Call for Articles: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries (An ACRL Monograph)

Call for Articles: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries (An ACRL Monograph)

Editors:
Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.edu
Scott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.edu

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2007
Expected publication: Summer 2008

Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. “Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will provide case studies and reports of best practices and experiences in the many ways in which academic libraries have chosen to become part of this trend.

“Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will include three sections to encompass the variety of ways gaming has been incorporated into academic libraries.

Section 1: “Gaming as Marketing” - How is gaming used to bring students into the library and make students aware of other library services?

Section 2: “Gaming and Collections” - How have academic libraries started augmenting their collections with hardware and software?

Section 3: “Gaming and Teaching” - How is gaming used for teaching information literacy skills in academic libraries? How does gaming fit into the academic classroom?

Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:
-Information literacy games
-Game night hosting
-Student orientation games
-Games in information commons
-Game software and hardware collections
-Games to train staff

Submissions
Individuals interested in contributing a chapter are invited to e-mail a proposal to the editors on or before August 31, 2007. Proposals should be from 400-600 words and include information about your name, affiliation, a working title, and abstract. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified of acceptance by September 14, 2007. Full chapters will be expected by January 15, 2008.
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Amy Harris
First-Year Instruction Coordinator and Reference Librarian
Liaison to Religious Studies and Broadcasting and Cinema
Reference and Instructional Services
Jackson Library, UNCG
336-256-0275
AIM: AHarrisUNCG

CFP: Collection Management (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

CFP: Collection Management (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Librarians working to manage and develop collections need a resource to keep pace with the constantly changing landscape of library collections and their management. The peer-reviewed journal, Collection Management , published by Haworth Press, serves as that resource for librarians and information specialists working in collection development and management, acquisitions, access services, and interlibrary loan, as well as special collections and archives.

If you want to have an impact on shaping this dynamic field of librarianship, Collection Management is currently accepting manuscripts for publication consideration. Collection Management seeks well-researched, refereed articles and reviews that cover an extensive range of pragmatic and theoretical topics. Collection Management typically seeks to address recent developments related to creating and managing collections; sharing and providing access to resources; preserving both traditional and digital library resources; training and developing collections staff; managing and analyzing administrative data associated with building today's library collections; and usage, licensing, rights, access, and financial issues. Other topics regularly examined are:

-digital collection management
-management for special collections and archives
-data management concerns (i.e, ERM, GIS, metadata)
-risk and financial issues and strategies
-consortial and cooperative collections
-assessment tools and methods
-decision making in the face of access vs. ownership
-collection development focused on international and area studies
-the latest collection management tools

Manuscripts should be 20–50 typed pages, double-spaced (including references and abstract). Lengthier manuscripts may be considered if they can be divided across multiple journal issues. The references and format should follow the Chicago style (as outlined in the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style). Electronic submission is preferred. The journal is published quarterly in both print and electronic formats.

To be published in the next available issue (volume 33, no. 3), submissions should be received no later than October 15, 2007. Notice of acceptance for this issue will be communicated by December 3, 2007.

Additional information about submission requirements is available at:

Collection Management


Information about the journal is available at http://col.haworthpress.com.

Please also feel free to contact the Editor:

Faye A. Chadwell
Associate University Librarian
Oregon State University
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
fchadwell@gmail.com

Call for Proposals: Working Title: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries

Call for Proposals
Working Title: Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries
An ACRL Monograph
Editors:
Amy Harris, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a_harri2@uncg.edu
Scott Rice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, serice2@uncg.edu

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2007
Expected publication: Summer 2008

Gaming in all its forms is making its way into academia. “Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will provide case studies and reports of best practices and experiences in the many ways in which academic libraries have chosen to become part of this trend.

“Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries” will include three sections to encompass the variety of ways gaming has been incorporated into academic libraries.
Section 1: “Gaming as Marketing”
How is gaming used to bring students into the library and make students aware of other library services?
Section 2: “Gaming and Collections”
How have academic libraries started augmenting their collections with hardware and software?
Section 3: “Gaming and Teaching”
How is gaming used for teaching information literacy skills in academic libraries? How does gaming fit into the academic classroom?

Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:
Information literacy games
Game night hosting
Student orientation games
Games in information commons
Game software and hardware collections
Games to train staff

Submissions
Individuals interested in contributing a chapter are invited to e-mail a proposal to the editors on or before August 31, 2007. Proposals should be from 400-600 words and include information about your name, affiliation, a working title, and abstract. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified of acceptance by September 14, 2007. Full chapters will be expected by January 15, 2008.

New journal: Journal of Web Librarianship

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship. If you'd like a free sample copy, please visit

http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J502

and select "Free Sample Print Copy" from the right-hand column. You can also get an RSS feed for the journal's TOC.

Many thanks to all the contributors to this milestone!

Also check out the journal's first two podcasts, interviews with Joe Janes and Jody Condit Fagan, hosted by Deanna Christina Sukkar, on the journal's homepage, http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

For the latest news about JWL, visit the Editorial Blog, at http://jweblib.livejournal.com/ Here's the Table of Contents for 1(1):

COLUMNS

Social Eyes, Brian S. Mathews

Global Connections, Sarah Beasley and Candice Kail

REVIEW SECTION:

Professional Readings on Librarianship and the Web, Phillip M. Edwards, Review Editor

ARTICLES

Web Access to Electronic Journals and Databases in ARL Libraries, Dana M. Caudle and Cecilia M. Schmitz

Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Using Wikis for Professional Knowledge Sharing, Anne-Marie Deitering and Rachel Bridgewater

A Literature Review of Academic Library Web Page Studies, Barbara A. Blummer

Firefox Search Plugins: Searching your library in the browser, Michael Sauers

From Zero to Wiki: Proposing and Implementing a Library Wiki, Jon Haupt

Measuring the Success of the Academic Library Web Site Using Banner Advertisements and Web Conversion Rates:

A Case Study, Michael D. Whang

Jody Condit Fagan
Editor, Journal of Web Librarianship
Digital Services Librarian
James Madison University
Preferred email: faganjc@jmu.edu