "Book Reviewers Wanted! Hip-Hop Archives: The Politics and Poetics of Knowledge Production; Teaching Primary Source Research Skills to 21st Century Learners; Alone in the Stacks: Succeeding as a Solo Archivist; Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory (note: this is an e-book and a PDF reader is required); Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession. Would you like to cover one of these titles? Email the Journal at email.jcas@gmail.com. Include [Book Reviews] in the subject line. Please note in your response: 1) your affiliation and preferred email address 2) if your subject background or expertise matches the subject matter of the book 3) your preferred mailing address for review copies. Sign up by January 20! elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7py7xlgdyzr5s6p3xs6q57h/bafkreigionvq2moitgrjgn22m4v2m5wqefkkhcbcbgonfhahf2wmsg7mgy)
Announcing the publication of a new #BookReview! "Review of Decolonial Archival Futures by Taylor F. Henning: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol11/i...
We’re celebrating this #ArchivesHashtagParty with the publication of our #150th (and 151st) articles! Check out elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/ for an #ArchivesFeast of #OpenAccess content for archives students and practitioners. (1/3)
