Call for Chapters: Creative
Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, public libraries
consultant; Library Management Tips That
Work, ed., (ALA Editions, 2011); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to
Encourage Library Use co-ed., (Scarecrow Press, 2013)
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing
public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative,
practical how-to chapters for a handbook on strengthening small and rural
public libraries as centers of communities serving populations under 25,000.
Possible topics: fostering positive staff attitudes; making an inviting
atmosphere; successful living endowments; programming; handling patrons,
volunteers, meetings; using technology;
effective networking; staff evaluations; professional development; needs
assessment surveys.
Concise, how-to chapters based on experience to
help colleagues totaling 3,000-4,000 words, or two chapters that come to
3,000-4,000 words. No previously published or simultaneously submitted
material. One, two, or three authors per chapter; if two chapters they are to
be by the same author(s). A
complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word accepted submission as compensation,
discount on more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-3 topics each described in 2 sentences by October
30, 2013 with brief biography sketch(s);
place SMALL and Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
