A Library Writer's Blog: CFP: Building Community Engagement and Outreach (Advances in Library Administration and Organization)

Monday, July 13, 2020

Revised/extended Call for Proposals

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

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 marginalized communities including minority and LGTBQ persons.

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 September 1.

Submission deadlines