Call for Papers, Issue 1

Humanities Methods in Librarianship, a new, no-fee open access journal, is pleased to announce our first call for papers! We are seeking scholarship, book reviews, and creative non-fiction that explore librarianship through the varied methodological lenses of the humanities. For more details about the journal, see our Issue 0 editorial.

Examples of possible contributions include (but are not limited to):

• 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

We also seek to publish book reviews on a broad array of topics that are relevant to the humanities, whether non-fiction or fiction.

We invite you to contribute your work, and we look forward to your submissions! Our submissions page has more details about our requirements and process.

Please submit by April 24, 2026 to be considered for our first issue. Articles will be published on a preliminary rolling basis as they are ready. We expect to announce the full publication of Issue 1 in summer or fall 2026.

Humanities Methods in Librarianship is published by the City University of New York, with an editorial board from across the United States and Canada.