Wednesday, December 21, 2016

CFP: Special journal issue on innovative strategies for staffing and funding of digital initiatives

Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) is looking for articles for a special issue on innovative strategies for staffing and funding of digital initiatives in libraries, museums, archives, and other information organizations. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. DLP is a peer-reviewed journal.
Inquiries can be sent directly to the editor's email listed below (please do not reply to the list).  Please send a title and short proposal, along with contact information, to the editor no later than January 15, 2017.  Accepted proposals will be due by August 1, 2017, and can be submitted directly to the Emerald ScholarOne system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dlp.  

If you have any questions, please contact the editor directly.  Thanks.  Brad

Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Editor, Digital Library Perspectives
brad.eden@valpo.edu

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Digital Library Perspectives (DLP)

Journal history
Previously published as OCLC Systems & Services:  International Digital Library Perspectives

Aims & Scope
Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) is a peer-reviewed journal concerned with digital content collections.  It publishes research  related to the curation and web-based delivery of digital objects collected for the advancement of scholarship, teaching and learning.  And which advance the digital information environment as it relates to global knowledge, communication and world memory.

The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends, initiatives, and developments.  Including those in digital libraries and digital repositories,  along with their standards and technologies.
The editor invites contributions on the following, as well as other related topics:
  • ·         Digitization
  • ·         Data as information
  • ·         Archives and manuscripts
  • ·         Digital preservation and digital archiving
  • ·         Digital cultural memory initiatives
  • ·         Usability studies
  • ·         K-12 and higher education uses of digital collections