(via Robin Canuel, McGill University) Call for Chapters: New Approaches to Liaison Librarianship: Innovations in Instruction, Collections, Reference, and Outreach Proposals are sought for an upcoming ACRL publication on new approaches to liaison librarianship in academic libraries. Proposal Submission Deadline: September 14, 2018 Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries Editors: Robin Canuel (McGill University…
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Journal of Web Librarianship Seeking Reviews Editor (Deadline June 15)
(via Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University) The Journal of Web Librarianship, an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Taylor & Francis, is seeking a Reviews Editor to join the journal’s editorial team. JWL publishes four issues each year and features original scholarship and practical communications in the areas of web-based technologies and their usability and…
Call for Papers: Collection Management’s “Imagining the Future Academic Library Collection” Issue (Deadline May 21)
(via Susanne Clement, University of New Mexico) Collection Management will be publishing a special issue of the journal dedicated to “Imagining the Future Academic Library Collection” together with guest editor Michael Levine-Clark, Dean of Libraries, University of Denver. For most of our history, academic librarians have built collections. We’ve acquired the resources that we felt…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Publication The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook (Deadline July 9)
(via Raymond Pun–California State University, Fresno) Call for Chapters for ACRL’s The Sustainable Library’s Cookbook edited by Raymond Pun and Dr. Gary L. Shaffer We are seeking “recipes” or chapter proposals on practice-based examples of lesson plans or projects that support sustainability efforts in academic libraries. Recipes will follow the ACRL Cookbook Format. Your 500-to-700…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries Book (Deadline May 30)
(via Jennifer Joe, Western Kentucky University) The editors of Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries, Jennifer Joe and Elisabeth Knight, would like to invite you to submit a chapter proposal. This is the SECOND Call for Proposals. Introduction The subject of the use of social media has been renewed by the impact…
Call for Submissions: Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries (Deadlines June 20 and Sept. 19)
(via Jeff Coghill, East Carolina University) Call for articles! Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries (JERML) is now calling for articles for our next 2 issues of the journal. Authors will have a great deal of latitude in the selection of their topics. More info about the journal here: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/bes/jerml-cfp JERML is currently seeking…
Call for Proposals: ACRL/CLS College Library Information on Policy and Practice Publication Series (Deadline June 15)
(via Mary Francis, Dakota State University) The ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice) Committee invites you to submit a preliminary proposal for its CLIPP publication series. While we welcome proposals on any topic that is relevant for small and mid-sized academic libraries, this call we are specifically looking for proposals looking at…
Call for Abstracts: New Review of Academic Librarianship Issue on Innovative Learning and Teaching (Deadline July 2)
(via Sheila Corrall, University of Pittsburgh) The New Review of Academic Librarianship will publish a themed issue on Innovations in Learning and Teaching in Academic Libraries in summer 2019. The guest editors are Sheila Corrall, Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA (scorrall@pitt.edu) and Liz Jolly, Director of Student and Library Services, Teesside University, UK (liz.jolly@tees.ac.uk)….
Call for Peer Reviewers: Choice/ACRL Core Bibliography (Preferential Deadline June 1)
(via Anne Doherty–Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries) Resources for College Libraries (RCL) and RCL: Career Resources, the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for four-year and two-year institutions, seeks experienced academic librarians and faculty to serve as peer reviewers for the following subjects: *RCL — History and Interdisciplinary/Area Studies* African American Studies :: African History,…
Call for Submissions: Book on Health-Care Instruction and Information Literacy (Deadline June 22)
(via Elizabeth Hinton, University of Mississippi Medical Center) Please consider submitting a case study proposal to the forthcoming book Framing Health Care Instruction: An Information Literacy Handbook for the Health Sciences, to be published with Rowman & Littlefield in 2019. Below is a more detailed description of the topic. Proposals are due June 22, 2018….