In issue 89.1 of American Archivist, Faith Charlton, Alison Clemens, Betts Coup, and Shaun Ellis present a Special Section on User Experience (UX) and Archives. The seven articles in this section cover a broad range of topics: Hannah Sistrunk offers a new UX model to support building UX capacity in archives; Chela Scott Weber, Lesley A. Langa, and Lynn Silipigni Connaway present findings from a mixed-methods study of online archival users; and Faith Charlton, Christa Cialdella, Shaun Ellis, and Amy C. Vo discuss content mediation practices.
This issue also includes Derek T. Mosley's 2025 Presidential Address and a pair of articles presenting international perspectives. Other articles look at records from the Vietnam War and the Louisville Underground Music Archive. Plus, enjoy seven reviews of recent publications in archival literature, including books on tattoos on personal archives, social justice in archives, and more!
On the Cover: Diagram of an Archives UX Maturity Model proposed as a roadmap for archives of varying sizes and capacities to support small, iterative interventions that practitioners can leverage to assess or incrementally integrate user-centered practices. Read the Special Section on User Experience (UX) and Archives starting on page 12. Cover design courtesy of Hannah Sistrunk.
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