call for papers

LIBRARY TRANSFORMATIONS:
FROM INFORMATION COMMONS TO LEARNING COMMONS

CALL FOR ARTICLES/PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed publication, invites proposals for articles to be published in a special issue addressing how libraries are being transformed from an information commons to a learning commons.

The issue will be edited by John S. Spencer of Gonzaga University (spencer@gonzaga.edu) and Christopher Millson-Martula of Lynchburg College (millsonmartula@lynchburg.edu). In their pieces, authors should focus on those aspects of a library’s learning commons that highlight the development of services and programs that expand the learning environment beyond the information commons model which emphasizes library, technology, and media services. Authors are invited to submit articles/proposals for pieces such as:

1. theoretical, philosophical, or ideological discussions of the learning commons in general
2. opinion or position papers
3. case studies of libraries with a learning commons
4. collaboration or partnerships between librarians and other student support services
5. research studies dealing with the impact of a learning commons
6. annotated reviews of the literature.

We welcome proposals from librarians and faculty or other partners both individually and as teams. The proposal should consist of an abstract of 500 words together with all author contact information. Articles should run at least 20 double-spaced pages in length.

For additional information, please contact either editor. Please submit proposals to John Spencer by August 15, 2009. First drafts of accepted proposals will be due by November 15, 2009. Feel free to contact either of us with any questions you may have.