The new diamond open access journal, Humanities Methods in Librarianship, has released their first call for papers. Hosted on Manifold Press, published by the City University of New York, the editorial board hails from across the United States and Canada, and includes professionals with expertise in digital humanities librarianship. The journal offers an intervention that broadens disciplinary conversation in librarianship “by encouraging submissions that deploy methods from the humanities to address current or salient questions related to libraries, librarians, and librarianship” through a variety of submissions and approaches, including oral histories, research and scholarship, book reviews, and creative non-fiction and fiction. Examples from the call for papers:
- Explorations of the concept(s) of ‘library’, ‘librarians’, or ‘librarianship’, especially as they relate to humanities disciplines (religion, history, literature, political theory, etc.)
- Disciplinary investigations of topics significant to librarianship. Examples might include: cultural studies interpretations of library policies or debates; philosophical analyses of librarianship; or art history perspectives on library imagery or architecture
- Humanistic analyses of library-related practices and infrastructures, such as theories of bibliographic description, classification, library technology, or library spaces
- Autoethnographic scholarship, oral histories, or interviews related to librarians or library workers
To be considered for the first issues, submit full works by 24 April 2026. Beyond this date, articles are published on a rolling basis.
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This post was produced through a cooperation between Mimosa Shah, Michelle Speed, and Kelly Karst (Editors-at-Large), Ruth Carpenter and Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara (Editors for the week), Caitlin Christian-Lamb, Ruth Carpenter, Linsey Ford, Pamella Lach, Molly McGuire, Hillary Richardson, Christine Salek, and Rachel Starry (dh+lib Review Editors), and Tom Lee (Technical Editor).