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The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies (JCAS) is sponsored by the Yale University Library and New England Archivists (NEA), and is hosted by Yale University Library’s institutional repository, EliScholar. JCAS is currently accepting submissions of original works of research and inquiry from professionals and graduate students in library science, archival science, and public history.

Please see the Journal Overview for a full explanation of the journal’s aims and scope.

NOTICE: JCAS is taking a pause on accepting new submissions from May 1st to August 1st. If you currently have a submission with us that is going through the publication workflow, your article or review will continue to be worked on during that time. If you have any questions, you can reach us at .

Recent Content

Articles

Unpacking Architectural Drawing Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy Approach to Architecture Collections
Shima Hosseininasab, Virginia Ferris, and Burak Erdim

Reflections on Language and Translation: Toward a "Translation Turn" in Archival Studies
Fiorella Foscarini

TEACH and CARE: How Community-Centered Archival Practice May Transform Education, Archives, and Community History
Thuy Vo Dang

Archives and Children's Knowledge
Elliott Kuecker and Ashley Rockenbach

Accepting and implementing virtual reality in archives: Archivists' perspective
Farzaneh Talebhaghighi

Book Reviews

Review of Ethics in Linked Data
Rebecca Fried

Review of Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education
Anna Z. Szapiro

Review of Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History
Kai H. Uchida

Review of Archiving Cultures: Heritage, Community and the Making of Records and Memory
Emily Homolka

Review of Dissonant Records: Close Listening to Literary Archives
Rachel C. Poppen

Case Studies

Toward Healing and Justice: Building Equitable Relationships with Community Archives in El Salvador
Giada Ferrucci, Amanda Oliver, Tom Belton, and Fernando Chacon

The Dwellings of Ybor City Project: Using Archival Recovery and Mapping to Examine Historical Erasure
Stephanie M. Mackin

Planning to Preserve: Creating a Digital Preservation Roadmap at a Small Archive
Amanda Garfunkel

The Gulf Coast LGBT Radio and Television Digitization Project: Providing Equitable Access to Houston’s LGBTQ Broadcast History
Emily Vinson and Bethany Scott

Teaching Archival Intelligence through an Immersive Class Experience
Dulce Kersting-Lark

Conference Report

Review of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 2019 Conference
Elizabeth Hobart

Works-in-progress

Defining Archival Debt: Building New Futures for Archives
Jillian Cuellar, Audra Eagle Yun, Jennifer Meehan, and Jessica Tai

Use of Digital Archives during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Murray State History Students
David Sye

Web Archiving in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad During COVID-19
Jessica Dame

MPLP: From Practice to Theory
Kyna Herzinger

Humanizing the Enslaved of Fort Monroe’s Arc of Freedom
William R. Kelly Jr.