Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Society of American Archivists<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> Home | Society of American Archivists<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission: \u201c<\/strong>Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America\u2019s oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of archives and archivists.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Their Mission Statement is \u201cSAA is a vital community that promotes the value and diversity of archives and archivists and serves as the preeminent resource for the profession.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Their Vision Statement is \u201cThe Society of American Archivists empowers archivists to achieve professional excellence and foster innovation to ensure the identification, preservation, understanding, and use of records of enduring value.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cThe goal of the SAA book publishing program is to provide print and digital resources that serve the needs of members and the archives profession, are of consistently high quality, fill gaps in the professional literature (rather than duplicate existing resources), and nurture new and veteran voices.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:\u00a0<\/strong>Students and professional archivists in North America.<\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0<\/strong>Society of American Archivists.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Are published books peer reviewed?\u00a0<\/strong>Yes.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Types of books published:\u00a0<\/strong>Guides and guidelines, reference books, book series, essay collections.<\/p>\n Medium:\u00a0<\/strong>Print and digital.<\/p>\n Topics covered:\u00a0<\/strong>Trends in archiving practices, ethics, case studies, contemporary issues pertaining to archives, archivists, and allied professions.<\/p>\n Number of titles published per year:\u00a0<\/strong>An exact number is unknown, but SAA has published over 150 books since the 1970s.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Guidelines for Book Proposals<\/a><\/p>\n Types of submissions accepted:\u00a0<\/strong>Book prospectus<\/p>\n Submission and review process:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cTo begin the process of producing a new publication, author(s) submit a prospectus to the Publications Editor, addressing the following:<\/p>\n \u201cProposers should be advised that they will be asked to submit a writing sample of 10\u201315 pages, in a style reflecting the audience and tone of the proposed publication. The editor can provide more specific advice as proposals are developed.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cThe Publications Editor reviews the prospectus and sends it to the Publications Board, Director of Publishing and, if necessary, subject specialists. Depending on the author\u2019s writing experience, two or more sample chapters and a detailed table of contents may be requested.\u201d10<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:\u00a0<\/strong>Professional.<\/p>\n Style guide used:\u00a0<\/strong>The Chicago Manual of Style.<\/i>11<\/sup><\/p>\n This publisher states in it\u2019s goals that they wish to \u201cnurture new and veteran voices\u201d12<\/sup>\u00a0so there is potential for LIS authors across a broad spectrum of experience to be selected for publishing. This publisher is interested in works that speak to the needs of the archival profession, that align with strategic goals and core organizational values of SAA, and that are not already heavily represented in their current publications catalogs (unless new perspective is found).<\/p>\n Publishing with SAA focuses primarily on the archiving field, so it may not be an appropriate avenue for all LIS authors. However, there is some crossover in resources and initiatives with allied professions (libraries, museums, and historians). For example, SAA publishes a few books that have broader audiences (i.e.\u00a0Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries and Archives in Libraries: What Librarians and Archivists Need to Know to Work Together<\/i>). They occasionally partner with other allied professional associations to develop resources, such as the American Library Association.<\/p>\n Size<\/strong>: SAA has 6,200 members.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0SAA primarily serves archivists and students within North America.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of SAA publications are archivist students or professionals with a working knowledge in the field. Currently featured titles on their online store, including\u00a0A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age<\/em>, and\u00a0Engagement in the Digital Era<\/em>,\u00a0 indicate that many newly published SAA releases discuss contemporary issues in the field.14<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:\u00a0<\/strong>Readers will have spectrum of experience and knowledge primarily in the field of archives. Readers may have less knowledge on other general LIS subject matter than readers of other LIS book publishers in the field.<\/p>\n SAA\u2019s website states that their publications are \u201clargely driven by members. Members write articles, chapters and books which are then vetted by members on the Editorial Board and Publications Board, who strive to maintain SAA\u2019s commitment to furthering best practices in the field.\u201d15<\/sup>\u00a0Potential authors can expect their publications to be read by professionals, and experts, in the field.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 25, 2021<\/p>\n Publisher analysis About the publisher Name:\u00a0Society of American Archivists Website: Home | Society of American Archivists Purpose, objective, or mission: \u201cFounded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists is North America\u2019s oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of archives and archivists.\u201d1 Their Mission Statement is \u201cSAA is a vital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions\/3384"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publisher\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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