[Sigdl-l] CFP: ALAO call for Challenging Jacks of all Trades proposals

[Brad Eden]

Call for proposals

Advances in Library Administration and Organization
Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome
Publication due 2018

Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College

Volume Editor: George J. Fowler, Old Dominion University



Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be
said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was
proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers
barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become
indistinct.  This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship
and libraries, how we become “Masters of our Domains”, develop expertise in
various elements of the profession, and how we extend outward into our
communities.



Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest:

·         What is the purpose of a library in a community? And what roles
in the community best align with that purpose?

·         How ought we gather and implement expertise from outside the
profession?

·         How can we communicate and garner support from the government,
the private sector and users in order to achieve our purpose?

·         How can libraries balance demands to serve other needs that
detract from the library’s ability to fulfil its purpose?

·         How can libraries build community around this purpose, and how
ought they reach out to their communities to engage and serve them?

·         How can libraries demonstrate positive impact on young
generations?

·         What opportunities are opened to libraries and librarians by
recent and potential future technological advancements?



This will be the second volume of *Advances in Library Administration and
Organization* (ALAO) to publish in 2018.

About the Advances in Library Administration and Organization series

*ALAO*
<http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/books/series.htm?id=0732-0671>
offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical
developments, and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice in library
administration and organization.  The series answers the questions, “How
have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?” It goes
beyond a platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for
dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals
cannot.  Through this series, practitioners can glean new approaches in
challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions
to professional quandaries.

How to submit

If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send an
abstract of 300 words or less as well as author details and estimated
length of final submission to Samantha Hines at shines at pencol.edu by March
31, 2017.

*Submission deadlines*



Submission deadline for proposals: March 31, 2017

Notification of acceptance sent by:  June 30, 2017

Submission deadline for full chapters:  August 31, 2017

Comments returned to authors:  October 31, 2017

Submission deadline for chapter revisions:  November 30, 2017
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