Call for Submissions: “Re-Collections”
Seeking authors for a focus issue of the journal Collections
looking at pasts, the present, and the futures of collections

Established in 2004, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that seeks timely exploration of the issues, practices, and policies related to collections by addressing all aspects of handling, preserving, researching, interpreting, and organizing collections. Archivists, librarians, curators, collections managers, registrars, scholars, and professionals at every stage of their research and practice contribute to the journal and serve as reviewers and members of the Editorial Board.

In celebration of our journal’s 20^th year, the Editorial Board of Collections invites shorter pieces, up to 1,000 words with reflections on the field of museum and archives collections. This call is extended to both seasoned and newer voices to bring experienced and fresh perspectives on museum and archive collections as a series of re-collections. As a focus issue, “Re-collections” will explore the pasts, present, and futures of collections by interstitially linking varied perspectives: we hope to provide space for examination of the field—where it has come from, where it is now, and where it may be headed.

Authors for this focus issue may be scholars or researchers affiliated with any collection-based institution, college, university, or research institution as well as graduate students, emerging professionals in museums, archives, and cognate fields.

Guidelines:

• The submission may be no longer than 1000 words and may contain up to 2 images/figures.
• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided to the editor beforehand).
• The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are complete, with caption and credit.
• All authors will be asked to disclose any funding sources and to affirm no conflicts of interest.
• Key links:

• Journal homepage
• About the journal
• Author guidelines
• Submission site
• Published articles

Questions may be directed to the Journal Editor, Juilee Decker, jdgsh@rit.edu. Deadline: February 1, 2025 via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cjx. Due to the nature of this call, notes and bibliographies are not required for submissions. Up to 40 submissions, worldwide, will be accepted for this focus issue.