Call for Papers

Following many requests we have extended the Paper submission deadline to 15 April 2013,

 for the 5th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013), 4 - 7 June 2013, “La Sapienza” University, Rome Italy, http://www.isast.org

The early bird registration deadline is 31 March 2013.

Information regarding the 5^th  QQML 2013:

• To give a presentation (oral or poster) only an abstract accepted is compulsory.

• We already have received a quite large number of interesting papers from 57 countries and interesting special sessions and workshops are organised (see at http://www.isast.org/sessionsworkshops.html ).

• As the QQML2013 participants, along with the conference presentations and events you can attend the Workshops and the Special Sessions of the Conference

• A selection of the papers presented will appear in QQML Journal and in other International Journals.

• The 2012 Volume of the QQML Journal (378 pages)is available on-line at http://www.qqml.net/journal_issues.html

• A special visit to the Vatican Museum and Capella Sistina is organized

More information from the Conference Secretariat at: secretar@isast.org

CALL FOR ARTICLE

The Serials Librarian is currently seeking manuscripts on a rolling basis for the 2013 volume year.

 

The Serials Librarian is an international journal covering all aspects of the management of serials and other continuing resources in any format - print, electronic, etc. - ranging from their publication, to their abstracting and indexing by commercial services, and their collection and processing by libraries.

 

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

 *   Case studies reporting how libraries/consortia acquire and manage content (in whatever format)

 *   Literature reviews tracing developments in the field (e.g., the history of copyright and legislation devised to prevent "piracy")

 *   Annotated bibliographies to aid collection development decisions (e.g., a selected list of government serials useful in urban studies)

 *   New models for library-publisher commerce beyond "the big deal"

 *   Procedural innovations in processing or organizing e-resources

 *   Reports on uses of tools such as ERM's, discovery products, etc., including ideas related to staffing workflows

 *   Open access, whether "green", "gold" or hybrid

 *   Peer review and the future of the journal gatekeeping function

 *   Studies of end-user ease of access

 *   Theoretical or speculative pieces addressing issues within the scope of the journal (e.g., does RDA adequately adjudicate concerns about serials title changes? )

Please note that we are also interested in finding interesting content for our existing set of columns and that proposals for an entirely new column are welcome.

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the journal's ScholarOne website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WSER

Questions or other requests can be sent to the journal's editors, Louise Cole and Andrew Shroyer, at: editorserialslib@gmail.com>

 

For more information about The Serials Librarian, including complete submission instructions, please visit the journal's webpage: www.tandfonline.com/WSER <http://www.tandfonline.com/WSER>

 

call for peer reviewers

Weave - Journal of Library User Experience
http://weaveux.org/

WeaveUX is looking for peer reviewers. If you are a library UX professional, drop us a line athello@weaveux.org.

Call for Speakers

UKSG runs a number of seminars throughout the year and we’ll be introducing a series of themed webinars from April 2013. We are now seeking new speakers for either types of events and very much hope that many of you will seize this opportunity for personal development and public speaking experience in topics that are well known to you.

The Education Sub-Committee has created a questionnaire to help establish who is interested in speaking and to further understand your needs and possible barriers to participating.  In addition, for those attending the UKSG conference in Bournemouth, we shall be holding a lunch time event on Tuesday to discuss speaker interest and what’s involved.  More information about this is included in the survey.

If you are interested please complete the survey by 2nd April:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LJ6X3RC

Many thanks and regards,

Carolyn 

Carolyn Alderson | Acting Head of Licensing | JISC Collections | UKSG Education Officer

T: 01223 460755 | M: 07585 967687 | Twitter: caldycam | Skype: carolynalderson

W: www.jisc-collections.ac.uk

Call for Chapters: More Library Mashups

In 2014 Information Today Inc. will be publishing the second edition of Library Mashups entitled More Library Mashups.

 If you’re interested in participating and sharing your library’s story or your own personal favorite mashup please fill out the proposal form at http://survey.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=84525&lang=en

Decisions will be made by May 1 and the form will close on the 20th of March. Chapters should be 3,000-5,000 words each and should be written in an informal and approachable manner. All chosen authors will receive chapter author credit and a free copy of the book. The deadline for chapter submission (if chosen) is August 15, 2013.

Internet Librarian International 2013 - Call for Speakers

The deadline for submissions is 12 April 2013.

This year’s conference theme is Smart Solutions to Real Challenges. We’re looking for dynamic speakers from all types of libraries - public, academic, government, national or commercial - as well as those working outside a 'traditional' library setting, who can speak to the following suggested topics:

Transforming services and products

• Delivering high impact services
• Community engagement, for example working with volunteers, collaborative content creation and curation
• Marketing the service and reaching new audiences, for example social marketing
• Reconfiguring the library space, for example maker spaces 
• Understanding user needs - next generation users, customer analysis

New skills and new roles for info pros

• Career opportunities - new skills and new roles, for example data journalism
• Educating and mentoring users, information literacy
• Supporting research and innovation

New and innovative uses of technology

• The demands of 'Everything everywhere' for example BYOD, meeting the challenge of new devices
• New services in the digital workplace
• Delivering on user expectations

Managing and maximising resources

• eresources, e.g. e-books
• Open access, new publishing models and their impact on information services

• Real-time information provision
• The latest search and discovery techniques, eg social search
• Using the internet for research and reference

We are also looking for:

• speakers eager to share their experiences and case studies in a 20 minute presentation - or as a member of a panel discussion
• proposals for pre-conference workshops

Share your success stories. Tell us what lessons you've learned if things didn't turn out quite as expected. This is your chance to help others to rethink and recharge, and to benefit from the insights of others.

How do I participate?

If you would like to be considered as a speaker, go to

http://www.internet-librarian.com/2013/callforspeakers.php

The advisory committee will review all submissions and you will be notified in May 2013. If your proposal is selected, the primary speaker will receive a free registration to the full conference, which includes lunches and a drinks reception.

We're looking forward to receiving your suggestions and ideas.

Val Skelton - Programme Director
Katherine Allen - Conference Director

 

call for articles

Call for submissions and extended copy date:
The main theme for issue 58 of SCONUL Focus is new skills

If you have carried out any innovative staff development recently, have introduced new job roles to match growing areas of business or are looking at enhancing skills in areas such as digital literacy, online identity management, open access expertise or use of social media,  SCONUL Focus would be delighted to hear from you. The copy date (normally 31^st March) has been extended to 30^th April to give a bit more time after the Easter break for the submission of articles.

 

The current issue of Focus (56) is themed around research support and features the new SCONUL branding on the cover of the print edition and the main web page:
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/page/focus-56