Call for Contributors: Write for ArchivesAWARE!
SAA's Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) is currently seeking contributors to its ArchivesAWARE! blog. Established in January 2016, ArchivesAWARE! provides an online space where professionals and students engaged in all aspects of archival work can share their experiences of and ideas for raising public awareness of archives and the value that archives and archivists add to business, government, education, and society as a whole.
COPA welcomes submission ideas for full-length "Features" or short "Highlights." The longer "Features" posts can tackle any and all aspects of raising awareness of archives and archivists, including, but not limited to:
- Tool(s) and/or resource(s) for use in outreach efforts (e.g. social media platform or handout template)
- Practical tips for successful archival outreach
- Archival outreach theory
- Detailed descriptions of outreach projects and/or programs, and their results
"Highlights" cover specific outreach/advocacy news from the field, and short descriptions/updates of projects, programs, sites, and/or resources.
COPA has also established a number of thematic series on ArchivesAWARE!, for which we also welcome submission ideas. Current series include:
- Archival Innovators – Aims to raise awareness of the individuals, institutions, and collaborations that are helping to boldly chart the future of the archives profession and set new precedents for the role of the archivist in society.
- Archives + Audiences – Features the perspectives of archival audiences – scholars, journalists, filmmakers, artists, activists, and more – for whom archives have been an important part of their life and work.
- Asserting the Archivist – Highlights the importance of archivists and archival work in outreach efforts, rather than just focusing on the collections themselves.
- Keeping ArchivesAWARE: News and Highlights – a recurring roundup of some of the latest archives-related news stories, features, commentaries, announcements, and projects that have caught our eye, with links to the original sources.
- There's An Archivist for That! – Spotlights archivists working in places you might not expect.
- Responses and Retrospectives – Features archivists' personal responses and perspectives concerning current or historical events/subjects with significant implications for the archives profession.
Additional editorial guidelines are available at archivesaware.archivists.org/about.
If you are interested in contributing to ArchivesAWARE!, please share your ideas with the blog editor(s) by sending an email to archivesaware@archivists.org!
Sincerely,
Rachel Seale
ArchivesAWARE! editor
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Rachel Seale
she/her/hers
Outreach Archivist
Iowa State University
Ames IA
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