(via Carol Wittig, University of Richmond) Chapters are sought for the forthcoming ACRL book Teaching About “Fake News”: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences. The problem of “fake news” has captured the attention of administrators and instructors, resulting in a rising demand for librarians to help students learn how to find and evaluate news…
Category: Scholarly Publishing
Call for Submissions: Public Services Quarterly (Technology Column)
(via Derek Marshall, Mississippi State University) The editor of the Technology column in Public Services Quarterly is seeking a guest column author for future issues. The next submission deadline is August 16, 2019. The purpose of the Technology column is to examine current and developing technology topics in academic libraries. The column’s focus is creative…
College & Research Libraries News Seeking Cover Art
(via ACRL) C&RL News is looking for images from library collections to feature on upcoming covers. If you have items in your collections that you think would make attractive C&RL News covers, we would love to see them. To submit images (or image collections), send URLs for Web-based images or images directly as attachments to…
Call for Abstract Submissions: New Review of Academic Librarianship Issue on Student Engagement
(via Dr. Tim Schlak, Robert Morris University) Call for abstracts for 2020 themed issue of New Review of Academic Librarianship: “Involving the community – engaging students in taking academic libraries forward” For the first time ever, the New Review of Academic Librarianship has Guest Editors from two different countries overseeing the annual themed issue. Olaf Eigenbrodt (Germany) and Karen Latimer…
Call for Proposals: International Journal of Open Educational Resources Special Issue on OER and Libraries (Deadline July 3)
(via Kristina Clement, University of Wyoming) The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) will be hosting a fall/winter special issue on Open Education Resources & Libraries. This issue will be hosted by featured guest editors Samantha Cook and Kristina Clement of the University of Wyoming Libraries. This special issue of the International Journal of Open…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries (Deadline August 19)
(via Brian Lym–Hunter College, City University of New York) Call for Chapter Proposals Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries Chapter proposals are requested for an edited volume titled Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries, to be published by the Association of College and…
Call for Submissions: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian Journal (Deadline August 16)
(via Lisa Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscript submissions for volume 36:3. The submission deadline is August 16, 2019. B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of behavioral and social sciences information with emphasis on librarians, libraries and users of social science…
Call for Proposals: International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
(via Jean Gudenas, Medical University of South Carolina and Editor-in-Chief of IJITLHE) Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled the International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. I would like to take this opportunity…
Call for Manuscript Submissions: Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services journal
(via Lisa Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is now accepting manuscript submissions. LCATS is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal provides a forum for the international exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world. The journal focuses…
Call for Peer Reviewers: Choice/ACRL’s Resources for College Libraries (Deadline June 1)
(via Anne Doherty–Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries) Resources for College Libraries (RCL), the Choice/ACRL bibliography of essential titles for undergraduate teaching and research, seeks experienced library selectors and academic faculty to serve as peer reviewers. We are currently seeking referees for the following social sciences and science and technology subject collections: Agriculture :: Anthropology …