SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Archival Futures explores a wide range of society and technology-focused topics (see list below). We encourage authors from communities traditionally underrepresented in publishing as well as new and seasoned writers to submit proposals.
Proposals should be via a Word document sent to the Series Editors and include the following:
- the theme, purpose, and scope
- the main argument or premise
- the estimated length
- the proposed format and an annotated outline or table of contents
- the intended audience and the potential market (especially potential for an audience outside of the archives profession or affiliated professions)
- the prospective value to the archives profession
- the relationship of the proposed publication to the literature in the field
- potential graphics and illustrations
- co-authors or contributors
- the author’s anticipated available time for writing the first draft and for editorial revisions (i.e., how long will this take you?)
EDITORIAL PROCESS
- Series Editors receive and review proposal (please note that a request for proposal does not imply acceptance)
- Series Editors present proposal to SAA Publications Editor
- Publications Editor and Series Editors send for peer review prioritizing diverse voices from multiple communities
- Publications Editor gives final approval of proposal
- One of the Series Editors is assigned to work on the project with Author
- ALA issues contract to Author
- Author begins writing book
- Final manuscript is assessed by the Series Editors, Publications Editor, and original proposal reviewers
Timely development will be facilitated by the use of a collaborative yet rigorous editorial process. Each publication will be edited by a Series Editor with input from other reviewers. A single-blind review process will be used. Authors should expect a robust editorial presence, involving considerable back-and-forth from acceptance to completion, and high-quality copyediting and design work, to ensure the creation of an outstanding product. (See outline of workflow.)
CONTACT
For more information about Archival Futures, or to present or discuss a proposal (see potential topics below), please contact Series Editors Bethany Anderson (bgandrsn@gmail.com) and Amy Cooper Cary (amy.cary@marquette.edu).
POTENTIAL TOPICS
Society Focused:
- Anthropology
- Anthropocentrism
- Arts
- Citizenship
- Civic Engagement
- Colonialism
- Community
- Critical Race Theory
- Cultural Competency
- Democracy
- Diversity / Inclusion
- Diversifying Collections
- Economics
- Equality
- Ethics
- Ethnicity / Ethnocentrism
- Feminism
- Freedom of Information
- Gaps in the archival record
- Gender Identity
- Historiography
- Humanism
- Emigrants / Immigrants
- Intersectionality
- Journalism
- Labor
- Law Enforcement
- Memory
- Nationalism
- Nostalgia
- Permanence
- Popular culture
- Reconciliation
- Refugees
- Religion / Spirituality
- Right to be Forgotten / Erasure
- Science
- Secret Archives
- Social Justice
- Stewardship
- Storytelling
Technology Focused:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bio-archives
- Civic Data
- Computation
- Big Data
- Data Rescue
- Email
- Free Speech
- Machine Learning
- Privacy
- Social Media
- Webarchives
