This Friday, 1 September 2023, is the deadline to submit your abstract for the upcoming special edition of Comma on “Training and Education in Archives and Records Management”.
This edition is a collaboration between the Editor-in-Chief for Comma, Bethany Anderson, as well as the ICA’s Section for Archival Education and Training and the ICA’s Training Programme.
What kind of topics are we looking for?
The guest editors encourage contributions on any of the following topics:
Training themes and content, training delivery methods and styles
Designing and delivering archives and records management education programmes
Academic curriculum and/or on-the-job training
Comparative surveys of education/training in archives and records management around the world
Artificial intelligence and computational approaches in archival science
Decolonizing archival curricula
Translation and comparison of archives and records management terminology and concepts
Competency frameworks, professional accreditation/certification
Life-long learning and continuing professional development
Developing collaborative international training and education programmes
Articles comparing training and education traditions and cultures around the world are particularly welcome.
Authors submitting abstract proposals will be notified during the first week in October.
Find about more about the Call for Abstracts
Friday is also the deadline to submit your application to be a Comma language editor in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Spanish. We welcome candidates who are fluent in one or more of these languages to apply. The Editors will each need to dedicate around 15-18 hours per month on average, depending on the production schedule.
To apply, please send a one-page letter of interest describing language competencies and editorial and publishing experiences and a curriculum vitae/résumé to Editor-in-Chief Bethany Anderson at comma@ica.org and to the ICA at ica@ica.org.
Find out more about the Call for Language Editors