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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Call for proposals--EXTENDED <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Advances in Library Administration and Organization
<br>
Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome<br>
Publication due 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Volume Editor: George J. Fowler, Old Dominion University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">What is the purpose of a library in a community? And what roles in the community best align with that purpose?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">How ought we gather and implement expertise from outside the profession?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">How can we communicate and garner support from the government, the private sector and users in order to achieve our purpose?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">How can libraries balance demands to serve other needs that detract from the library’s ability to fulfil its purpose?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">How can libraries build community around this purpose, and how ought they reach out to their communities to engage and serve them?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">How can libraries demonstrate positive impact on young generations?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">What opportunities are opened to libraries and librarians by recent and potential future technological advancements?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This will be the second volume of
<i>Advances in Library Administration and Organization</i> (ALAO) to publish in 2018.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">About the Advances in Library Administration and Organization series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/books/series.htm?id=0732-0671"><i>ALAO</i></a> 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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">How to submit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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
<a href="mailto:shines@pencol.edu">shines@pencol.edu</a> by May 31, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission deadline for proposals: May 31, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Notification of acceptance sent by: July 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission deadline for full chapters: October 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Comments returned to authors: December 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission deadline for chapter revisions: Feb 28, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black">Beth Martin<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black">Head of Professional Programs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:black">Interim Head of Liberal Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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