Call for Book Reviewers: Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship Special Issue on Statistics and Library Usage.
The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship is planning a special issue as stated below on statistics and library usage. As part of this, as book reviewer editor, I am seeking individuals
to write reviews of a number of books related to the topic.
A list of books is available at http://www.uvm.edu/~kbridges/reviews.html
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The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL) http://www.jerl-info.com is a peer-reviewed journal addressing issues in electronic resources librarianship. The journal is
published quarterly by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis). Submissions are being accepted for a special issue of this journal titled, "Electronic Resources Usage Statistics: Research
& Practice," guest edited by John McDonald, Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations, Claremont University Consortium.
JERL aims to inform librarians and other information professionals about evolving work-related processes and procedures, current research and the latest news on topics related to electronic resources and the digital environment's impact on collecting, acquiring, and making accessible library materials. This issue of JERL will focus on the use of statistics and quantitative or qualitative data analysis relating to the acquisition and management of electronic resources in libraries. Articles will include original research on journal and database usage statistics, collections decisions, electronic books, and library services in general.
JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly research, and practical communications about relevant topics in electronic resources librarianship.
The journal will publish the following types of articles:
* Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original research) nature
* Practice-related articles, such as case studies or pieces on the state of the field/new areas of work
* Review articles of books, conferences, and other resources of interest in the field
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the theory, application or usage of statistics in collection development, including:
assessment and evaluation of e-resources
determining value of e-resources
economics of e-resources in libraries
e-resources usage by format types (online journals, e-books, databases)
standards development for statistics relating to digital resources and collections
statistical research relating to usability of resources or user preferences
information needs and behaviors of users
statistical affect of access & discovery tools
evidence of changes in the nature of research in the digital environment
statistics on digital Libraries and digital repositories
statistics supporting collection planning
novel techniques for statistical research on bibliometric data
For details or more information, contact:
Guest Editor of this Issue:
John McDonald
Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations
Libraries, Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, CA 91711
909-621-8014
John.mcdonald@libraries.claremont.edu
Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Bonnie Tijerina
Digital Collections Services Librarian
University of California, Los Angeles
33456 Charles E. Young Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90095
AIM: bltijerina
btijerina@library.ucla.edu
