Fall/Winter 2020 Issue of American Archivist Is Online!

Articles in American Archivist vol. 83, no. 2, cover a range of topics: Ciaran B. Trace questions the theory and practice of archival classification and arrangement, Katherine Fisher considers strategies for copyright and preservation of born-digital records, Robert Nowatzki examines how archivists can expand the study and representation of slavery and enslaved people through digital technologies—and more. In addition, contributors review nine archival books, including Shadow Archives: The Lifecycles of African American Literature by Jean-Christophe Cloutier and Advocacy and Awareness for Archivists by Kathleen D. Roe. 

On the issue's cover is university librarian Mary Dempsey, who works surrounded by acquisitions for the new Memorial Library at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during its construction from 1951 to 1953. The library provided a new home to Marquette’s special collections and archives, where incoming American Archivist Editor Amy Cooper Cary currently serves as head of the department. Image courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries.

American Archivist is undergoing a similar transition in its home—in fall 2020, the American Archivist website got a brand-new look, with a mobile-responsive web design, optional split-screen reading experience, suggested articles based on browser history and saved searches, and alerts and notifications.

In addition, in 2021, American Archivist moves to an all-digital environment! Read more about this transition, including how to access your subscription to AmericanArchivist.org, from the American Archivist Editorial Board and from Cary and outgoing Editor Cal Lee in “Growth and Transition in a Time of Uncertainty.” 

American Archivist 83.2 (Fall/Winter 2020)
Table of Contents

 
From the Editor

• Growth and Transition in a Time of Uncertainty
  Christopher A. Lee and Amy Cooper Cary

Articles

• Copyright and Preservation of Born-digital Materials: Persistent Challenges and Selected Strategies
  Katherine Fisher 
• Becoming an Imagined Record: Archival Intervention in Autofiction 
  Richard M. Cho
• Reimagining Instruction in Special Collections: The Special Case of Haiti 
  Kellee E. Warren
• Maintaining Records in Context? Disrupting the Thoery and Practice of Archival Classification and Arrangement 
  Ciaran B. Trace
• The Autologic Archive: Appraisal, Institutional Motives, and Essentializing Identity in Refugee and Asylum Application Narratives, In and Out of Fiction 
  Alison Turner 
• Preservation and Access for Born-digital Electronic Records: The Case for an
  Institutional Digital Content Format Registry
  Kyle R. Rimkus, Bethany Anderson, Karl E. Germeck, Cameron C. Nielsen, Christopher J. Prom, and Tracy Popp
• From Datum to Databases: Digital Humanities, Slavery, and Archival Reparations
  Robert Nowatzki

Forum

• Letter to the Editor
  Katy Lockard

Reviews

• "No Refuge in Complacency" 
  Bethany Anderson, Reviews Editor
• Shadow Archives: The Lifecycles of African American Literature
  Jean-Christophe Cloutier
  Reviewed by Kathryn M. Neal
• Trusting Records in the Cloud
  Edited by Luciana Duranti and Corinne Rogers
  Reviewed by Mike Shallcross
• Teaching Undergraduates with Archives
  Edited by Nancy Bartlett, Elizabeth Gadelha, and Cinda Nofziger
  Reviewed by Anna Trammell 
• Advocacy and Awareness for Archivists
  Kathleen D. Roe
  Reviewed by Jessica Bitter
• Participatory Archives: Theory and Practice
  Edited by Edward Benoit III and Alexandra Eveleigh
  Reviewed by Siham Alaoui
• Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History
  Edited by E. Thomas Ewing and Katherine Randall
  Reviewed by Deborah A. Garwood
• Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
  Robert A. Caro
  Reviewed by Dan Harper
• Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries
  Thomas Padilla 
  Reviewed by Rachel MacGregor
• Partners for Preservation: Advancing Digital Preservation through Cross-Community Collaboration
  Edited by Jeanne Kramer-Smyth
  Reviewed by Krista M. Oldham

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