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<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Call for proposals for a special issue of
<i>portal</i> </span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Working title:
</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Public Services and User Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Guest editors
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Julie Garrison,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; ">Associate Dean for Research and Instructional Services,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Grand Valley State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Kathleen De Long, Senior HR Officer (Secondment) and Director, Technology Training Centre, University of Alberta</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">portal</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> editor
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<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Marianne Ryan,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; ">Associate University Librarian for Public Services,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Northwestern University</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Aims and scope
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">portal: Libraries and the Academy</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> seeks proposals for a
special-themed issue on the future of public services in academic libraries. The purpose of this issue is to prompt thinking and discourse around a broader definition of library services to the campus community, and most importantly, to examine the redefined
role of innovative public services within twenty-first century academic libraries. Public services can involve any knowledge, skill, or functional specialty related to the user experience.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Potential topics include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">New definitions and philosophies of public services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Changing organizational structures and staffing models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Increasing collaboration between university libraries and faculty</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Enhancing teaching and learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Examining the impact of emerging digital technologies and web services
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Transforming scholarly communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Emphasizing space as service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#303030">Conducting effective service assessment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Publication schedule</b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Publication of the special issue is tentatively planned for early 2017. Interested authors should submit an abstract of 300 words to the editors by December 1, 2015
and will be notified of decisions by January 1, 2016. Original, completed manuscripts are due by June 1, 2016, with earlier submissions encouraged. Final revised manuscripts will be due by September 1, 2016. Submitted papers should adhere to the format
requirements of <i>portal: Libraries and the Academy</i>,<i> </i>described at<i></i><a href="http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/guidelines.html">http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/guidelines.html</a>.
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; ">Manuscripts will be subject to editorial assessment but not to blind peer review.
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Authors of papers invited to be revised and resubmitted will be expected to work within the designated</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext; "> time frame to meet the
special issue’s publication deadline. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We welcome inquiries and encourage authors interested in submitting to this special issue to discuss their submissions with the editors in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Submission process and additional information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Send abstracts, related communication, and any questions about this special issue to the editors, Julie Garrison, Grand Valley State University,
<a href="mailto:garrisoj@gvsu.edu">garrisoj@gvsu.edu</a>, Kathleen De Long, University of Alberta,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:kathleen.delong@ualberta.ca"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kathleen.delong@ualberta.c</span><span style="color:windowtext">a</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">,
and Marianne Ryan, <a href="mailto:marianne-ryan@northwestern.edu">marianne-ryan@northwestern.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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