New Issue: Archivaria

Archivaria 101 (Spring 2026)

Articles

The Right to Our Past
Community Approaches to Access and Repair of Chinese Immigration Records in Canada’s National Archives
June Chow

Canadian Archival Institutions and Trauma-Informed Practice
Wendy Duff, Cheryl Regehr, Christa Sato, Jessica Ho, Connor White, Ashley Lanni

The Dominant Archival Tradition in Colombia
Institutionality, Practices, and Professional Community
María Cristina Betancur Roldán

Solicitor-Client Privilege
Policies and Practices of Canadian Archives
Jean Dryden

Web Archiving by Activist-Archives
Benefits and Barriers
Bethany Aylward, Andrew Cox, Sara Vannini

Gordon Dodds Prize

Beyond Community and Representation
Intergenerational Dialogue as Feminist Archival Praxis
Noa Sanders

Studies in Documents

“This Story I Tell You Be True”
Sylvia D. Hamilton’s Tender Re-Narration of the Black Atlantic Archive
Sidney Robichaud

Exhibition Reviews

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, HOTLINE: Posters from the Trellis HIV & Community Care Collection
Rodney G.S. Carter

Libby Leshgold Gallery, En Route: Mobile Forms of Art and Education
Stephanie Weber

Book Reviews

Corinne Rogers and Alexandra Wieland, eds. Archival Science in Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice
Geoffrey Yeo

Anton Wagner, The Spiritualist Prime Minister, Vol. I, Mackenzie King and the New Revelation, and Vol. II, Mackenzie King and His Mediums
Brian Hubner

Bliss Cua Lim, The Archival Afterlives of Philippine Cinema
Cindy N. Custodio

New Issue: Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy

Volume 12 Issue 1, June 2026
(open access)

Special Issue: Cultural Diplomacy Dialogue, Values and Discourses

Editorial Conversation

Cultural diplomacy in dialogue: A conversation with Ian Thomas on cultural relations, soft power, and evidence
Biyun Zhu
Jonathan Paquette

Original Research Articles

Diplomacy by proxy: Satellite museums as cultural–political infrastructures
Alejandra Linares-Figueruelo

Cultural diplomacy in a post imperial context: Europeanization and the Macau handover in Portuguese foreign diplomacy
Carlos Vargas
Cristina Montalvão Sarmento
Patricia Oliveira

Cultural diplomacy from below: Cabo Verdean diaspora agency and international cultural relations in the United Kingdom
Miriam Cruz

Case Studies

Curatorial diplomacy and audience development in film-based cultural policy: German Films and the Kino Program Türkiye
İclal Can Gürbüz

Digital museum diplomacy in Greece: The case of the Virtual Museum Alexander the Great
Sofia Boutsiouki
Maria Damou

Reports

Cultural diplomacy: A space for exploring multiple collaborations
Julie Bérubé
Mélanie Girard
Lucile Berthelot
Ane Hejlskov Larsen
Vinnie Nørskov

Agonistic museum diplomacy: Advancing a conflict-oriented approach to global engagement
Joachim Baur
Friederike Landau-Donnelly
Sascha Priewe
Sarah E.K. Smith

Migrating heritage in diaspora diplomacy: Korean independence archives under contestation
Hyojung Cho
Hyunhee Lee

Essays

Framing science, performing neutrality: The British Council and scientific-cultural diplomacy
Alice Naisbitt

The European cemetery of Saint-Eugène in Algiers: A possible heritage listing for a complex cultural asset?
Christophe Alcantara

Mobility in EU cultural diplomacy and cultural relations: Ambiguities and the value of partnerships in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
Fanny Bouquerel
Christiane Dabdoub Nasser
Matina Magkou

Formalising asymmetry: Cultural diplomacy and the UK–China film co-production agreement
Giulia D’Aquila

On cultural diplomacy: Marc Fumaroli, French cultural policy, and the humanities
Jonathan Paquette
Biyun Zhu
Benjamin Boutin

Cultural diplomacy as an emergent and uneven process: The cultural olympiad in the veneto dolomites ahead of Milano cortina 2026
Antonella Peli
Stefania Tonin

Editors Picks

Book review
Jonathan Paquette
Biyun Zhu

CFP: 2027 SOURCES Annual Conference

Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2027 SOURCES Annual Conference (https://www.sourcesconference.com).  It will be held on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, January 23, 2027.  As always, the conference is free to attend and is open to all educators interested in the teaching of primary sources to K-12 student populations.  Presenters will provide strategies for using primary sources to help K-12 students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills, and build content knowledge, specifically in one or more of the following ways: 

  • Determining whether a source is primary or secondary depending on the time or topic under study;
  • Understanding the benefits of learning with primary sources;
  • Accessing primary sources and related materials from loc.gov that support specific learning goals;
  • Using Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool and Teacher’s Guides to observe, reflect, and question primary sources;
  • Identifying key considerations for selecting primary sources based on learner needs, interests, goals, and desire to create;
  • Understanding how to review and apply copyright information.
  • Applying citation guidelines when using primary sources and other materials from loc.gov;
  • Analyzing primary sources in multiple formats;
  • Comparing and contrasting related primary sources to identify multiple perspectives; and
  • Developing inquiry, historical thinking, and literacy skills with primary sources. 

For more information about the SOURCES Conference and to submit a proposal, visit the conference web site (https://www.sourcesconference.com), or email Scott Waring (swaring@ucf.edu) with any questions.  Proposals need to be submitted by Wednesday, September 30, 2026, to be properly reviewed for possible inclusion. 

Survey: Records Management Practices in Higher Education

Invitation to Participate in Survey on Records Management Practices in Higher Education

We invite you to participate in a brief online survey examining current records management practices within higher education. This study seeks input from professional librarians, archivists, records managers, and higher education personnel who work with or support institutional records. Your insights will help our research team better understand how institutions manage records today. The resulting landscape study report will help identify opportunities for strengthening practices across the field. A PDF version of the survey is available upon request.

The survey should take approximately 20–30 minutes to complete. Participation is completely voluntary, and no identifying personal information will be collected. You may access the survey here: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1KYESrhu6IcN7dc. The survey will remain open until August 1, 2026.

We hope you will consider contributing to this project. Your participation will help provide a clearer understanding of records management across higher education and support ongoing improvements in the field. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested.

For any questions about this survey, please contact Victoria Eastes, (254) 519-5499, veastes@tamuct.edu or Jane LaBarbara, (304) 293-0352, jane.labarbara@mail.wvu.edu.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Survey/Research Study: What Are You Letting Go of and Why is That Still a Win? Highlighting Successes in Digital Preservation

What Are You Letting Go of and Why is That Still a Win? Highlighting Successes in Digital Preservation

Our names are Marcella Lees (Digital Archivist at the Art Institute of Chicago Archives) and Lisa Lawlis (Assistant Archivist at Western University) and we are conducting a study titled “What Are You Letting Go of and Why is That Still a Win? Highlighting Successes in Digital Preservation.” The purpose of this study is to identify what parts of best practice in digital preservation are being let go of in pursuit of “good” practice and what metrics are being used to measure success at small to mid-sized institutions across North America.

Our larger goal is that by sharing the results of this study we can empower smaller institutions to dive into digital preservation now rather than waiting for everything to perfect and to celebrate the digital preservation work that is being done currently.

If you are involved with digital preservation or your responsibilities include the stewardship of digital records (either digitized or born digital), we would like to invite you to take part in this survey. You can access the survey here:

https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cO1F6krZGmUlLYW

The survey is expected to take 5-10 minutes and consists of 10 questions. Your name will not be attached to your responses. The survey will be open until September 30th.

If you need an alternative format or have any questions, please email mlees@artic.edu or llawlis@uwo.ca.

Thank you,
Marcella and Lisa

CFP: Digitise. Transform. Inspire. 2026 Conference (Prague)

Submission Deadline: 1 August 2026

The DTI Annual Conference is an international meeting place for professionals driving the digital transformation of archives. Jointly organised by DTI, ICARUS, and the National Archives of the Czech Republic, it provides a forum for exchanging experiences, exploring emerging technologies, and showcasing practical approaches that are shaping the next generation of archival practice.

We invite archivists, digital preservation specialists, technologists, researchers, and innovators to share practical experiences, proven approaches, and transformative ideas that are shaping the digital transformation of archives.

We are particularly interested in contributions that demonstrate real-world impact, address concrete challenges, and offer lessons that others can apply in their own institutions and projects.

Whether you have developed a new workflow, transformed access to collections, built innovative partnerships, or discovered an inspiring way of working with archival documents, we invite you to share your experience and inspire the community.

Read the full call for papers.

Recent issue: Arbido : revue professionnelle pour archivistes, bibliothécaires et documentalistes

Arbido : revue professionnelle pour archivistes, bibliothécaires et documentalistes
Arbido : professional journal for archivists, librarians, and information specialists

Editorial

Rölli Daniela
Zwischen Outsourcing und selbst machen: Web- und Social-Media-Archivierung im Stadtarchiv Bern

Smirnova Tatiana
The memory of the Fête des Vignerons and the challenges of its archiving in the age of digital platforms

Cannelli Beatrice
Navigating legal concerns in social media archiving

Marquet Andreas
Werkstattbericht zum Stand der Social Media-Archivierung im Archiv der sozialen Democracy

Forget Camille
Collecting social media data in Luxembourg: a collaborative approach

Signori Barbara
The Swiss Web Archive

New Issue: VRA Bulletin

Vol. 53 No. 1 (2026): Spring/Summer
(open access)

Association News

State of the Association
Xiaoli Ma

Fiscal Year 2025 Visual Resources Association Treasurer’s Report
Will Fenton

2025 VRA Awards Recipients & Recognition
Presented at the 43rd Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon
Ann McShane, April Martin

Perspectives

Remaining Resilient
Reflections on the Visual Resources Community
Allan T. Kohl, Lael J. Ensor-Bennett, Sara Schumacher

Feature Articles

Imagining Impossible Virtual Worlds
Final Fantasy XI Private Servers as Imagined Living Community Archives
Lucas McGill

Digitizing and Enhancing Dry Plate Glass Negatives
A Guide for Under-Resourced Archives
John Macdonald, Paige Harris

New Issue: RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage

Vol 27, No 1 (2026)
(open access)

Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note: Organization
Diane Dias De Fazio

Articles

Algae in Special Collections: Making Room for STEM
Lucy Perrin

The Ordinary Numinosity of the Book: A Framework for Understanding Affective Encounters in Book Exhibition Contexts
Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez

Widening the Poison Books Scope: Addressing Bibliotoxicology at a Medium- Sized Public University Library
Judith L Silva, Zachary Voras

Anthology: Papers from “The Power of New Voices”

Cataloging a Life’s Work: Notes from the George Bixby James Baldwin Collection
Indica Mattson

Book Reviews

What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom
Laura French

Futures of Digital Scholarly Editing
Chelcie Juliet Rowell

From the Editorial Board

On Crafting a Policy: Reflections on Membership and Community
Sarah Allison, Anne Bahde, Jeremy Brett, Juli McLoone with Diane Dias De Fazio

New Issue: Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material

Volume 47, Issue 1 2026
(open access)

Original Works

Effects of Stone-Calendering on Traditional Handmade Paper: Mechanical Properties and Shape Stability
Dongyoung Yoo, Yumei Tang, Decai Gong

Dimensional Stability of Sanskrit Manuscript Supports Exposed to Environmental Humidity: Tibetan Paper, Palm Leaf, and Birch Bark
Bing Li, Chen Yu, Meifang Zhang, Danrui Cao

Historic Tibetan Manuscripts in Border Monasteries: Current State and Conservation Challenges
Ze Wan, Tiancai Li