February 2018 - Chicago

Society of American Archivists

The American Archivist Editorial Board

LOCATION: 17 N. State Street (or 16 N. Wabash) – Room 820 – Chicago

TIMES:
Sunday, February 11: 6:00pm–9:00pm
Monday, February 12: 8:30am–4:30pm
Tuesday, February 13: 8:30am–Noon 

AGENDA

I.  Welcome + Introductions – Cal Lee

II. Reports

A. Editor – Cal Lee

B. Reviews Section – Bethany Anderson & Gloria Gonzalez

C. SAA Council – Nancy Beaumont

D. Publications Editor – Chris Prom

E. Publishing Program – Teresa Brinati

F. Analytics – Teresa Brinati & Abigail Christian

i. CrossRef DOI Resolutions 
ii. 2017 vs. 2016 Website Data 
iii. Top Content

III. Processes, Policies, and Procedures – Cal Lee

A. Manuscript Review Process

B. Using PeerTrack

C. Editorial Policy

D. Editor Decision Categories + Re-review Process

E. Proposed: Statistical Consulting and Data Support (Odum Institute, UNC)

F. Proposed: Expanded Taxonomy for Authors

IV. Content

A. Research Forum Content

B. Special Section on State Archives

C. International Articles

D. “Hidden Content" Project – Barbara Gombach

E. Table of Contents (Spring/Summer 2018)

V. Special Projects

A. Podcast – Bethany Anderson

B. Readership Survey (last one done in 2010)

C. International Articles

D. Citations Study (potential project for Intern)

E. Other Ideas

F. Group Photo!!!

VI. Promotion of Existing Content + Soliciting New Content

A. americanarchivist.org + reviews.americanarchivist.org

B. Social Media + Personal Networks

C. SAA Sections (to which ones do you belong?)

D. Other Outlets (journals, magazines, associations)

E. Conferences (which ones are you attending?)

F. Awards (Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing + ALA’s Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research)

VII. Dreaming

A. What's missing from the journal?

B. What small change might make a big difference?

VIII. Any Other Business