Explore the latest issue of Archival Outlook! In the July/August 2023 issue, Starlina Rose talks about the digitization of The Northwestern Miller trade magazine (a 1925 cover of which graces this issue's cover); Elizabeth Dunham, Harold Housley, Julie Tanaka, and Claudia Willett share a framework for implementing better accessioning practices to prevent burnout; and DiAnna Hemsath, Jessica Kowalski, and Caroline J. White reflect on what they learned on their nontraditional career paths into archives. Also in this issue, Amanda Greenwood and Eric Hung discuss results from the 2023 American Archivist readership survey, Cali Vance uses reparative archival description to create a K–12 archives, and Lydia Tang shares new tools used in the SAA Mentoring Program. Read the digital version here. Print edition to follow.
Table of Contents | Archival Outlook | July/August 2023
This issue is sponsored by Atlas Systems, Inc., Lucidea, San Jose State University iSchool, and Scenesavers, Inc.
- "President's Message: On Archives and Dreaming"
by Terry Baxter
- "Grasshopper Storms and Ammonia Cookies: What the Digitization of The Northwestern Miller Reveals about 1930s Americana"
by Starlina Rose
- "Improvisation and Adaptation: Three Archivists on the Value of Nontraditional Skillsets in the Archives Profession"
by DiAnna Hemsath, Jessica Kowalski, and Caroline J. White
- "Where Pennsylvania Began: Revitalizing and Restructuring the Delaware County Historical Society"
by Paul John Hewes Jr.
- "'Do What You Can with What You Have': Adapting an Appraisal Framework for Better Practices and Less Burnout"
by Elizabeth Dunham, Harold Housley, Julie Tanaka, and Claudia Willett
- "Building a K–12 Archives with Critical and Reparative Description at the Forefront"
by Cali Vance
- "Giving Data Back through Computational Scholarship: Three Case Studies on Japanese American Incarceree Records from World War II"
by Geoff Froh, Mary Elings, Marissa Friedman, Vijay Singh, Lencia Beltran, Gregory N. Jansen, and Emily Ping O'Brien
- "Finding the Right Match: Implementing New Tools for the Work of the SAA Mentoring Program"
by Lydia Tang
- "Teaching by Doing: Establishing an Internship Program at the SLCC Archives"
by Rebecca Sparagowski
- "From the Archivist of the United States: A New Era Begins at the National Archives"
by Colleen Shogan
- "A Digital Odyssey: Lessons from the 2023 American Archivist Readership Survey"
by Amanda Greenwood and Eric Hung
- Kudos
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