Call for proposals
Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Building Community Engagement and Outreach
Publication due 2021
Building Community Engagement and Outreach
Publication due 2021
- Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College
- Volume Editors: Joanne Hélouvry - Enoch Pratt Free Library &
Kathryn Crowe University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Emerita)
Although the library has always been an integral part of its community, the outreach and engagement role has expanded dramatically over the last few decades. In addition to providing access to materials and resources, all types of libraries now serve as critical centers that enhance and improve their communities through a wide variety of services, programs and resources. ALAO seeks submissions for the “Building Community Engagement and Outreach” volume that delve beyond examples and case studies to examine this crucial changing role of libraries in our communities. Proposals should be from the library management perspective.
Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest
- Social infrastructure/social capital and libraries
- Blockchain/quantum computing as infrastructure
- Expectation of seamlessness in material acquisition/provision
- Data or assessment informing library value and impact in the community
- Libraries and public health
- Libraries in times of community crisis
- Engagement with other community organizations and agencies to provide programs
- Educational, cultural and job-seeking programs
- Services to LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities
This will be the first volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization (ALAO) to publish in 2021.
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 2021 volume on Building Community Engagement and Outreach. If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send a 250-500 word proposal including author details and estimated length of final submission to Samantha Hines at shines@pencol.edu by May 15.
Submission deadlines
- Submission deadline for proposals: May 15, 2020
- Notification of acceptance sent by: June 30, 2020
- Submission deadline for full chapters: Nov 14, 2020
- Comments returned to authors: January 31, 2021
- Submission deadline for chapter revisions: March 31, 2021
