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Monday, September 10, 2007

Public Services Quarterly: CFP, and column editor positions available

Please excuse cross-postings, we are trying to distribute this information as widely as possible.

Public Services Quarterly is currently soliciting manuscripts to be considered for upcoming issues. It also has openings for the editors for two columns. The journal’s goal is to keep academic librarians in a variety of public service roles up to date with developments in the field. Public Services Quarterly covers the areas of reference and research assistance, information literacy and instruction, and access and delivery services and examines creative ways to use technology to provide your students and faculty with the support they need. Combining research findings and case studies with authoritative articles, the journal tracks the changing patterns in organizational and managerial structures to present new initiatives for expanding and improving library services. Each issue includes a number of columns filled with practical ideas and important resources. The columns are Technology, Marketing, Best of the Literature, Professional Reading, Future Voices in Public Services, and Internet Resources. Additional information can be found at http://tinyurl.com/38na7r Submissions to PSQ are peer-reviewed, and instructions for authors are available through a link on the PSQ page.

I hope that you will consider PSQ when you are writing an article related to public services in academic libraries. Please don’t hesitate to contact the editor if you have questions. Initial queries about an article topic are welcome. Please note that the article, when completed, is still subject to a complete editorial review. Also make sure that you include a cover page listing only the article title, as well as a second title page with the full information that is specified on the Instructions for Authors web page.

Column Editor Positions Available: Currently, there are vacancies for the editors of the Internet Resources column and the Best of the Literature column. You can see examples of these columns starting with volume 2 of the journal. If you are interested in applying for the Internet Resources column position, please contact Trudi Jacobson (information below). If you are interested in the Best of the Literature position, contact Wayne Bivens-Tatum, the current column editor, at rbivens@princeton.edu.

Trudi E. Jacobson, Editor, Public Services Quarterly, University Libraries, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany NY 12222; tjacobson@uamail.albany.edu; 518/442-3581.

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