[Asis-l] Call for Manuscripts: Library Websites: Evaluation and Usability Studies

[Jody Condit Fagan]

Dear Colleagues, 

The /Journal of Web Librarianship/ is currently
seeking manuscripts for a special issue: Library
Websites: Evaluation and Usability Studies, edited by
Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Helen Partridge.  The
deadline for submissions is July 1, 2007. 

As more library services are delivered via library
Websites, evaluating and measuring Website
effectiveness, usability and success is critical for
all libraries. Such studies are crucial for improving
library Websites, enabling user-centered design and
improving the quality, value and impact of library
online services. 

This special issue of The Journal of Web Librarianship
seeks papers reporting empirical studies evaluating
library Websites in any type of library environment.
The methodologies used are not limited and may include
quantitative or qualitative techniques, case studies,
longitudinal studies, experiments, focus groups,
surveys, questionnaires, interviews, or other research
designs. Papers may include the evaluation and testing
of new user-centered measures. 

Submission of Manuscripts 
All submissions must be in English, should represent
original work done by the authors, and must NOT have
been published, accepted for publication, or be
presently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts should be prepared according to
The Journal of Web Librarianship for Authors:
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/ 

Reviews of the submitted manuscripts will proceed in
accordance with The Journal of Web Librarianship
editorial policy. Submissions should be by electronic
transmission ONLY (using a Word file attachment) and
must be sent to the guest editors. 

Please direct any questions about the special issue
and your submissions to the Special Issue Guest
Editors: 

Professor Amanda Spink 
Faculty of Information Technology 
Queensland University of Technology 
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434 
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia 
Email: ah.spink at qut.edu.au 

Dr. Helen Partridge 
Faculty of Information Technology 
Queensland University of Technology 
Gardens Point Campus, GPO Box 2434 
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia 
Email: h.partridge at qut.edu.au 

Important Dates 

July 1, 2007      Deadline for submission 
August 1, 2007    Preliminary notices to authors 
September 1, 2007 Notices to accepted review comments 
December 1, 2008  Final acceptance following revisions

March 2008        Submission of special issue to
publisher




       
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