Technical Leaflet Series

The Practical Archivist: MARAC Technical Leaflet Series (Provisional Electronic ISSN assigned 2834-3867) consists of member-authored guides that provide practical instruction for specific archival tasks not commonly addressed in professional literature.

Spring 2023 Call for Proposals

The Communications Committee is seeking new submissions and suggestions for The Practical Archivist: MARAC Technical Leaflet Series, (Print ISSN and Electronic), a double-blind, peer-reviewed serial publication that provides practical guidance for specific archival tasks not commonly addressed in the professional literature.

Since 2018, the Editorial Board of the Technical Leaflet Series has been aiming to produce at least two publications per calendar year (spring and winter). Topics of particular interest for future publications may include:

Accessibility
Creating and maintaining acquisition, control, and accession files
Curation and storage of oversize objects and realia
Digital audio-visual materials workflow
Digital scholarship in the archives
DEI initiatives for archives
Handling of classified or proprietary materials in a government or corporate repository
Oral history in archives

Transcription
Cataloging

Preservation, handling, and description of any of the following:

19th-century photographs
Audio-visual materials
Datasets
Email
Textile materials

Repatriation of archival materials in collaboration with tribes, First Nations, and Indigenous communities
Trauma-informed practices for outreach

Exhibitions
Instruction

Please submit any proposals or topic suggestions to [email protected]. Publication guidelines for submissions are available on this page. Authors are encouraged to observe a soft limit of 25-30 pages of content. Spring 2023 submissions have a projected publication date of June 2024. Submissions are open on a rolling basis throughout the year. However, our next call for proposals will be in Fall 2023. All proposed submissions will be reviewed for acceptance by members of our Editorial Board. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your leaflet ideas further, please contact us.

Current Editors

Heidi Abbey Moyer, Co Editor-in-Chief
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Renae Rapp, Co Editor-in-Chief
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Molly Tighe, Editor

Emily Johnson, Editor

Submissions and questions can be sent to [email protected].