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| Journal of Archival Organization | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Archival Organization |
| Discipline | Archival studies |
| Abbreviation | J. Arch. Organ. |
| History | 2002–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Journal of Archival Organization is a peer-reviewed periodical focused on archival practice and theory, publishing research, case studies, and reviews that address the management of records, collections, and repositories. The journal serves practitioners, academics, and information professionals associated with institutions such as the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, British Library, Vatican Apostolic Library, and Smithsonian Institution, and engages with scholarship linked to universities including University of Michigan, UCLA, University of London, University of Toronto, and Columbia University.
Established in the early 2000s, the journal launched amid debates influenced by archival leaders and institutions such as Herbert Putnam, T. R. Schellenberg, Sir Hilary Jenkinson, Luciana Duranti, Terry Cook, and David Bearman. Its formation paralleled initiatives at organizations including the Society of American Archivists, International Council on Archives, Council on Library and Information Resources, and Association of Canadian Archivists. Early volumes referenced standards and frameworks promulgated by ISO 15489, OAIS Reference Model, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, MARC 21, and projects at National Archives (UK), while dialogues involved conferences like the International Congress on Archives, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, European Conference on Information Literacy, and symposia at Harvard University and Yale University.
The journal addresses topics spanning appraisal, accessioning, description, and access as practiced in repositories such as the Bodleian Libraries, New York Public Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, German National Library, and National Diet Library. It examines records management issues encountered in settings like United Nations, World Bank, European Union, NASA, and healthcare institutions including Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Articles connect theoretical debates involving scholars and institutions such as Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Pierre Nora, Yves Léon, and Ann Laura Stoler to practical work at archives including the National Archives of Australia, State Archives of Russia, and Trove collections at the National Library of Australia. The journal also covers digital preservation and technologies used by firms and projects like Google Books, Internet Archive, LOCKSS Program, PREMIS, and Archivematica, and considers legislation and policies such as the Freedom of Information Act, General Data Protection Regulation, European Union Copyright Directive, Public Records Act (UK), and Federal Records Act.
Editorial leadership has included editors and board members affiliated with institutions like University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and University College London. Peer reviewers and contributors often hail from organizations such as National Archives of Canada, Australian National University, Princeton University, Oxford University Press, and Cornell University Library. The journal collaborates with publishers and professional bodies similar to Routledge, Taylor & Francis, SAGE Publications, Wiley-Blackwell, and Elsevier, and adheres to publishing standards used by indexes like Scopus, Web of Science, and repositories including SSRN and JSTOR.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic and citation services comparable to Library and Information Science Abstracts, ERIC, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, EBSCOhost, WorldCat, and CrossRef. Its metadata practices align with initiatives like the Open Archives Initiative, ORCID, ResearcherID, DataCite, and standards promoted by organizations such as the Digital Preservation Coalition and Society of American Archivists' Standards Committee.
Scholars and practitioners from institutions including University of Manchester, King's College London, McGill University, Indiana University Bloomington, and Duke University cite the journal in discussions about provenance, appraisal, and archival description alongside influential texts by Susan Sontag, E. P. Thompson, Roy Rosenzweig, Allan Sekula, and Rita Raley. Reviews in venues like American Archivist, Archivaria, Information Research, and newsletters of the International Council on Archives have noted the journal's contributions to debates around digital curation, access, privacy, and metadata interoperability. Its articles inform practice at cultural institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, Getty Research Institute, and National Gallery of Art.
Noteworthy contributions have addressed topics involving case studies of archival work in contexts such as the Nuremberg Trials, Apartheid-era records, Vietnam War archives, Cold War intelligence, and collections related to figures like Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.. Special issues have focused on themes explored at conferences including the Digital Humanities Conference, Access Archaeology Conference, Metadata and Semantics Research Conference, and collaborations with projects like Europeana, Austrian State Archives digitization, and the World Digital Library.
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