(via Michael Krasulski, Community College of Philadelphia) The Journal of Access Services (JAS) seeks motivated individuals to join our book reviewer pool. JAS publishes reviews of books of interest to access services professionals including topics on management, administration, collection development, and space planning. JAS reviewers are expected to write a review, ranging from 500 to 1,200 words, within 2-3 months. Additional…
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Call for ACRL College Libraries Section Spring 2018 Newsletter Items
(via Nathaniel King, Nevada State College, on behalf of Jayne Blodgett, University of Northern Colorado) The CLS Communications Committee invites you to submit an article for the Spring 2018 CLS Newsletter. Did you present at a conference? Are you having a program at ALA Annual? Did your library launch an interesting service this fall? Did…
ACRL IS Instructional Technologies Committee Publishes “Tips & Trends” Article on Data Visualization
(via Carl Lehnen, University of Illinois at Chicago) The ACRL Instruction Section, Instructional Technologies Committee, has published their latest Tips and Trends article, “Data Visualization,” written by Lindley Homel. Tips and Trends introduces and discusses new, emerging or even familiar technologies that can be used in library instruction.”Data Visualization” is freely available at bit.ly/tipsandtrendssu17. To see…
Call for Papers: Marketing Libraries Journal – Volume 2, Issue 1 (Summer 2018)
(via Beth Heldebrandt, Eastern Illinois University) Call for Papers Marketing Libraries Journal Volume 2, Issue 1 (Summer 2018) Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2018 (peer reviewed manuscripts) Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2018 (practical articles) Submit manuscripts online at http://journal.marketinglibraries.org/submit.html Aim and Scope Marketing Libraries Journal (MLJ) is a peer-reviewed, independently published, open access scholarly…
Call for Article Submissions: Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries (Deadline March 28)
(via Jeffrey Coghill, East Carolina University) Call for articles! Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries (JERML) is now calling for articles for our next issue of the journal. Authors will have a great deal of latitude in the selection of their topics. I am looking for articles on eTechnology. More info about the journal…
Call for Chapter Proposals: ACRL Publication Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization (Deadline 3/1)
(via Andrea Baer, University of West Georgia) This is a reminder to please consider submitting a chapter proposal to the forthcoming bookLibraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization (to be published with ACRL Publications in late 2018). Below is a more detailed description of this timely topic. Proposals are due March 1st. The call is also…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Biomedical Scholarly Communications in the Digital Age
(via Laura Abate, George Washington University) Call for Proposals: Biomedical Scholarly Communications in the Digital Age The MLA Books Panel seeks to publish a comprehensive overview of scholarly communications in the life and health sciences for librarians and biomedical professionals. The publication will define scholarly communications in the 21st century through discussion of current concepts…
Call for Authors: MLA Newsletter’s “Expert Searching” Column
(via Melanie Norton, Yale University) Authors are needed for the MLA Newsletter “Expert Searching” column. Even if you don’t consider yourself an expert searcher, you probably have search strategies and skills that are new to some of your colleagues. In other words, what may seem apparent to you, may be new to others. Consider sharing your…
Book Project Seeks Interviews with Instruction Librarians Who Work with First-Year Students
(via Maggie Murphy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) I am looking to interview instruction librarians working in particular roles in college and university libraries for a book I am co-writing about library instruction for first-year college students: someone with the title of “First-Year Experience Librarian” (or something similar) who does library instruction for first-year…
Call for Papers: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, Library Science Symposium (Deadline April 2)
(via Amy Besnoy, University of San Diego) AAAS, Pacific Division 99th Annual Conference Pomona, CA, June 12-15, 2018 Call For Papers: Library Science Symposium General and Interdisciplinary Section (Conference info: http://pacific.aaas.org/2018POMONA/index.html) Final deadline for submission: April 2, 2018. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, so early submission is highly encouraged! The American Association for the…