Collections
A Journal for Museum and Archives ProfessionalsEntering its 16th year of quarterly publication, 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.
In 2004, Collections was established by Hugh Genoway (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), who also edited the journal. Volumes 3 and 4 were edited by Pamela White (Western Illinois University). Collections is currently being edited by Juilee Decker (Rochester Institute of Technology).
Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals is led by the Editor and guided by members of the Editorial Board. Editorial Board members serve as advisors to the Editor and perform a variety of roles, including identifying topics for issues of the journal; providing content for the journal; approaching potential contributors; reviewing submissions; encouraging submission to and support of the journal among colleagues in the field. Currently, the Editorial Board comprises international scholars and practitioners in the field of museums, archives and special collections, and libraries. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact the Editor at jdgsh@rit.edu.
The readership of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals is interdisciplinary across the fields of libraries, archives, and museums as well as across disciplines including anthropology and sociology; biology, botany, natural history and related fields; art, architecture, and design history; photography and film; history and literature. Readers are welcome from all disciplines and fields of study. Readership of, and submissions to, the journal come from institutions as well as individuals from six continents.
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Published by SAGE Publishing, 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 career are encouraged to submit their work to the journal. Submitted manuscripts will undergo blind peer review.
Recent articles have addressed the following areas of interest: women and collections; photographic preservation and collections management; the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center; Atlantic world archives of Louisiana; provenance research; and legal issues involving collections.
| Juilee Decker | Rochester Institute of Technology, USA |
| Paul Akpomuje | Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria |
| Whitney Baker | University of Kansas,Lawrence, KS,USA |
| Susan A. Barrett | Barrett Archival Consulting, LLC, USA |
| Jolie Braun | Ohio State University,Columbus, OH,USA |
| Diane Bruxvoort | University of North Texas Libraries,Denton, TX,USA |
| Mary Coughlin | The George Washington University, USA |
| Alexa N. Cummins | Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA |
| Sandro Debono | University of Malta, E.U |
| Vanessa Delnavaz | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA |
| Leisa Gibbons | State Records Office of Western Australia |
| Catharine Hawks | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA |
| Kellen Hinrichsen | Steele County Historical Society, USA |
| Susan Keitumetse | Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Botswana |
| Rebecca Kennedy | Curae Collections Care, LLC |
| David Kreidler | Harley-Davidson Museum, USA |
| Greg Lambousy | New Orleans Jazz Museum, USA |
| Victoria (Tori) Van Orden Martinez | Linköping University,Linköping ,Sweden |
| Katelyn McMullin | Nebraska State Museum, USA |
| Carrie W. Meyer | University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA |
| Melissa Q. Miller | Smithsonian Institution, USA |
| Adriana Munoz | The National Museums of World Culture (Statens museer för världskultur), Sweden |
| Margot Note | Margot Note Consulting, LLC |
| Laurel A. Racine | National Park Service, USA |
| Michele Reilly | University of Arkansas, USA |
| Consuelo Sendino | Natural History Museum, Madrid, Spain & Natural History Museum, London, UK |
| Dee Stubbs-Lee | The New Brunswick Museum, Canada |
| Sanaeya Vandrewala | Independent Researcher, Mumbai, India |
| Nancy E. Villa Bryk | Eastern Michigan University,Ypsilanti, MI,USA |
| Robert Waller | Protect Heritage Corp, Canada |
| Barbara Wood | National Trust, UK |