[Sigdl-l] call for papers

[rhill at asis.org]

International Journal on Digital Libraries

Call for Papers

Special Issue on Educating Digital Librarians

 

It has been almost twenty years since digital library research was ignited
by funding programs across the globe.  Most physical libraries today include
digital components and many libraries are strictly digital.  Digital content
blurs distinctions between libraries and archives as well as space and time.
Today's digital librarians require skills and attitudes quite distinctive
from those included in traditional library education programs.  Many
institutions offer courses on different aspects of digital libraries at both
the undergraduate and graduate levels and there have been a few curriculum
development projects that go beyond a single course. Some schools offer
specialized certificates for digital librarianship.  Two decades into
digital librarianship, what do we really know about effective digital
librarian education?  What are topical cores and boundaries?  What kinds of
projects are most effective?  What do related courses in different
disciplines such as computer science and information science have in common?
How do we evaluate effective instruction?

 

This special issue of IJDL is devoted to addressing these questions and
advancing the theory and practice of digital library education.  This
special issue will be devoted to high quality papers that demonstrate
exceptional achievements in digital library education, including but not
limited to: 

*         Case studies of courses offered over multiple years;

*         Curriculum specifications and experiences with implementation
within a program or across programs;

*         Systematic comparisons of courses or curricula;

*         Case studies in developing digital library resources centered
around these topics;

*         Evaluations of effective instructional methods.

 

Important Dates 

February 1, 2014 Paper submission deadline 

May 1, 2014 First notification 

July 1, 2014 Revision submission 

August 15, 2014 Second notification 

October 1, 2014 Final version submission 

 

Guest Editors 

Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (contact
person, gary at ils.unc.edu) 

Edward Fox, Virginia Tech

 

Paper Submission 

Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be
original and must not be under consideration for publication in any other
journal or conference. Previously published or accepted conference papers
must contain at least 30% new material to be considered for the special
issue. All papers are to be submitted by referring to
http://www.springer.com/799. At the beginning of the submission, under
"Article Type", please select the appropriate special issue. All manuscripts
must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines which can
be found on the website provided above. Papers will be reviewed following
the journal standard review process. 

 

 

 

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