CFP: Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation)

CFP: Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation)



URL: http://www.documentalistas.com/:

Note: Periodical is in Spanish, but English language articles may be submitted (according to their site).


Are you someone who writes on the subject of Information-Knowledge issues?

Then Documentation Magazine (an online publication of the Documentation Sciences Foundation, which is freely distributed across the Internet with an audience of more than 150.000) wants to hear from you.

It is looking for contributors who can provide new content that appeals to Information and Knowledge Sciences. Topics can focus on any of the following categories: Library / Archive / Documentation / Information technology / Museum / Communications / Knowledge /
Preservation / Social aspects of information / Digital divide / Semantic web / Epistemology / Digital assets.


Articles (no commercials), written in English or Spanish, and TXT format, will be accepted based on suitability of content to the audience, conciseness (max word count is 2000), sentence structuring, grammar, etc. Only articles meeting these requirements will be considered. The Foundation's editorial staff reserves the right to review, edit, and make changes to the original articles as deem fit.


Articles will also include the author's bio and contact information. Pictures/images, in jpeg format, are highly encouraged (author is responsible for copyright issues, that materials belongs to him/her, the article is original, and has not been published elsewhere). The authors don't receive pay for the publication of the article. Writing an article will ensure that you continue to build your personal brand and your expertise online.

You can submit your article for consideration no later than August 10, 2009, to redaccion@documentalistas.org

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