AltaMira is launching this new journal next summer, one that may be of
interest to you. See below for details.  Please contact the editor if
you're interested in contributing, or myself if you have any other
questions about it.
mitch allen

Call for Papers

Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archive Professionals welcomes
manuscript submissions for its first issue, to be published in July,
2004.   An interdisciplinary journal for museums and archives,
Collections will provide information on handling, preserving,
researching, and organizing collections.  Both practical suggestions and
theoretical debates will be included.

Curators, archivists, collections managers, educators, students, and
others are encouraged to submit their work.  We accept articles of 15-25
manuscript pages, along with 3-6 page opinion pieces, book reviews, and
technical columns.   For further questions, or to submit manuscripts,
please contact Hugh Genoways, editor, at [log in to unmask]

POTENTIAL CONTENTS FOR COLLECTIONS JOURNAL


Philosophy of collecting
        Why we collect?
        What we collect?
        Why we collect what we collect?
        How we collect
        Philosophical differences among organizations
                Archives
                Botanical Gardens & Arboreta
                Halls of Fame
                Non-collecting Museums
                Specialty Museums
                Traditional Collecting
                Museums
                Zoos
Collecting and museum mission
        Philosophy of the care of collections
        Ethics of collecting

Collection practices
        Best practices
        Methods in collection care
        Preventive conservation
        Conservation
        New Techniques
        New Technology
        Data management/Informatics
        Access to collections
        Uses of collections (including  research and preparation for
exhibition)
        Accessioning
        Deaccessioning
        Historic practices
        Taxidermy for museums
        Cost control
        Loans
        Project management
        Policy development and maintenance
        IPM
        Emergency preparedness
        Object identification
        Legal issues

Collecting practices
        Acceptable methods
        Legal issues
        Conflict of interest
        Unique historical methods

Digitizing
        Objects
        Records
        Uses of images
        Copyright
        Watermarking

Special collections
        Over- and under-sized objects
        Odd-shaped objects
        Unusually fragile objects
        Heavy objects
        Dangerous objects (munitions, drugs, poisons)

History of collections
        Historically unique collections
        Nationally or regionally significant collections
        Biographical discussion of important collectors

Collection surveys
        Surveys of national significance
        Surveys of disciplinary significance

Reviews
        Books
        Websites
        Online databases