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The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (ISSN 2162-3309) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access publication for original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly communication initiatives. View the inaugural issue at http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/

The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services and authors' rights advocacy efforts. As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices that strengthen librarianship. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data managers and related professionals.

The journal welcomes original research and practitioner experience papers, as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video, datasets, code).

General topics of interest include:

    Scholarly communication
    Open Access
    Library as publisher and library/press partnerships; including, but not limited to:
        Emerging modes and genres of publication
        Organizational and business models
    Policy issues; including, but not limited to:
        Publishing/deposit mandates
        Impact of governmental or institutional policy
        Policy development for library services
    Digital collection management
    Institutional and discipline-specific repositories
    Digital curation
    Technological developments and infrastructure
    Intellectual property
    Resources, skills, and training
    Interdisciplinary or international perspectives on these issues

Contributions may be submitted to any of the following categories:

    Commentary
    Research Articles
    Practice Articles
    Theory Articles
    P2 (Post-Peer) Review
    Reviews of Books and Products

(For full descriptions of these categories, see http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html)

Grey literature (e.g. conference papers, presentations, white papers, etc.) may be revised and submitted for review and publication in JLSC if all copyrights still reside with the submitting author(s). Submissions that are substantially similar to material already available to the public (through a peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed venue) will not be accepted, but may be proposed as the focus of a P2 (Post-Peer) Review.

For more information about JLSC, please visit http://jlsc-pub.org/
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CONTACT:

Editors, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

Isaac Gilman
Scholarly Communications & Research Services Librarian
Pacific University
Voice: 503.352.7209
gilmani@pacificu.edu

and

Marisa Ramirez
Digital Repository Librarian
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
mramir14@calpoly.edu

_OCLC Systems & Services:  International Digital Library Perspectives_ (OSS:IDLP) is looking for articles.  Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.  If you are interested, there is a short timeline for publication; your article can be published as early as October 2012.  For more information, contact the editor at the email address below.

Editorial objectives
OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives covers a broad range of subject areas relating to the Web-based delivery of digital cultural content. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular focus, together with relevant standards and techniques.

Coverage
*Digital libraries
*Digital repositories
*Digital cultural content services
*Web metadata standards
*Web markup languages
*Digital preservation
*Imaging and digitization techniques
*Usability studies

OCLC Systems & Services is indexed and abstracted in:
*Academic Search Alumni Edition
*Academic Search Complete
*Academic Search Premier
*Computer Science Index
*Computer & Communications Security Abstracts *Current Abstracts *Current Awareness Abstracts *Education Full Text *Education Research *Emerald Management Reviews *Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) *The Informed Librarian *INSPEC *International Academic Research Library *Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts *Library & Information Science Abstracts *Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts *Library Literature & Information Science *Library Literature & Information Science Full Text *OmniFile Full Text Mega *OmniFile Full Text Select *Scopus *TOC Premier

Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Editor
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana  46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099

Call for Chapter Proposals: Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204

(An Edited Collection to be published as part of the Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies)
Litwin Books and Library Juice Press

Rachel Wexelbaum, Editor

Emily Drabinski, Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Series Editor

Contact Information:
Editor: Rachel Wexelbaum, Collection Management Librarian, Saint Cloud State University:
rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu

Book Abstract
In the 21st century, there are more LGBT information resources than ever before. The challenges that arise both from the explosion of born-digital materials and the transformation of materials from physical to electronic formats has implications for access to these resources for future generations. Along with preservation concerns, making these numerous digital LGBT resources available to users becomes more difficult when they swim in an ocean of websites, EBooks, digitized objects, and other digital resources. Librarians, archivists, and museum curators must engage in a range of new digital practices to preserve and promote these numerous LGBT resources.

A "digital practice" in libraries, archives, and museums includes, but is not limited to, the digitization of physical objects; the creation of online resources and services that improve access to these objects; the use of online catalogs, databases, and metadata to categorize such objects; and the online social media and Web 2.0 tools used to connect users to these resources. Information professionals engaged in digital practices must also understand the information needs, online searching behaviors, and online communication styles of their patrons in order to make them aware of the digital resources that may be of use to them.

This is the first book to specifically address the digital practices of LGBT librarians, archivists, and museum curators, as well as the digital practices of seekers and users of LGBT resources and services. More broadly, this collection aims to address these issues in the context of the technical, social, economic, legal, and political challenges of creating LGBT-specific digital collections, electronic resources and services.

Submission procedure

Please submit abstracts and chapter proposals of up to 500 words and a short author's statement to rswexelbaum [at] stcloudstate.edu by April 1, 2012. Chapter authors will receive notification of acceptance by June 1, 2012. Final manuscripts of between 3000 and 5000 words will be due September 1, 2012. Final edited chapter manuscripts will be due to Library Juice Press January 1, 2013.

For more information please visit the online CFP at the Library Juice Website:
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204

Please send all correspondence about chapter proposals to Rachel Wexelbaum at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu.

Call for papers

WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 78^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly

"Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering""

11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland

 

Information Technology Section

Theme: Continuity in the face of digital disasters: Disaster planning and recovery for digital libraries

 

While much emphasis has been placed by libraries on developing digital collections and services, there have been few studies of how to keep these digital collections and services functioning in the case of a disaster or some other disruption to normal library operations. Whether due to natural or man-made events, advance planning for disruptions to services and collections is critical in our increasingly digital age.

 

In response to this critical need, the Information Technology section is seeking proposals for papers on best practices and tools that relate to the facilitation, implementation, or planning for disaster recovery and business continuity of digital libraries.

 

Areas of interest for papers include, but need not be restricted to, the following:

·         Developing effective disaster recovery and organizational continuity models

·         Implementing effective disaster recovery and continuity strategies for digital repositories

·         Minimizing risk in developing and implementing digital libraries

·         Solutions for promoting collaborative services to enable digital library continuity

·         New organizational models to support an emphasis on library organizational continuity

·         Case studies and lessons learned from successful efforts in recovering from a disaster

 

Proposals for papers should be no more than one page in length. If selected, speakers will have 15 minutes to present their results and 5 minutes for a question and answer period during the conference session.

 

Proposals should include the following information:

 

-      Name, title, and institution of speaker(s)

-      Title of proposed presentation

-      Address and email address of speaker(s)

-      Brief biographical statement about each speaker including information about the qualifications of the speaker to address the proposed topic

-      One or two paragraph discussion of the main points of the paper including an outline of the takeaways a conference attendee will obtain by having the topic presented at the conference 

-      Language of presentation

-      Contact information for response to the proposal

 

Proposals should be sent by 11 February, 2012 to Frank Cervone, secretary of the Information Technology Section at fcervone@purduecal.edu. The subject line of all submissions should be "IFLA ITS Proposal -" followed by your last name. For example, "IFLA ITS Proposal - Cervone"

 

The contact person for each proposal will be informed by 10 March, 2012 whether their proposal has been accepted or not. Papers selected for inclusion in the program must be submitted in one the official languages of IFLA by 15 May, 2012.

 

Please note:

-      The committee is looking for papers that present real-world solutions. Papers that focus on solutions that are usable in multiple library contexts will receive higher consideration for inclusion in the conference program. Papers that are strictly theoretical or inapplicable to other environmental contexts are less likely to be accepted for inclusion in the program.

-      Every paper accepted must be presented in person by one of the authors at the WLIC in Helsinki.

-      Authors are required to permit non-exclusive publication of papers chosen for this session on the IFLA website and digital library. Papers that are accepted but not presented in person at the conference will not be made available on the official conference website nor will they be considered for nomination as a best paper of the conference.

-      Authors of papers not chosen for the conference may be invited to submit their paper for publication in the IFLA IT section journal.

-      All speaker expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA.

-      A special invitation can be issued to authors/presenters to facilitate attendance if required.

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Archival Education and Human Rights

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

In a recent article in American Archivist, a group of some two-dozen archival faculty and doctoral students from programs around the world called on archival educators to develop a new educational framework that both reflects and reflects upon pluralist approaches to archival theory and practice.1 This article added to an ongoing conversation in archival education regarding the ethical imperative of faculty to engage students with culturally sensitive curricula and to promote a social justice agenda in and outside the classroom. At the same time, a growing body of archival studies literature has addressed the intersection of archives and human rights, interrogating the role of records and recordkeeping institutions in both facilitating human rights violations and holding oppressive regimes legally and historically accountable for such violations.

This special issue of InterActions seeks to bring together these two streams of archival thought in hopes of explicating the role of human rights and social justice in archival education. How are we to conceive of human rights at the nexus of archival education, research, and action? What ethical responsibilities do archival educators have in addressing human rights concerns in the classroom? What pedagogical strategies might educators employ in order to include discussions about human rights and archives within the context of professional training and practices, and the theories that undergird them? InterActions seeks to include a range of submissions, including (but not limited to) research articles, literature reviews, book reviews, exhibition reviews, featured commentaries, and position pieces. Submissions should incorporate critical perspectives that aim to bridge multiple discourses around the theme of the issue. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer-review and authors are expected to adhere to the deadlines to ensure the timely publication of the special issue.

Possible research questions:
- How might "human rights" be defined in the context of archival education? What are the opportunities and difficulties of adopting an orientation toward human rights in archival education?
- What is the relationship between a social justice agenda and a human rights framework in the archival classroom? What roles might information technologies play in working toward classroom agendas for extending and supporting human rights?
- What theoretical positions might be taken up when considering the current and future state of research in the domains of human rights and archival education?
- What philosophical, pedagogical, political, and/or ethical questions are at play that might provide opportunities for strategic action?
- How might archival educators incorporate human rights genealogies and/or frameworks?
- What are the implications of globalization on discourses on human rights in archival education?
- How might archival education and/or human rights intersect with the roles and responsibilities of educational institutions within the public sector?


Timeline:
- Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for peer reviews of submitted manuscripts: March 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for revisions to submitted manuscript: April 30, 2012
- Publication date for the Special Issue on Human Rights: Early June 2012


Please submit manuscripts at http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions or directly to the email addresses below. Any questions or inquiries about the special issue may be directed to:
- Andrew J Lau (UCLA; Information Studies Editor for InterActions):
andrewjlau@ucla.edu
- Michelle Caswell (University of Wisconsin, Madison; Guest Editor):
mcaswell@wisc.edu
- InterActions: interactions@gseis.ucla.edu

InterActions is a peer-reviewed on-line journal committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary and critical scholarship. Edited by students in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the journal brings together senior and emerging scholars, activists, and professionals whose work covers a broad range of theory and practice. InterActions is published twice yearly with funding provided by the UCLA Graduate Students Association and the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

 

For more information, please visit http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions.

Call for Participation

The archives of many institutions contain artists' records--documents
created by artists that often bear witness to the creative process, as
evinced by sketches, doodles, and other notations. Artists' records
differ from other types of records due to their inherent connection to
the art object and the art market. In recent years there has been a
plethora of symposia and conferences dedicated to artist archives, art
history and "the archive," as well as to the use of archival materials
by contemporary artists.  While crucial, these investigations have
been driven almost entirely by art historians and have not included
the perspectives of archivists and special collections librarians.  As
part of an effort to broaden the discussion surrounding artists'
records, the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York has
organized a one day symposium, "Artists' Records in the Archives," to
be held on October 11, 2011 in conjunction with the New York Public
Library.  Focusing on the perspective of the information professional,
this symposium will address how contemporary artists use artists'
records in their work, the significance of artists' records in
archives for scholars and curators, and how archivists and special
collections librarians manage artists' records in their repositories.

Possible topics or areas of interest include, but are not limited to,
the following:

*Artists' use of other artists' records
*How archivists manage artists' records and how this might differ
within a museum, estate, gallery, and university setting
*Collecting artists' records
*Appraisal of artists' records
*Underdocumented artists and the archives
*Exhibitions and artists' records
*Artists' records and the digital environment
*Born digital artists' records
*Copyright, moral rights, and the artist
*Conversations between archivists, artists, and art historians
regarding archives

Date:  October 11, 2011
Location: New York Public Library

All individual presentations will be 20 minutes long (10 page paper).

Submissions must include a title, name of author and institutional
affiliation, abstract (250 words max), and indication of technological
requirements.

Individual papers or entire panel proposals accepted.

A small travel stipend is available. If interested please indicate in
the submission.

Deadline for Proposals: Proposals should be emailed to
artistsymposium@gmail.com by August 15, 2011.

Codex: The Journal for the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries is seeking article submissions for its theme issue "Successful Transitions to Academic Research". The focus of our issue is the reporting and evaluation of collaborative efforts between academic and school librarians to teach information literacy skills to traditional college students aged 18-20 years. We encourage evidence-based contributions for improving student engagement and learning, as well as approaches which critique present pedagogical practices. The following types of submissions will be accepted until the closing date of September 1, 2011.

 

·       Research articles on information literacy (IL) programs and initiatives including both course-integrated instruction and formal IL courses in school and university curricula. Articles should be supported by empirical evidence that demonstrate the value or success of the program/initiative, lessons learned, and an applicable list of best practices.

·       Articles that examine the current state of IL pedagogy using applicable theories from literary studies, library and information science, anthropology, sociology or philosophy.

·       Interviews with practitioners in the field, including high school and college level teachers, librarians, and LIS faculty.

·       Essay and opinion pieces on the state of IL and its future, especially in consideration of mobile technologies and changing notions of literacy

 

NOTE: All submissions should be double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman (or another simple font), and use the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th or 16th edition.

 

Submissions are due by September 1st 2011.

 

Please send all inquiries to the guest editor of this issue, Michael Matthews, at matthewsm@nsula.edu<mailto:matthewsm@nsula.edu>.

 

All inquiries, especially discussions of content and style, are warmly encouraged.

The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
is holding its annual conference October 14-16, 2011 in Milwaukee, WI,
and is accepting paper proposals. 
The call for papers has been extended to May 15,2011.

Papers can cover a wide spectrum of topics in the area of popular and
American culture, from anime fan videos to the Weekly World News. The
MPCA/ACA welcomes people from a variety of scholarly backgrounds and
regions: past presenters include community college administrators,
MLIS graduate students, chairs of English departments, independent
scholars, and doctoral candidates from Australia.

Submit a 250-word paper proposal, along with your name, e-mail
address, and organization affiliation, to the appropriate Area Chair.
A list of area chairs may be found here:
http://www.mpcaaca.org/conference/areachairs.html

For more information about the conference, visit:
http://www.mpcaaca.org/conference/

Let me know if you have any questions!


Sincerely,
Ayanna Gaines
Area Chair, Magazines and Newspapers, Midwest Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association