Call for Chapter Proposals
We are seeking chapter proposals for a volume that has been accepted for publication by ACRL.
Working Title: Managing Crises in the Academic Library: Past, Present and Future
Editor: Dr. Doris Van Kampen-Breit, doris.vankampen@saintleo.edu
Chapter proposal deadline: March 1, 2021
Introduction
The current pandemic has provided a vivid reminder of how quickly crises can occur and spread, impacting libraries and their users. Crisis management is nothing new to libraries of all descriptions. Historically and currently, how have academic libraries, and librarians, as well as staff, stepped up to the challenges of a crisis? How does management respond to rapid change, when the change is driven by a crisis? How can the library effectively function as a team, if the team ends up scattered, downsized, and potentially demoralized?
Managing Crises in the Academic Library: Past, Present and Future, provides multi-layered perspectives on current and historical topics exploring and extending our understanding of how academic libraries respond to crises of all kind and strategies use to cope and thrive in an uncertain world. It includes issues that are organizational and human-focused, as well as lessons learned during and after a crisis subsides. These topics can be revealed and explored though quantitative, qualitative, or historical or case-based methods.
Target Audience
Administrators, librarians, and staff who work in academic libraries, and researchers who study and analyze crisis response and management in academic libraries can benefit from this book by presenting knowledge of and exploring experiences with past and present real-world situations and in preparing for future challenges.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Management Perspectives
· Librarianship in times of crisis
· The role of academic libraries in economic uncertainty & financial crisis
· Difficult decisions in times of crisis: management perspectives
o Managing change, or change management case study one (lead from within)
o Managing change, or change management case study two (top down)
o Managing change, or change management case study three (faculty alliances)
· Crisis planning and responses to an emerging crisis
· Virtual teams and organizations; collaboration and commitment
· Winner and losers: perspectives on staffing models during a crisis
History and Crises Explored
o Documenting history: understanding the role of medical experts during a public health crisis using digital tools and library resources for research on the 1918 Spanish influenza
o Where fact and fiction meet: historical fiction on pandemics
o Natural disasters: addressing a crisis head-on and coping with what comes next
o Libraries in the great depression: civic virtue and blue stockings
o Libraries in crises: when planning isn’t enough
o COVID-19 and academic libraries: staff response and responsibilities
o COVID-19 and other pandemics
o Economic recessions and budgets cuts (can also be submitted from a management perspective)
o Outsourcing (can also be submitted from a management perspective)
o Case studies
Innovation, Orientation, and Survival Strategies
o Imperatives or imperiled? faculty and staff emotional support strategies
o Emotional intelligence in times of crisis
o Allies and frenemies in times of crisis in and out of the building
o Social media and innovation: leveraging the internet audience
o Technical services
o Public services
o Instruction, support and cooperation
o Practical approaches when preparing for contingencies
o Case studies
Submission Procedure
Librarians, library researchers, staff, and library administrators are invited to submit on or before March 1, 2021, a chapter proposal of 250 – 500 words clearly explaining the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by April 15, 2021 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 15, 2021.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication.
All proposals should be submitted to doris.vankampen@saintleo.edu with the subject heading of: Chapter Proposal Managing Crisis.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by Association of College & Research Libraries. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit http://www.ala.org/acrl/
Important Dates
March 1, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 15, 2021: Notification of Acceptance of Proposal
September 15, 2021: Full Chapter Submission Deadline
Inquiries are welcome and can be sent to:
Dr. Doris Van Kampen-Breit
Doris.vankampen@saintleo.edu
University Librarian
Saint Leo University
