Call for proposals
Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Scholarly Communication and Library Management
Publication due 2019
Scholarly Communication and Library Management
Publication due 2019
Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College
Volume Editor: Su Epstein, Saxton B. Little Free Library
Libraries hold
a valued and valuable role in scholarly communication. With the advent of
online communications and increasing competition in both scholarly outlets and
tenured roles on campuses, how scholars contribute to academic discourse has
become increasingly complicated, and libraries have taken on more in this area. In the public sector, libraries are
working more with nontraditional education venues and finding greater need for
understanding and utilizing scholarly communications formerly reserved for
academia. ALAO seeks submissions for the “Scholarly Communication and Library
Management” volume that delve beyond examples and case studies to look
at how libraries can deepen their role in scholarly communication and
strengthen services and resources for scholars and peers.
Proposals in the following areas
would be of particular interest:
- Improving understanding around research methods
- The civility movement in public libraries and its counterpart in scholarly communication
- The role of libraries in critically evaluating information resources
- How libraries teach the basics of scholarly communication
- How libraries can benefit and utilize scholarly communication
This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) to publish
in 2019.
About the Advances in Library Administration and
Organization series
ALAO offers long-form research,
comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments, and in-depth accounts of
evidence-based practice in library administration and organization. The series answers the questions, “How have
libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?” It goes beyond a
platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for dialogue across
issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals cannot. Through this series, practitioners can glean
new approaches in challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of
scholarly solutions to professional quandaries.
How to submit
We are currently seeking proposals for the 2019 volume on Scholarly
Communication and Library Management. If
you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send a proposal
including author details and estimated length of final submission to Samantha
Hines at shines@pencol.edu by April 15,
2018.
Submission
deadlines
- Submission deadline for proposals: April 15, 2018
- Notification of acceptance sent by: June 15, 2018
- Submission deadline for full chapters: October 1, 2018
- Comments returned to authors: December 15, 2018
- Submission deadline for chapter revisions: February 1, 2019
