Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Call for papers: JBFL Special Issue on Data (Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship)

Call for papers: JBFL Special Issue on Data

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is planning a Special Issue on Data – Proposals due by October 25, 2019; Submissions due by February 28, 2020 (flexible) 

Proposal Process:  Email a brief proposal (no more than 500 words) describing work-in-progress or proposed work to both JBFL Editor-in-Chief Celia Ross (caross@umich.edu) AND JBFL Special Issue on Data Guest Editor, Bobray Bordelon (bordelon@princeton.edu)

About the JBFL Special Issue on Data
Data of all kinds play a large role in business and finance librarianship. This special issue of JBFL aims to explore the practical and creative ways that business and  finance librarians are teaching with data, navigating complex business data sources, promoting data literacy, assessing their services and collections with data, managing their data and how they are incorporating data into their work overall.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) original research, non-empirical papers and case studies on: innovative approaches to business instruction using data; best practices for managing data and building data collections; reviews of datasets and databases key to business and finance research; and other topics related to the intersection of data and business & finance librarianship.

Important dates:

  • Proposal submission (<500 words): October 25, 2019 (email to caross@umich.edu & bordelon@princeton.edu)
  • Notification of proposal decision: by November 22, 2019
  • Full paper or review submission due: February 28, 2020 (unless extended deadline discussed)
  • Publication: mid-to-late 2020

Guest Editor
Bobray Bordelon
Economics and Finance Librarian/Data Services Librarian
Princeton University
ICPSR Council (2018-2022)
IASSIST Administrative Committee. Member at Large. United States of America

Editor-In-Chief
Celia Ross
Senior Associate Librarian
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is a quarterly, refereed journal covering topics related to business information and business researchers. The focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies. In addition to articles, JBFL offers valuable interviews as well as book, database, and website reviews.