[NHCOLL-L:3245] Call for Manuscripts

[Hugh Genoways]

MUSEUM HISTORY JOURNAL

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS

We welcome manuscripts to be considered for publication in the Museum 
History Journal, a new, refereed international publication of critical 
evaluative histories relating to museums, to be published semi-annually 
by Left Coast Press, Inc., beginning in 2008.

The term “museum” will be interpreted to include not only a broad range 
of museum types, including natural history, anthropology, archaeology, 
fine art, history, medical, and science and technology, but also 
related cultural institutions, such as aquaria, zoos, botanical 
gardens, arboreta, historical societies and sites, architectural sites, 
archives, and planetariums.  A variety of scholarly approaches, such as 
analytical, narrative, historical, cultural, social, quantitative, and 
intellectual, are anticipated.

Topical submissions will be expected to fall into one of ten broad 
categories:
1.	Cultural and social histories that evaluate the impact of museums 
and/or related institutions in the context of a particular time period
2.	Intellectual histories that emphasize museum philosophy
3.	Histories of museum related professions—museum management, 
collection management, curation, field collection, preparation, 
collections conservation, education, and exhibit design
4.	Histories of museum exhibits and educational programs
5.	Histories of development, management, and use of collections
6.	Architectural histories
7.	Abbreviated biographies of significant museum figures with emphasis 
on contributions made to respective institutions
8.	Professionalization of the field (organizations, academic museology, 
museum studies)
9.	Comparative history of two or more museums or related cultural 
institutions
10.	Critical institutional histories (A set of fairly rigid guidelines 
for the style and content for these articles must be followed.  Please 
contact the editors for a copy of the guidelines.)

Articles of 25 to 30 manuscript pages are solicited in all categories.  
(except for larger museums in category 10, which may run to 40 pages).  
Figures and tables are included in the page counts. Footnotes should 
follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Additional manuscript 
preparation guidelines will be available on the Left Coast Press, Inc., 
website (www.lcoastpress.com) or from the editors.

Submissions will be processed throughout the year and will appear on a 
first-accepted basis. To be considered for the inaugural issue of the 
journal (January 2008), manuscripts should be submitted by March 1, 
2007.  All communications with authors, submission of manuscripts, and 
the peer review process will be done electronically.  Manuscripts 
should be submitted as e-mail attachments in Microsoft Word or rich 
text format without additional document formatting to 
<hgenoways1 at unl.edu>.

The journal also welcomes suggestions for thematic issues and for 
reviews of books, websites, and exhibits relevant to the mandate of the 
journal.


Hugh H. Genoways
Co-editor Museum History Journal
Professor Emeritus
University of Nebraska State Museum


Mary Anne Andrei
Co-editor Museum History Journal
Lecturer, Department of History
University of Virginia


Mitch Allen
Publisher
Left Coast Press, Inc.
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