Open Entry Seeking Submissions! Spring 2024 Issue

The editors of Open Entry are now seeking submissions for our Spring 2024 issue. The deadline is Thursday, February 29.

You don’t need to be a member of MAA to submit articles. 

We are looking for the following: 

– Internship articles by Michigan students OR by interns working in Michigan. 
– Michigan Repository news and announcements. 
– Archivists in the News: the arrivals, departures, and achievements of Michigan archivists. 
– Articles related to archival work that you would like to write. 
– “Mystery” Photo, a chance to highlight a photo from your Repository.

Submissions can be text within your email message or as attachments.  Typical article length ranges from 200 to 1,200 words. 

If you have questions about what to write, or how to write it, we are happy to work with you. 

Please email your articles and photos to openentry.editors@gmail.com. 

Thank you so much!

Open Entry Editors, Michigan Archival Association
Cynthia Read Miller
Troy Eller English
Leigh Rupinski

Open Entry Spring Deadline!

A friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions to the Open Entry Spring 2023 newsletter is SOON—Tuesday, February 28 end of the day.

You do not need to be a member of MAA to send your articles, news, announcements and photos.

We are looking for the following:

• Mystery Photo from your repository.
• Michigan Repository news and announcements.
• Archivists in the News: the arrivals, departures, and achievements of Michigan archivists.
• Internship articles by Michigan students or interns in Michigan.
• Articles related to archival work that you would like to write.

If you have questions about what to write, or how to write it, we are happy to work with you. 

Please email submissions to openentry.editors@gmail.com. 

Again, that deadline is Tuesday, February 28 end of the day.

Thanks and best regards,

Open Entry Editors, Michigan Archival Association
Cynthia Read Miller
Troy Eller English
Leigh Rupinski

Open Entry Spring 2023 Submissions

Hello, everyone!

The editors of Open Entry are now seeking submissions for our Spring 2023 issue.  The deadline is Tuesday, February 28.

We are looking for the following:

• Michigan Repository news and announcements.
• Archivists in the News: the arrivals, departures, and achievements of Michigan archivists.
• Internship articles by Michigan students or by interns in Michigan.
• Articles related to archival work that you would like to write.
• Mystery Photos.

Submissions can be text within your email message or as attachments.

Typical article length ranges from 200 to 1,200 words.  If you have questions about what to write, or how to write it, we are happy to work with you. 

Please email your articles and photos to openentry.editors@gmail.com. 

Thank you so much!

Open Entry Editors, Michigan Archival Association

Cynthia Read Miller

Troy Eller English

Leigh Rupinski

Deadline Extended for Open Entry Submissions!

Dear MAA Members,

The editors of Open Entry have extended the deadline for submissions to our Fall newsletter. The deadline is now Friday, September 22.

We are looking for the following:

• MAA 2017 Annual Meeting: Your news and images from our recent conference in Traverse City – especially of tours!
• Michigan Repository news and announcements.
• Internship articles by Michigan students or interns in Michigan.
• Archivists in the News: the arrivals, departures, and achievements of Michigan archivists.
• Articles related to archival work that you would like to write.

Submissions can be text within your email message or attached as a Microsoft Word document. Typical article length ranges from 200 to 1,200 words.

If you have questions about what to write, or how to write it, we are happy to work with you.

Please email submissions to openentry.editors@gmail.com.

Again, that new deadline is Friday, September 22.

Thanks and best regards,

Open Entry Editors
Cynthia Read Miller
Troy Eller English
Lindsay Hiltunen

Open Entry is Seeking Submissions!

Dear MAA Members,

The editors of Open Entry are now seeking submissions for our Fall newsletter.  The deadline is Friday, September 15.

We are looking for the following:

• MAA 2017 Annual Meeting:  Your news and images from our recent conference in Traverse City.
• Michigan Repository news and announcements.
• Internship articles by Michigan students or interns in Michigan.
• Archivists in the News: the arrivals, departures, and achievements of Michigan archivists.
• Articles related to archival work that you would like to write.

Submissions can be text within your email message or attached as a Microsoft Word document. Typical article length ranges from 200 to 1,200 words.

If you have questions about what to write, or how to write it, we are happy to work with you.

Please email submissions to openentry.editors@gmail.com. 

Again, that deadline is Friday, September 15.

Thanks and best regards,

Open Entry Editors
Cynthia Read Miller
Troy Eller English
Lindsay Hiltunen

MAC Newsletter Call For Submissions

Hello Michigan Archivists!

I am the new editor of the MAC Newsletter “News from the Midwest” column for Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Ohio. If you, or your repository, are MAC members and would like to submit an article for the October issue the deadline is August 1st! Submissions to News from the Midwest are to be 150 words each and should be accompanied by an image, please see the MAC style guide for more information (authentication required). Please send any articles to bisio.alexandra@gmail.com. Thank you!

Alexandra Bisio

Open Entry, Fall 2015: Last Call!

The deadline for submissions to the Fall 2015 issue of Open Entry, the MAA newsletter, is fast approaching. Fortunately, you still have time! Email your items to the editors at openentry.editors@gmail.com by the end of the day on Tuesday, September 15.

Read on for a description of what we typically seek from our contributors.

Submit to Open Entry this week

Any submissions for OPEN ENTRY, the MAA newsletter, should be by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 11th. The actual publication date will be sometime around Friday, October 16th, so you can plan your
submissions accordingly.

Submissions can be e-mailed to Bob Garrett, Open Entry editor, at garrettr1@michigan.gov. They should be in Microsoft Word format and be anywhere from 200-1,200 words. The preferred font is Garamond, 11 pt., but that’s not required (We’ll be happy to change the font ourselves.).

Accompanying images are always welcome. In fact, they’re encouraged. These should be in jpg format, 300 ppi (For the less tech. savy among you: ppi and dpi are the same thing.). The size should be a minimum of 1200 x 900 pixels and a maximum of 1500 x 2100 pixels. If you have questions about scanning or sizing images, then please let the editor know.

Content: We’re interested in any news items or articles relating to Michigan archives, Michigan archivists and the archival profession. These can include literature reviews, reference hints and news from
archival repositories. The latter can include staff changes, collection updates, special projects and promotional events, among other things. If you have any questions on accepted subject matter, then please contact Bob Garrett.