Call for
Papers: Against the Grain special issue: Emerging from the
Dark(room): Tales of Adversity and Triumph in Collection Development.
Do you
have a noteworthy tale of woe in the sphere of collection development? I
invite you to submit brief abstracts (1-2 paragraphs) no later than Friday,
April 1 for the September 2016 issue of Against the Grain. Please
send your ideas to Lindsey Reno: lreno@uno.edu.
Topics
include, but are not limited to:
Banned or
challenged books.
Budget
problems.
The
difficulties of taking on new subject areas.
Inter-personal
conflicts.
Issues of
policy.
Backlash
or Push-back from collection development projects (weeding, etc.).
For more
information about Against the Grain, please follow this link: http://www.against-the-grain.com/about/
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