Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Call for articles: International collaborative digitization projects (OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives)

Call for articles: International collaborative digitization projects (OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives)

OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives will be publishing a special issue on digitization projects that areinternational and collaborative. The editor is looking for innovative digitization projects that feature multiple formats (books, images,maps, 3D visualization, music, art, etc.), and that have multiplepartners and collaborators from different countries and nationalities. Projects that are based on international grants are especiallyencouraged. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shotsare encouraged. OSS: IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.If you are interested in contributing, please send the editor your name,a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article. Deadline for proposals is July 1, 2008. Articles would be due to theeditor by December 1, 2008. Any questions can be directed to theeditor. Thank you.Dr. Brad Eden Editor, _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and ScholarlyCommunicationUniversity of California, Santa Barbaraeden@library.ucsb.edu