CFP Extended: Special Issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship on library websites
The deadline for a Special Issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship dedicated to Library Websites: Evaluation and Usability Studies has been EXTENDED to August 1, 2007. This issue will be edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Helen Partridge; all queries and submissions should be sent to them (see below).
Details: As more library services are delivered via library Websites, evaluating and measuring Website effectiveness, usability and success is critical for all libraries. Such studies are crucial for improving library Websites, enabling user-centered design and improving the quality, value and impact of library online services.
This special issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship seeks papers reporting empirical studies evaluating library Websites in any type of library environment. The methodologies used are not limited and may include quantitative or qualitative techniques, case studies, longitudinal studies, experiments, focus groups, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, or other research
designs. Papers may include the evaluation and testing of new user-centered measures.
Submission of Manuscripts
All submissions must be in English, should represent original work done by the authors, and must NOT have been published, accepted for publication, or be presently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to The Journal of Web Librarianship for Authors: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/
Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in accordance with The Journal of Web Librarianship editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and must be sent to the guest editors.
Please direct any questions about the special issue and your submissions to the Special Issue Guest Editors:
Professor Amanda Spink
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: ah.spink@qut.edu.au
Dr. Helen Partridge
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au
Important Dates
August 1, 2007 Deadline for submission - EXTENDED
September 1, 2007 Preliminary notices to authors
October 1, 2007 Notices to accepted review comments
January 1, 2008 Final acceptance following revisions
