Get Ready to Bloom with Trends in Archives Practice

By Christopher J. Prom, SAA Publications Editor

The SAA Publications Board is delighted to announce the next nineteen titles in the modular series Trends in Archives Practice, several of which will debut this summer. These brief (up to 20,000 words) authoritative treatments are being written and edited by established professionals and emerging leaders. Take a peek:

• Module 4: Becoming a Trusted Digital Repository by Stephen Marks. (Projected to be available Summer 2014.)

• Digital Preservation Essentials, edited with an introduction by Paul Conway and Christopher J. Prom. (Projected to be available Fall 2014.) Includes:
  
  • Module 5: Acquiring Knowledge and Skills by Helen Tibbo
  • Module 6: Achieving Organizational Readiness by Nancy McGovern
  • Module 7: Preserving Digital Objects by Erin O’Meara and Kate Stratton
  • Module 8: Implementing Storage Technologies by Jessica Colati

• Rights in the Digital Era, edited with an introduction by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt and Christopher J. Prom. (Projected to be available Summer 2014.) Includes:
  
  • Module 9: Understanding Copyright Law by Heather Briston
  • Module 10: Balancing Privacy and Restrictions: Personal and Family Papers by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt
  • Module 11: Balancing Privacy and Restrictions: Organizational, Business, and Government Records by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt
  • Module 12: Managing Rights and Permissions by Aprille McKay

• Teaching with Primary Sources, edited by Former ACRL President Lisa Hinchliffe and Christopher J. Prom. (Projected to be available in Spring 2015.) Includes:
  • Module 13: Contextualizing Archival Literacy: Environments and Issues by Beth Yakel
  • Module 14: Teaching with Archives: A Guide and Manual by Sammie Morris, Tamar Chute, and Ellen Swain
  • Module 15: Helping Students Learn: Cases and Examples by Sammie Morris, Tamar Chute, and Ellen Swain 

• Putting Descriptive Standards to Work. (Projected to be available Summer 2015.) Includes:
  • Module 16: Implementing DACS by Cory Nimer
  • Module 17: Introducing EAC-CPF by Katherine Wisser
  • Module 18: Using  EAD3 (provisional title) by TBD, proposal pending
  • Module 19: Repurposing Archival Metadata (provisional title) by TBD, proposal pending 

• Archival Appraisal and Acquisition. (Projected to be available Summer 2015.) Includes:
  • Module 20: Collecting Digital Manuscripts by Gabriela Redwine and Megan Barnard
  • Module 21: Appraising Electronic Records by TBD
  • Module 22: Accessioning Digital Archives by TBD

Individual modules will be published electronically (PDF and EPUB formats) and will be $9.99 each for SAA members ($14.99 each for nonmembers). The topical clusters of three to four modules will be published electronically and in print. Trends in Archives Practice complements the volumes in the Archival Fundamentals Series II, helping archivists and students to stay abreast of emerging topics and serving as must-have resources for working with digital records. Modules 1 through 3 were published under the cluster Archival Arrangement and Description in February 2013 and are available for purchase in the SAA Bookstore. Click here for more information about Trends in Archives Practice. Have an idea for a module? Contact Publications Editor Christopher J. Prom.