Announcements

 View Only

Call for Chapters - Essays on Developing Digital Scholarship Services

  • 1.  Call for Chapters - Essays on Developing Digital Scholarship Services

    Posted Jul 17, 2019 04:42 PM

    Call for Chapters (Proposal Deadline August 2, 2019):

    Essays on Developing Digital Scholarship Services

     

    Essays on Developing Digital Scholarship Services is under contract with McFarland Publishing with a peer review delivery date of December 31, 2019. This is the second call for chapter proposals.  Because of substantial interest in contributions to this publication, we have decided to expand the scope of the book to give authors the opportunity to contribute to the following topics: 

    • HOW TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF NEEDS 
    • FUNDRAISING, INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING & GRANTS
    • BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT 
    • ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE & WHERE SERVICES WILL BE LOCATED 
    • PHYSICAL SPACE IN HOSTING SERVICES OR CENTERS 
    • CULTIVATING STAKEHOLDERS AT ALL LEVELS OF DISTRIBUTING SERVICES
      • STAKEHOLDERS IN LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
    • BUILDING COMMUNITIES (LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, GLOBAL)
    • ENSURING DIVERSITY & INCLUSION GOALS ARE MET
    • HIRING, RECRUITING & TRAINING SUPPORT STAFF   
    • LIBRARIES AS INTELLECTUAL PARTNERS
    • FINDING, IDENTIFYING & DEVELOPING DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP PARTNERSHIPS
    • ASSESSMENT MODELS  
    • SUSTAINABILITY PLANS 
      • GETTING LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION ON BOARD WITH SUSTAINABILITY
    • INNOVATION AND THE 21st CENTURY LIBRARY

    Library support for digital scholarship and services has grown steadily in the last 20 years, as has the number of faculty and students creating digital scholarly products. Driven by the demands of faculty and students, many academic libraries offer individual services such as digitization, data curation, and web development, or they create programs or centers to meet these needs. It can be a challenge at regional comprehensive universities to gain support from administration, some faculty, and even some librarians for digital scholarship. Even with the backing of all key stakeholders, it can be hard to know where to begin, particularly when a program must be built from the ground up.

     

    This book will provide surveys, essays and case studies that deal with all aspects of creating a digital scholarship program in the comprehensive university library, from planning to implementation, and will explore how to address challenges, including resistance to new modes of scholarship and digital tools.

    Editors:

     

    Pamela Mitchem, Coordinator of Digital Scholarship & Initiatives, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC email: pricemtchemp@appstate.edu

    Dea Rice, Digital Projects Manager, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC email: ricedm@appstate.edu

     

    Agnes Gambill, Head of Scholarly Communications, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC email: gambillab@appstate.edu 

    Submission Procedure

     

    You are invited to submit a word document that includes the title of the proposal, an abstract (500-800 words).

     

    All proposals should be submitted to the following address: pricemtchemp@appstate.edu

     

    Proposals Submission Deadline:  August 2, 2019

    Notification of Acceptance: August 16, 2019

    Chapter Submission Date: November 15, 2019

     

    Authors will be notified of a final decision August 16, 2019 and asked to send a full text by November 15, 2019. The chapter's length will be 5000-7000 words. Submitted chapters should not have been previously published or sent to another editor.

     

    Please use the Chicago Manual of Style (footnotes) 16th edition:  http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

    All manuscripts submitted to the editors will be subject to rigorous peer review process as well as editorial and production processes.

     

    Contact Email:

    pricemtchemp@appstate.edu



    ------------------------------
    Matt Ransom
    Digital Preservation Strategist
    Belk Library and Information Commons
    Appalachian State University
    Boone NC
    ------------------------------