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Call for Chapters: New Directions in Information Organization
Publisher: Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series
Book Editors:
Dr. Jung-ran Park, Assistant Professor, The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, USA
Dr. Lynne C. Howarth, Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada
Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Accepted Full Chapters Due: December 15, 2011
INTRODUCTION
New information standards and digital library technologies are being developed at a rapid pace as diverse communities of practice seek new ways to organize massive quantities of digital resources. Today's environment creates an increased demand for new perspectives, methods and tools for research and practice in information organization. New Directions in Information Organization, co-edited by Drs. Jung-ran Park and Lynne Howarth, seeks to provide a better understanding of future directions, leading edge theories, and models for research and practice in information organization. This book also seeks to provide readers with the current state of the digital information revolution with associated opportunities and challenges to information organization.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: new generation library catalogs, Resource Description and Access (RDA), classification systems and/or theory, metadata standards and/or applications, semi-automatic metadata generation and management, Semantic Web, linked data, social tagging, markup language (e.g., XML), Web 2.0 modules and social networking in relation to information organization and user access, information architecture, and open access.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 1-2 page chapter proposal by April 30, 2011 detailing the background and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposal. Full chapters (7500-9000 words) are expected to be submitted by December 15, 2011. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Final revised manuscripts are due on May 1, 2012.
INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS can be forwarded electronically to the book editors:
Dr. Jung-ran Park - [email protected]
Dr. Lynne C. Howarth [email protected]
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Call for Chapters: New Directions in Information Organization
Call for Chapters: New Directions in Information Organization
Publisher: Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series
Book Editors:
Dr. Jung-ran Park, Assistant Professor, The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, USA
Dr. Lynne C. Howarth, Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada
Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Accepted Full Chapters Due: December 15, 2011
INTRODUCTION
New information standards and digital library technologies are being developed at a rapid pace as diverse communities of practice seek new ways to organize massive quantities of digital resources. Today's environment creates an increased demand for new perspectives, methods and tools for research and practice in information organization. New Directions in Information Organization, co-edited by Drs. Jung-ran Park and Lynne Howarth, seeks to provide a better understanding of future directions, leading edge theories, and models for research and practice in information organization. This book also seeks to provide readers with the current state of the digital information revolution with associated opportunities and challenges to information organization.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: new generation library catalogs, Resource Description and Access (RDA), classification systems and/or theory, metadata standards and/or applications, semi-automatic metadata generation and management, Semantic Web, linked data, social tagging, markup language (e.g., XML), Web 2.0 modules and social networking in relation to information organization and user access, information architecture, and open access.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 1-2 page chapter proposal by April 30, 2011 detailing the background and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposal. Full chapters (7500-9000 words) are expected to be submitted by December 15, 2011. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Final revised manuscripts are due on May 1, 2012.
INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS can be forwarded electronically to the book editors:
Dr. Jung-ran Park - [email protected]
Dr. Lynne C. Howarth [email protected]
- Cfp: Emerald?s Library And Information Science Book Series Special Volume Social Information Research
CFP: Emerald?s Library and Information Science book series special volume Social Information Research Proposal submission deadline: August 15, 2011 Accepted full chapters deadline: December 15, 2011 Co-editors Professor Gunilla Widén ([email protected])...
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Call for Chapters: "Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues" *Proposals Submission Deadline: April 30, 2009 *Full Articles Due: July 30, 2009 Full call for chapters: http://www.scm.tees.ac.uk/flazarinis/...
- Call For Chapter Proposals: Interpersonal Relations And Social Patterns In Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures And Cultur
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables Proposal Submission Deadline: October 30, 2008 Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns...