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Date: 2026-03-12 15:22:11+00:00
From: Elena Spadini <spadinielena@gmail.com>
Subject: CFP: Static Websites for scholarly editions and other publications in the Humanities (special issue Code4Lib)
Dear colleagues,
We hope you may find the following call for papers of interest.
Best wishes,
Elena Spadini
Call for papers for a special issue of Code4lib
Static websites for scholarly editions and other publications in the
Humanities
Static websites are increasingly recognized as a sustainable solution for
digital editions and other scholarly publications in the Humanities. They
are broadly defined as applications that do not rely, or rely only
minimally, on server-side processing; some definitions restrict static
websites to applications that are free of JavaScript; others embrace its
use for complex client-side generation. While static websites offer
durability and ease of maintenance, they may present limitations in
functionality and scalability. We frame the question of static
publi-/-cations within the discussion about minimal computing in digital
humanities and sustainability of research outputs as a research data
management practice.
This special issue will consist of short reports (*1,000–2,000 words*) on
practical experiences and lessons learned when developing, maintaining, or
refactoring digital editions and other types of research outputs as static
publications. Contributions may address project-specific solutions, generic
workflows, automation strategies, institutional approaches, and more.
Contributions from any practitioner working on digital publication are
welcome, regardless of the stage or sophistication of the publication's
development. This includes boutique, shoestring publications created by PhD
students or early-career researchers who may lack financial or technical
support and resources, as well as large-scale projects that rely on
institutional backing, development teams, practices, and infrastructure. We
encourage authors to make their code and data related to their submission,
or a sample of them, available in FAIR compliant repositories (e.g.,
Zenodo) and link to it from their article. While the emphasis is on
hands-on reporting, reflective position papers discussing the definitions,
sustainability, and technical or conceptual boundaries of "the static" are
also welcome. Reports may describe unpublished work as well as work that
has been published or presented elsewhere.
*Paper submission *
First, authors will submit a 500-word abstract through this form:
https://forms.gle/Kg5Fp1dfBfTn6jsi9.
Five weeks later, they will submit a first complete draft (1,000-2,00
words), followed by the final draft four weeks after that. The papers will
be published as a thematic special issue in the Code4Lib journal
approximately six months after the abstract is submitted. All submissions
will undergo peer review by the guest editors and the editors of the
journal to ensure that all contributions align with the focus of the
special issue and meet the journal’s quality criteria.
For the complete guide on how to format the articles, please see:
https://journal.code4lib.org/article-guidelines.
Important dates
* Abstract submission (500 words): 17.04.2026
* First draft (1,000–2,000 words): 22.05.2026
* Final draft (1,000–2,000 words): 19.06.2026
* Publication: autumn 2026
Guest editors
* Peter Dängeli (University of Bern)
* Chiara Martignano (University of Padua)
* Matteo Romanello (University of Zurich)
* Elena Spadini (University of Bern)
* Joris van Zundert (Huygens Institute)
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