Call for Proposals
CFP Submission Form: https://forms.gle/97Wxsd4ANC8YtQm68
We are soliciting chapter proposals for our forthcoming ACRL book, The Community College Library: Collections and Technical Services with an anticipated publication date of Fall 2023.. This book is part of the book series, The Community College Library. With 1,167 public and independent community colleges across the United States, community colleges are educating nearly half of the undergraduates in the nation. Community colleges serve a unique student population including high school students, first-generation students, parents, veterans, unhoused students, returning students, those looking to transfer to a four-year university, those seeking technical vocational skills, and many more. This series aims to highlight the work, dedication, challenges, and innovation occurring in community college libraries across the country.
Focus of the Book:
This edited volume will comprise chapters written by practitioners in the community colleges across the country. Collection development and technical services are the silent work that takes place in most libraries. Although the work takes place in the background, the importance of this work should not be overlooked as it ensures that libraries have relevant, usable content that is easily accessible by students. Collection development management and technical services processes have a wide range of successful models for implementation. This book will highlight exceptional practices and innovative approaches to collection development and technical services in community college libraries.
Possible topics:
- Cataloging practices
- Role of adjuncts in collection development
- Collection development policies
- Weeding
- Cooperative collection development and management
- Specialized collections
- Interlibrary loan
- Working with IT
- Stacks maintenance
- New technologies
- Gifts and donations
- Open access
- Discovery systems
- Mobile access
- OER / ZTC
- Course reserves
- Systems and electronic resources management
Don’t see a collections or technical services topic here that you would like to write about? That’s okay! We want you to submit your proposal! If you have any questions contact the editors at thecclibrary@gmail.com to discuss how your idea may fit within this book’s scope.
Proposal Guidelines:
Interested authors are invited to submit a proposal and fill out the short online proposal form. The form will require:
- Author names, job titles, emails, and institutional affiliations
- A working chapter title
- An abstract up to 500 words
- A current CV
Proposals are due by October 28, 2022 and must be submitted via online form.
Acceptance
- Contributors will be notified of their status (acceptance or rejection) within 3-4 weeks of the due date of proposals.
- Completed chapters will be approximately 2,500 - 4,000 words in length excluding endnotes and bibliography.
Timeline
- The first draft of chapters will be due April 21, 2023 and final drafts will be due July 31, 2023.
- Projected publication date: Fall 2023
Contact us at: thecclibrary@gmail.com
- Kaela Casey, Librarian, Ventura College
- Janet Pinkley, Head of Access Services, CSU Channel Islands, and Adjunct Librarian, Ventura College
