American Archivist Reviews

From the Reviews Editor

Thank you for visiting the home of American Archivist Reviews! You will find that this website changes frequently, hosting new content in Archival Technologies and Resources and in Reviews. We use this portal to provide reviews—written by you or by the Portal Coordinator—that highlight some of the characteristics of websites, digital collections, or technologies that have an impact on our profession. We also use this portal to provide more immediate access to reviews that will appear in American Archivist. Finally, we want to be aware of publications from our membership, and invite you to contact us to add your publication to our list.

We invite you to contribute to the following areas:

If you’re interested in writing a book review for American Archivist or have comments about this site, contact Reviews Editors Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke at reviewseditor@archivists.org.
If you’re interested in writing a review of digital collections, websites, or other technology and resources, contact Reviews Editors Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke at reviewseditor@archivists.org.
Finally, if you want to contribute information about a publication, please submit this form.

We look forward to working with you on your contributions to this site!

Stephanie Luke and Rose Buchanan, Reviews Editors

Archival Technologies and Resources: Find a list of websites useful for archivists working with digital archival materials.

Reviews: Find full reviews written specifically for the web-presence of The American Archivist Reviews.

Reviewed in American Archivist: This online presence provides access to forthcoming reviews prior to their publication in the biannual journal.

Written by Our Members: We are returning to a former tradition in American Archivist by allowing you to browse a list of books published by members. To this, we'll add the opportunity to explore exhibits mounted by colleagues, consider the value of software in use, and evaluate journals that may be of use.

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Reviews

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These Reviews complement the textual reviews found in The American Archivist. Specifically, the Reviews Portal is envisioned as an extension of the reviews section found in the journal, but with a more specific focus: digital (and digitized) archival content, technologies, and related resources.

The content found here primarily consists of shorter reviews (500 to 750 words) than those found in the journal, and focuses on digital and digitized archival content and the technologies used in that capacity. For a specific set of guidelines on how to write a review, please see How to Write a Web Review.

If you are interested in writing a review for the Reviews Portal, please contact the Reviews Editors Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke. Also, see Archival Technologies and Resources for a list of technologies, resources, and digital archives and project to review.

Our latest review explores AVCC, an open-source, web-based tool from AVPreserve that is designed to help archivists begin cataloging and assessing their audiovisual collections.

AVCC

Reviewed by Allyson Smally

Other Reviews:

Richard Pryor's Peoria

Reviewed by Emily Vinson

Oral History Metadata Synchronizer

Reviewed by Erin Lawrimore

EADiva.com

Reviewed by Alexis A. Antracoli

Histories of the National Mall

Reviewed by Michael Karabinos

A Tale of Two Plantations

Reviewed by April P. Akins

Women's World in Qajar Iran

Reviewed by Sean McConnell

ArchivesSpace

Reviewed by Chad Conrady

Bexar Archives Online

Reviewed by Rosemary K. J. Davis

Evernote

Reviewed by Eira Tansey

Archivematica

Reviewed by Brad Houston

Founders Online

Reviewed by Ellen Eckert

Open Library

Reviewed by Samantha Cross

The Internet Archive Companion

Reviewed by Leslie Wagner

Archive-It

Reviewed by Jillian M. Slater

TeachArchives.org

Reviewed by Abigail Nye

North Carolina Civil War Soldiers Timeline

Reviewed by Rebecca Russell

Today's Document

Reviewed by Mary N.S. Richardson

Stacklife

Reviewed by Natalie Morath

Bamboo Dirt

Reviewed by Jay Gaidmore

DigitalPreservation.gov

Reviewed by Lauren Goodley

HistoryPin

Reviewed by Abigail Nye

Persée Digital Library

Reviewed by Dillon M. Wackerman

Serendip-o-matic

Reviewed by Erin Lawrimore

Genius Scan and Genius Scan+

Reviewed by Maristella Feustle

Provenance Special Issue on Advocacy

Reviewed by Kathy Marquis

HootSuite

Reviewed by Ashley Taylor

Viewshare

Reviewed by Suzanne Maggard

Gallica: Digital Library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Reviewed by Timothy R. Borbely

Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild

Reviewed by Alexandra Orchard

Omeka

Reviewed by Elizabeth Pepper

Reviewed by David M. Brown

Zotero

Reviewed by Amy Nicole Roberson

Our Digital World

Reviewed by Elizabeth Pepper

Grateful Dead Archive Online

Reviewed by Lori Birrell

DIY History

Reviewed by Eric Wiley

Content, Context, and Capacity

Reviewed by Alexandra Orchard

Mapping Our Anzacs
Reviewed by Alexandra Orchard

dPlan™: The Online Disaster Planning Tool
Reviewed by Gregor Trinkaus-Randall

Organizing and Preserving Family and Religious Records: A Step-by-Step Guide
Reviewed by Mary Beth Corrigan

Cataloguing Outside the Box: A Practical Guide to Cataloguing Special Collections Materials
Reviewed by Susan Hamburger

Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections
Reviewed by Ricky Erway

Archives, Metadata and Gaming: An Interesting Combination
Reviewed by Danna Bell-Russel

Reviewed in The American Archivist

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Reviewed in The American Archivist

Vol. 78, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2015)

Vol. 78, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2015)

Vol. 77, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2014)

Vol. 77, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2014)

Vol. 76, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2013)

Vol. 76, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2013)

Vol. 75, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2012)

Vol. 75, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2012)

Vol. 74, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2011)

Vol. 74, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2011)

Vol. 73, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2010)

Briefly Noted

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Briefly Noted

Here, you'll find shorter reviews for quick updates on resources that might be useful to you.

Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections by Ricky Erway

Archives, Metadata and Gaming: An Interesting Combination
Danna Bell-Russel

Written by Our Members

Written by Our Members alexandra Mon, 07/25/2011 - 15:39

Have you authored a book, article, or review? Let us know! We are returning to a former tradition in The American Archivist by listing books, articles, or reviews authored by SAA members but published by other outlets. Here are some of the books recently written by SAA members.

Monographs

Anderson, April Karlene. "Mobile Technologies and Archives: Using the New to Preserve the Old" in The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013.
Baumann, Roland. Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2010.
Brylawski, Sam, Maya Lerman, Robin Pike, and Kathlin Smith (eds.). ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation. Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Council on Library and Information Resources, and Library of Congress, 2015.
Daniel, Dominique and Amalia Levi (eds.). Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the U.S. and Canada. Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books, 2014.
Demb, Sarah R. and Charlotte Brunskill. Records Management for Museums & Galleries: An Introduction. Chandos Publishing, 2012.
Goerler, Raimund E. The Ohio State University: An Illustrated History. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State Univesity Press, 2011.
Jimerson, Randall C. Shattered Glass in Birmingham: My Family's Fight for Civil Rights, 1961-1964. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2014.
Nelb, Tawny Ryan. Mission Accomplished: Robert and Metta Silliman's Missionary Work in the Philippines, 1924-1966. Midland, MI: Tawny Ryan Nelb and the Bertha E. R. Strosacker Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2012.
Note, Margot. Managing Image Collections: A Practical Guide. Chandos Publishing, 2011.
Purcell, Aaron D. Academic Archives: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections. Chicago: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2012.
Stout, Lee. A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women. University Park, PA: Penn State University Libraries, 2012.

Articles

Carbone, Kathy. "Artists in the Archive: An Exploratory Study of the Artist-in-Residence Program at the City of Portland Archives & Records Center." Archivaria 79 (Spring 2015).
Engseth, Ellen M. "Creating Videos for Reference and Instruction." Archival Practice 1, no. 2 (2014).
Williams, Travis H. "What's So Special about that Special Collection?" AALL Spectrum (March 2015).

Purchase Reviewed Monographs

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To complement the book reviews found on this website, we'll also provide information about purchasing monographs found in our reviews. This includes links to the SAA Bookstore, as well as links to outside publishers.

Learn more about purchasing reviewed books.