Topics of Interest

Below is a list of broad topics for articles or special issues that the journal is interested in considering. Contact editor David Gracy if you have a specific idea for an article or special issue you would like to pursue.

• History of state libraries
• History of school libraries
• Library/museum architecture and aesthetics
• Libraries/archives/museums as agents of or obstacles to social change
• Libraries/archives/museums as “soft targets” in pursuit of government goals
• Libraries/archives/museums as symbol
• The selection process. Who has decided what to collect/preserve in building library, archives, or museum collections over time?
• History of book conservation/preservation field in the library/archival environment
• The impact on libraries and archives of the recognition of acidic paper as a destructive agent