CFP: Catalogue & Index (Winter Issue - themed CIG Today)
Call for Papers
Proposals submission date: 250 words by Friday 27 October 2006
The editors are accepting proposals for the Winter issue of Catalogue & Index, which will be themed 'CIG Today' and will aim to show the diversity of cataloguing, indexing, metadata and related roles available.
Journal URL: http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/cig/publications.html
We are looking for:
-short vignettes (300-600 words)
-case studies of specific projects / roles (600-900 words)
-discursive essays on aspects of practice / experience (upwards of 900 words)
Suggested topics could include, but are not limited to:
-a day in the life of a metadata editor / rare books cataloguer, etc.
-the regrading of cataloguers in the academic sector
-international standards vs local search requirements: the balancing act
-the art and science of taxonomy design
-networking: influencing through indexing
-what they didn't teach me at library school
-DDC, BLISS, LC: classification schemes I have known
-why health librarians / law librarians, etc., need to bother with cataloguing
-integrated catalogues: the sweat behind the search results
Ideally, we would like to represent all the major sectors of the LIS community: academic, commercial, public, and special. We would also be happy to hear from students, lecturers and paraprofessionals.
This issue will be used as a promotional tool at future events, so if accepted, your work will reach not only the existing readership of C&I, but a wide range of others interested in cataloguing, indexing and metadata.
In the first instance, please send your name, contact details and proposal (no more than 250 words) to catalogueandindex@btinternet.com by Friday 27 October. If accepted, the final submission date for articles will be Thursday 30 November 2006.
Anne Welsh, Editor
Catalogue & Index: Periodical of the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group
