Bilingual reviewers needed (School Library Journal)

Bilingual reviewers needed (School Library Journal)

I am looking for bilingual librarians, fluent in English and Spanish, interested in reviewing Spanish- language materials for children. Please contact me at: mosquerafreda@aol.com . Subject: Reviewing for SLJ. Please include your full name, position, phone number, email, postal address and your experience evaluating children materials. Please do not send your replies to this list server.

Reviewers must have a full command of the Spanish-language and the ability to evaluate the quality of original materials and translations. Interviews will be conducted, in the evenings, over the phone, in Spanish. There is no monetary compensation. Reviewers keep the books they review as their compensation.

Reviews will be published in School Library Journal, monthly (July and August) and every other month (October and December.) These reviews will be also published on the Library Journal web site20as part of an effort to bring back Críticas reviews:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6664946.html?industryid=49055

The first set of reviews is already available on line at:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6666098.html?q=criticas

Publishers must send titles for consideration to:
School Library Journal
Book Review
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010-1710
Contact: Luann Toth
646 746-6764
ltoth@reedbusiness.com
or
Trevelyn Jones
646 746-6757
trjones@reedbusiness.com

Thank you,
Freda Mosquera
mosquerafreda@aol.com

Call for Book Reviewers: Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship Special Issue on Statistics and Library Usage

Call for Book Reviewers: Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship Special Issue on Statistics and Library Usage.

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship is planning a special issue as stated below on statistics and library usage. As part of this, as book reviewer editor, I am seeking individuals
to write reviews of a number of books related to the topic.

A list of books is available at http://www.uvm.edu/~kbridges/reviews.html

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The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL) http://www.jerl-info.com is a peer-reviewed journal addressing issues in electronic resources librarianship. The journal is
published quarterly by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis). Submissions are being accepted for a special issue of this journal titled, "Electronic Resources Usage Statistics: Research
& Practice," guest edited by John McDonald, Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations, Claremont University Consortium.

JERL aims to inform librarians and other information professionals about evolving work-related processes and procedures, current research and the latest news on topics related to electronic resources and the digital environment's impact on collecting, acquiring, and making accessible library materials. This issue of JERL will focus on the use of statistics and quantitative or qualitative data analysis relating to the acquisition and management of electronic resources in libraries. Articles will include original research on journal and database usage statistics, collections decisions, electronic books, and library services in general.

JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly research, and practical communications about relevant topics in electronic resources librarianship.

The journal will publish the following types of articles:

* Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original research) nature

* Practice-related articles, such as case studies or pieces on the state of the field/new areas of work

* Review articles of books, conferences, and other resources of interest in the field

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the theory, application or usage of statistics in collection development, including:

assessment and evaluation of e-resources
determining value of e-resources
economics of e-resources in libraries
e-resources usage by format types (online journals, e-books, databases)
standards development for statistics relating to digital resources and collections
statistical research relating to usability of resources or user preferences
information needs and behaviors of users
statistical affect of access & discovery tools
evidence of changes in the nature of research in the digital environment
statistics on digital Libraries and digital repositories
statistics supporting collection planning
novel techniques for statistical research on bibliometric data

For details or more information, contact:

Guest Editor of this Issue:

John McDonald
Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations
Libraries, Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, CA 91711
909-621-8014
John.mcdonald@libraries.claremont.edu

Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Bonnie Tijerina
Digital Collections Services Librarian
University of California, Los Angeles
33456 Charles E. Young Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90095
AIM: bltijerina
btijerina@library.ucla.edu

Books for review: Journal of the Association for History and Computing (JAHC)

Books for review: Journal of the Association for History and Computing (JAHC)

Hello, everyone. I am the new book reviews editor for JAHC. I have a number of books that I need reviews; if you are interested, please let me know which book, and a short paragraph on your background and in what ways you qualify to review the books that you have asked for. If you have any questions, let me know. Also, please send me your mailing address. Book reviews would be due by October 1, 2008. No international reviewers at this time, please; postage comes out of my own pocket. Thanks. Brad

(Please contact Brad for the lastest titles - these might have been taken)

Charles Merewether, ed. _The archive: documents of contemporary art_. MIT Press, 2006
Lee McIntyre. _Dark ages: the case for a science of human behavior_. MIT Press, 2006
Geoffrey Bowker. _Memory practices in the sciences_. MIT Press, 2005
Jonathan Rosenberg. _Now for the promised land: world affairs and the American civil rights movement from the 1st World War to Vietnam_. Princeton UP, 2006
Kevin Kruse. _White flight: Atlanta and the making of modern conservatism_. Princeton UP, 2005
Donald MacKenzie. _An engine, not a camera: how financial models shape markets_. MIT Press, 2006
Charles Clotfelter. _After Brown: the rise and retreat of school desegregation_. Princeton UP, 2004
James Bennett. _Religion and the rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans_. Princeton UP, 2005
Victor Kaptelinin. _Acting with technology: activity theory and interaction design_. MIT Press, 2006
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. _From the Corn laws to free trade: interests, ideas, and institutions in historical perspective_. MIT Press, 2006

Brad Eden
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services & Scholarly Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara

Email: eden@library.ucsb.edu

Call for Reviewers: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

Call for Reviewers: Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

Are you interested in authoring book reviews for future issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship? If so, please contact me directly by email (gxm22@psu.edu)

In your message, please indicate your areas of expertise or interest (such as finance, marketing, or specific industries, etc) and include your postal mailing address. As the new book review editor, I look forward to welcoming new reviewers and working with established JBFL reviewers.

Regards,
Glenn


About the Journal (from Haworth Press):

The Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship is an innovative quarterly journal that provides you with useful articles about the creation, organization, dissemination, retrieval, and use of business information. This refereed journal covers the business information needs of special libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, as well as information services and centers outside of the traditional library setting. You'll find that the journal is international in scope, reflecting the multinational and international scope of the business community today.

The immediate focus of the journal is practice-oriented articles, but it also provides an outlet for new empirical studies on business librarianship and business information. Aside from articles, this journal offers valuable statistical and meeting reports, literature and media reviews, Web site reviews, and interviews.

Recent issues of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship have covered topics such as:
• political risk and country risk, some of the factors and methods used in foreign country risk analysis, and a variety of political risk sources
• the structure of the National Trade Data Bank, a comparison of the three versions of it currently on the market, and detailed descriptions of many of the database's most useful programs
• how and why intranets developed and how they can be used as strategic business tools that empower an organization to meet its corporate vision
• an analysis of the public rankings of in Canadian business periodicals and a retrieval tool for such information
• an effective and practical way to get business students familiar with various library resources
• a selective review of some of the business dictionaries in print
Special thematic issues of the journal have covered:
• Marketing Information
• The Core Business Web
• Distance Learning Librarianship

Product Details:
ISSN: 0896-3568 Electronic - ISSN: 1547-0644 SKU: J109v13

Current Volume:
Volume 13, No. 1¬Fall 2007.
Volume 14, No. 1¬Fall 2008. Quarterly (4 issues per volume).


Glenn S. McGuigan
Book Review Editor, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
Business & Public Administration Reference Librarian
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Drive
Middletown, PA 17057-4850
Phone: 717-948-6078 / Email: gxm22@psu.edu / IM: GlennPSHLibrary

Books Available for Review from LRTS (Library Resources & Technical Services)

Books Available for Review from LRTS (Library Resources & Technical Services)

From: http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctspubs/alctsnewsletter/v18n6/v18n6main.cfm

Get Published: New Publications Available for Review
Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Reviews Editor (Library Resources & Technical Services from ALCTS of ALA)
email: swans152@umn.edu

The following publications have been received recently and will be considered for review in a future issue of LRTS as appropriate. Anyone interested in writing reviews for LRTS can get in touch with Edward Swanson, LRTS Book Review Editor.

The Academic Library Manager’s Forms, Policies, and Procedures Handbook with CD-ROM. By Rebecca Brumley. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers Incorporated, 2007. $149.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-597-8/1-55570-597-9).

Archives and the Digital Library. Editors, William E. Landis, Robin L. Chandler. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2007. $85 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3437-3) $65 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3438-0). Published simultaneously as Journal of Archival Organization, 4, numbers 1/2.

Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter. Edited by Robert P. Holley. New York: Haworth Press, 2007. $75 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3622-3). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 44, numbers 1/2 & 3/4.

The Complete RFID Handbook: A Manual and DVD for Assessing, Implementing, and Managing Radio Frequency Identification Technologies in Libraries. By Diane Marie Ward. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007. $75 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-602-9/1-55570-602-9).

E-Journal Invasion: A Cataloger’s Guide to Survival. By Helen Heinrich. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2007. £57 (ISBN 978-1-84334-193-2/1-84334-193-X) £39.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-84334-144-4/1-84334-144-1).

Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions. Edited by Thomas W. Leonhardt. New York: Haworth Press, 2006. $34.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2991-2/0-7890-2291-5) $34.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2292-2/0-7890-2292-3).

IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, 3: Report from the 3rd IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code, Cairo, Egypt, 2005. Editors, Barbara B. Tillett, Khaled Mohamed Reyad, Ana Lupe Cristán. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-24278-6). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 29.

Institutional Repositories. University of Houston Libraries, Institutional Repository Task Force, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Chair. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-708-8). SPEC Kit, 292.

International Newspaper Librarianship for the 21st Century. Editor, Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21846-X). IFLA Publications, 118.

Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User. Editor, Nancy Courtney. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-537-4).

Managing Digitization Activities. By Rebecca L. Mugridge. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-710-X). SPEC Kit, 294.

Metadata: A Cataloger’s Primer. Edited by Richard P. Smiraglia. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2005. $59.95 (ISBN 978-0-7890-2800-6/0-7890-2800-X) $39.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-2801-3/0-7890-2801-8). Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 40, numbers 3/4.

Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library: Approaches and Practices. By Jia Liu. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $40 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-306-6).

Mile-High Views: Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc., 21st Annual Conference, May 4-7, 2006, Denver, Colorado. Editors, Carol Ann Borchert, Gary Ives. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $90 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3658-2) Published simultaneously as The Serials Librarian, 52, numbers 1/2 and 3/4.

Moving Beyond the Presentation Layer: Content and Context in the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System. Editors, Joan S. Mitchell, Diane Vizine-Goetz. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007. $50 (ISBN 978-0-7890-3452-6/0-7890-3452-2) $30 paper (ISBN 978-0-7890-3453-3/0-7890-3453-0) Published simultaneously as Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 42, numbers 3/4.

Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries. By Ingeborg Verheul. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-219847-8). IFLA Publications, 119.

Newspapers of the World Online: U.S. and International Perspectives: Proceedings of Conferences in Salt Lake City and Seoul, 2006. Edited by Hartmut Walravens. München: K.G. Saur, 2006. $109 (IFLA members $81) (ISBN 3-598-21849-4). IFLA Publications, 122.

Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with-Prints and Open Access Journals. By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2005. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59407-670-1/1-59407-670-7).

Organizing Information from the Shelf to the Web. By G. G. Chowdhury, Sudatta Chowdhury. London: Facet Publishing, 2007. $95 paper (ISBN 978-1-845604-578-0).

Remote Shelving Services. By Thomas C. Deardorff, Gordon J. Aamot. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. $45 paper (ISBN 1-59407-711-8). SPEC Kit, 295.

Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections. Edited by Judith Matz. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 2004. $45.00 paper (ISBN 1-59407-663-4).

Subject Access to a Multilingual Museum Database: A Step-by-Step Approach to the Digitization Process. By Allison Siffre Guedalia Kupietzky. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. $45 paper (ISBN 978-1-59158-444-5). Third Millennium Cataloging.

UNIMARC and Friends: Charting the New Landscape of Library Standards: Proceedings of the International Conference Held in Lisbon, 20-21 March 2006. Edited by Marie-France Plassard. München: K.G. Saur, 2007. $95 (IFLA members $67) (ISBN 3-598-24279-4). IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, volume 30.

Using Interactive Technologies in Libraries. Editors, Kathlene Hanson, H. Frank Cervone. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $59.95 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-612-8). Library and Information Technology Association Guide, #13.

Using XML: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians. By Kwong Bor Ng. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. $85 paper (ISBN 978-1-55570-567-1/1-55570-567-7). How-To-Do-It Manuals, no. 154.

Call for Manuscripts and a Reviews Editor - Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

Call for Manuscripts and a Reviews Editor - Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship(JERL) is a peer-reviewed journal concerning issues in electronic resources librarianship. The journal is published quarterly by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis). Submissions are being accepted for the inaugural and future issues of this journal. http://www.jerl-info.com/announcement/view/1

JERL is also looking for a Reviews Editor who will be charged with editing a review section to include books and other resources of interest in the
field. http://www.jerl-info.com/announcement/view/2

This journal aims to inform librarians and other information professionals about evolving work-related processes and procedures, current research and the latest news on topics related to electronic resources and the digital environment's impact on collecting, acquiring and making accessible library materials.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Collecting electronic resources
• Assessment/evaluation of e-resources, Collection planning, Balancing Electronic with print, Determining value of e-resources, Policies and procedures in maintenance of digital resources and collections

Managing electronic collections
• Licensing, negotiation, and alternatives, Stewardship and Preservation of e-resources, Standards, Cross-functional work/workflow, Library-vendor relations

Making digital collections accessible to users
• User preferences and expectations, Digital Rights Management, E-resources delivery/promotion, Information needs and behavior of users, Marketing and promotion of e-resources, Search & Locate Tools

Scholarly Communication issues
• Intellectual Property, Copyright and Fair Use, History of publishing, Changing nature of research in digital environment, Economics of e-resources in libraries

Digital Libraries and digital collections
• Digitization/re-digitization projects, Digital repositories within the larger collection

Changing environment and the effects on libraries
• Planning the digital future, Changing nature of librarianship, Organizational change, Collaboration/collaborative work environments

JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly research, and practical communications about relevant topics in electronic resources librarianship.

The journal will publish the following types of articles:
• Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original research) nature
• Practice-related articles, such as case studies or pieces on the state of the field/new areas of work
• Review articles of books, conferences, and other resources of interest in the field
• Editorial/guest columns on topics of interest to those who work with electronic resources

Query letters to the editor to determine suitability for the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship are welcome.

Bonnie Tijerina
Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
http://www.jerl-info.com

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Bonnie Tijerina
Electronic Resources Coordinator, Collection Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library and Information Center
Atlanta, GA 30332-0900
404-385-2044
AIM: bltijerina
bonnie.tijerina@library.gatech.edu

CFP: Library Journal Special Issue for Black History Month

CFP: Library Journal Special Issue for Black History Month

NOTE: There might be some opportunities for people to write on issues about African American writers for the November 1 issue of LJ. This is really a call for books from publishers.

Original Notice:

To help libraries prepare for Black History Month as well as support their ongoing purchasing of multicultural books, Library Journal will again feature in its November 1 issue works by and about African American writers.

This issue will include books and audiobooks being published between November 1, 2007 and February 29, 2008. Please supply us with two galleys (or books) and one audiobook if possible in all subject areas, including reference, art, literature, poetry, religion, biography, history, politics, health, science, sociology, economics, and fiction, as well as promotional information and catalog copy. Please do not include reprints or children’s books.

This material is due on August 27, 2007. If you have any questions please call (646) 746-6800 or send e-mail to burns@reedbusiness.com. You may mail information to 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Ann Burns
Associate Editor

CFP: RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee (ALA Annual, Anaheim, 2008)

CFP: RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee (ALA Annual, Anaheim, 2008)

The RUSA CODES Materials Reviewing Committee is asking for suggestions for speakers at its proposed program for the 2008 ALA Annual Conference. The following is the abstract of this Program:

“The program will look at reviewing sources for materials that are not covered in the traditional reviewing sources and at alternative sources for all types of reviews. Potential topics include reviews for web resources and electronic databases, genre fiction, graphic novels, alternative press publications, gray literature, and other formats. One speaker might also talk about review sources on the Web with a focus on alternative resources.”

Please email me if you would like to volunteer or have names to suggest. The Committee would also invite any potential speakers or anyone interested in helping with the program to attend its ALA committee meeting that will take place on Saturday, June 23 at 10:30 am in California Room of the Capital Hilton.

Thanks.

Bob

Robert P. Holley
Professor, Library & Information Science Program
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-4021 (phone)
313-577-7563 (fax)
aa3805@wayne.edu (email)

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Sixties: A Journal of History,
Politics, and Culture

Routledge is pleased to announce The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture. A peer-reviewed journal, The Sixties will print its premier issue in spring 2008.

Featuring cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge scholarship from academics and public intellectuals, The Sixties is the only academic journal devoted to this most extraordinary, celebrated, and controversial decade. In addition to research essays and book reviews, The Sixties will include conversations, interviews, graphics, and considerations of the ways that the 1960s continues to define global politics and popular culture.

The Sixties is co-edited by Jeremy Varon, Drew University, Michael S. Foley, City University of New York, and John McMillian, Harvard University.

Editorial Board: Beth Bailey, Winifred Breines, Marianne DeKoven, David Farber, Peniel Joseph, Andrew Huebner, Daniel Kane, Martin Klimke, Felicia Kornbluh, Ian Lekus, Fredrik Logevall, Lorena Oropeza, Jermi Suri, Rhonda Y. Williams, Patricia Zimmerman.

For more information, please visit,
http://www.sixtiesjournal.com or
www.informaworld.com/thesixties

Call For Submissions

The journal takes "the long sixties" (roughly 1954-1975) as its broad focus, and will include transnational and comparative analyses. Editors welcome submissions in the following areas:

- Social movements and political protest
- Foreign and domestic policy
- Institutions and international relations
- Decolonization and North-South conflicts
- Women's history, gender history and the history of sexuality
- The experiences of subaltern and sub-national groups
- Intellectual history
- Print culture and electronic media
- Music, literature, film, theater, architecture and the visual arts
- Industry, business and advertising
- Science, technology and ecology
- Crime and punishment

Articles should be no more than 8,000 words and free of specialized jargon, with Chicago referencing and limited endnotes. Please send submissions electronically
to each of the following addresses: Jeremy@sixtiesjournal.com,
Michael@sixtiesjournal.com, and John@sixtiesjournal.com. The deadline for
materials to be considered in the inaugural issue is October 1, 2007.

Interested in reviewing a book for The Sixties? Professors or advanced
graduate students (ABD) who are interested in writing reviews are
invited to send short emails listing their credentials and areas of
expertise to John McMillian (John@sixtiesjournal.com). Normally, books
will be assigned for review, but scholars interested in writing
lengthier interpretive review essays are encouraged to contact the
editors. And please bring to our attention to new titles on the 1960s.

Mike Foley
Associate Professor of History
The City University of New York
The Graduate Center and
The College of Staten Island
michael@sixtiesjournal.com

Journal of Popular Culture Seeking Book Reviewers

Journal of Popular Culture Seeking Book Reviewers

Attention! The Journal of Popular Culture is currently seeking book reviewers for several upcoming issues. Those interested should contact our book reviews editor, Peter Holloran, at
pholloran@worcester.edu.

More information about our book review guidelines may be found on the Submissions page.

Main Journal URL (information only): http://www.msu.edu/~tjpc/