Read the January/February 2026 Issue of Archival Outlook

In the latest issue of Archival Outlook, Mary Mann shares how she and a colleague brought the ledgers of The Cooper Union to life; Sabrina Holecko and Kim Hayden discuss the past fifteen years of the Sacramento Archives Crawl, an annual event held during American Archives Month; and Ishmael Ross and Kesheena Doctor talk about the process of redacting LAPD records at UCLA. Also in this issue, the SAA Archival Repatriation Committee celebrates the adoption of PINAR as a new professional standard, and Lexy deGraffenreid tells readers all about the SAA Mentoring Program. Read the digital issue here. Print issue to follow.

On the cover: The front of a postcard from microbiologist Rita R. Colwell to her husband Jack sent during a research trip to Antarctica in 2003. 

Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | January/February 2026

• "President's Message: A Few Thoughts About Membership Dues"
  by Derek T. Mosley
• "Making Ledgers Live"
  by Mary Mann
• "Adopting Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation as a New SAA Standard"
  by Vina Begay, Megan K. Friedel, Diana Marsh, Ricardo Punzalan, Jacob Savory, Kevin Schlottmann, Melissa Stoner, and Kelley Hummingbird
• "A Call to Shape AI for Sustainable Archival Workflows"
  by Robert E. Nañes
• "Redacting the LAPD Records: Prepping for Community Access and Use"
  by Ishmael Ross and Kesheena Doctor
• "Anthrax, Antarctica, and the CIA: Wrangling Complexity in the Rita R. Colwell Papers"
  by Sara Pettinger and Meagan Hipsky
• "Spotlight on SAA's Mentoring Program: Supporting Careers Across Our Membership"
  by Lexy deGraffenreid
• Vote in the 2026 SAA Election
• In Search of Excellence: SAA Awards Competition
• "A Collective Approach to the Preservation of Online Art Resources"
  by Anna Trammell and Julieann Mercer
• "Advancing Digital Preservation in the US: Five Years of DPOE-N"
  by Linda Smith
• "Celebrating Fifteen Years of the Sacramento Archives Crawl"
  by Sabrina Holecko and Kim Hayden
• Kudos
• SAA Staff Hellos
• "From the SAA Foundation President: A Year of Impact"
  by Lisa Mangiafico