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Call for Book Chapters: The New Librarianship

This is a call for book chapters for The New Librarianship, a book that will focus on new roles and responsibilities for librarians in the digital environment, as well as new skill sets, new partnerships, and other exciting endeavors. The book will be published by Scarecrow Press.

Topical areas suggested include:

information stewardship
research evaluation metrics
new skills and new roles
open access
scholarly publishing
the library as publisher
involvement, engagement, connection with patrons/customers
training
embedded librarianship
research data management and services
grant writing
virtual reference, instruction, etc.

e-science
innovative uses of technology
library mobile apps
information visualization
ILMS redefined
data literacy, media literacy, multi-literacy
institutional repositories
sustainable and effective assessment
exciting and innovative partnerships outside of and within the library
user-generated content
data curation
innovative uses of metadata standards and interoperability
new models for library services
mega-collaborations (shared print, shared services, etc.)
marketing/outreach services
"green" libraries
creating/reinventing new spaces in libraries
web-scale discovery tools
folksonomies

These are only a few of the topics that will be explored in this book. The editor is looking for case studies, thoughtful and insightful opinions, and innovative new services and models for moving libraries forward.

To submit book chapter proposals, please submit an abstract of approximately 100 words and a title for the chapter to Dr. Brad Eden at [email protected]. Deadline for proposals is November 25, 2013. Deadline for accepted chapters to be submitted to the editor would be May 1, 2014.

Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
[email protected]
219-464-5099

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