Call for Papers - Special Issue of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

[John McDonald]

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL)
http://www.jerl-info.com is a peer-reviewed journal addressing issues in
electronic resources librarianship. The journal is published quarterly
by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis). 

Submissions are being accepted for a special issue of this journal
titled, "Electronic Resources Usage Statistics: Research & Practice.",
guest edited by John McDonald, Director of Information & Bibliographic
Management and Faculty Relations, Claremont University Consortium.

JERL aims to inform librarians and other information professionals about
evolving work-related processes and procedures, current research and the
latest news on topics related to electronic resources and the digital
environment's impact on collecting, acquiring, and making accessible
library materials.  This issue of JERL will focus on the use of
statistics and quantitative or qualitative data analysis relating to the
acquisition and management of electronic resources in libraries.
Articles will include original research on journal and database usage
statistics, collections decisions, electronic books, and library
services in general.  

JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly research, and
practical communications about relevant topics in electronic resources
librarianship.

 The journal will publish the following types of articles: 
* Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original research) nature 
* Practice-related articles, such as case studies or pieces on the state
of the field/new areas of work 
* Review articles of books, conferences, and other resources of interest
in the field 

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the theory,
application or usage of statistics in collection development, including:

*	assessment and evaluation of e-resources
*	determining value of e-resources
*	economics of e-resources in libraries
*	e-resources usage by format types (online journals, e-books,
databases)
*	standards development for statistics relating to digital
resources and collections
*	statistical research relating to usability of resources or user
preferences
*	information needs and behaviors of users 
*	statistical affect of access & discovery tools
*	evidence of changes in the nature of research in the digital
environment
*	statistics on digital Libraries and digital repositories
*	statistics supporting collection planning
*	novel techniques for statistical research on bibliometric data

For details or more information, contact:

Guest Editor of this Issue:
John McDonald
Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations
Libraries, Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, CA 91711
909-621-8014
John.mcdonald at libraries.claremont.edu

Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Bonnie Tijerina
Digital Collections Services Librarian
University of California, Los Angeles
33456 Charles E. Young Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90095
AIM: bltijerina
btijerina at library.ucla.edu