Final Reminder: American Archivist Calls for Proposals on User Experience

[Alison Clemens]

Dear colleagues,

I write with one last reminder regarding the American Archivist call for proposals on user experience. This is a call for proposal submissions for a special section in American Archivist, illuminating the wide-ranging spectrum of user experience topics and initiatives in the archives field today. This special section is slated for the 2026 Spring/Summer issue of the American Archivist and aims to showcase the importance of user experience work to the wider archival community. 

So: we seek proposal submissions from authors with a variety of career experiences and diverse perspectives related to user experience work. The editorial team especially encourages submissions from first-time authors and early-career archives and special collections professionals, as well as from colleagues working in nonprofit organizations; HBCUs, AANAPISIs, and/or HSIs; public libraries; museums; and community archives.

Proposals should include a tentative title and an abstract of no more than 500 words. More information about submission types is below, in my earlier message. Proposals will be reviewed by the editorial team, following American Archivist editorial policies. Please use this google form to submit your proposal. The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2025, and inquiries can be sent to Betts Coup, a member of the editorial team, at elizabe...@harvard.edu.

Editorial Team

Faith Charlton
Lead Processing Archivist, Special Collections Firestone
Princeton University Library

Alison Clemens
Director, Access Services and Operations
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale Library

Betts Coup
Head of Archival Operations
Technical Services for Archives and Special Collections
Harvard University Archives, Arts, and Special Collections

Shaun Ellis
Library Software Engineer
Princeton University Library