Tuesday, March 31, 2020

CFP: Special Issue for Serials Librarian: Grey Literature

CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED TO APRIL 15, 2020. 

Serials Librarian is planning a special issue on grey literature. This issue will focus on how libraries and others are meeting the challenges of grey literature. It will explore strategies for discovering and identifying grey literature; managing both the grey literature and its metadata; and ensuring the long-term preservation of grey literature.
Potential topics for this issue include the following:
  • Continuing resources and grey literature
  • Discovering and identifying grey literature within a particular field
  • Metadata for grey literature
  • Social media and grey literature
  • Promoting and marketing grey literature
  • Institutional repositories and long-term preservation solutions for grey literature
  • National libraries and grey literature
  • Data mining and grey literature
  • Research data and grey literature

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please provide the following information:
       Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s
       Proposed title of the article
       Proposed abstract of the article (no more than 500 words)
       Brief biographical information of all author(s)
       Contact information, including email, of all author(s)

Please send your proposal to Serials Librarian serialslibrarianjournal@gmail.comThe deadline for proposals is April 15.

Thanks for your consideration!
Meg Mering
Professor
Metadata Quality Librarian
Scholarly Communications Unit
322.2.A Love Library
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 USA
MMERING1@UNL.EDU
+1 402-472-4283