UL Professional Development

In line with Carol Singer’s excellent advice, take a look at:

CFP: Internet Reference Services Quarterly

The editor of Internet Reference Services Quarterly seeks manuscripts for Volume 15 (2010) and 16 (2011). The journal covers all aspects of reference service provided via the Internet.

Why publish in IRSQ?
o Peer reviewed
o Four-week initial review process
o Editorial support for new authors
o Narrow scope focuses on web technologies as they relate to reference services
o Wide audience of all library types and disciplines – public, academic, special, humanities, science, etc.

More information for authors is available at the journal website –
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1087-5301&subcategory=AH250000&linktype=44

Contact the editor with questions or to discuss your manuscript.

Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis. Manuscripts that have completed the review process by the dates below will be published in the corresponding issue listed.

Review completed by September 21 – published in December Vol 15 (4)
Review completed by December 9 – published in March 2011 Vol 16 (1)

This journal is published by the Taylor & Francis Group, with offices in Philadelphia, London, and other countries. Request a free online issue at the journal website
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1087-5301&subcategory=AH250000.

Brenda Reeb
Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
Director, Business & Government Information Library
River Campus – Rhees 210
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
voice 585-275-8249
email brenda.reeb@rochester.edu

SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE OF COLLEGE & UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES
CALL FOR ARTICLES/PROPOSALS

The New Normal:  leveraging library resources in a brave new world of fiscal reality and institutional change

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed publication, invites proposals for articles to be published in a special issue addressing how libraries are finding creative solutions to maximize resources and provide services in a challenging economy.

The issue will be co-edited by Kevin Gunn of the Catholic University of America (gunn@cua.edu) and Elizabeth Hammond of Mercer University (hammond_bd@mercer.edu).

In their pieces, authors should focus on how libraries are finding opportunities for new services, partnerships, roles, and initiatives amid fiscal constraints at the same time colleges and universities are rethinking their institutional priorities.  Authors are invited to submit articles/proposals for pieces such as:

1.  theoretical, philosophical, or ideological discussions on re-engineering services and operations
2.  opinion or position papers on the impact on libraries and their users
3.  case studies of library projects and initiatives
4.  new opportunities for consortial partnerships or library collaboratives
5.  collaboration or partnerships between librarians and other campus units
6.  research studies
7.  annotated reviews of the literature.

We welcome proposals from librarians and faculty or other partners both individually and as teams. The proposal should consist of an abstract of 500 words together with all author contact information. Articles should run at least 20 double-spaced pages in length.

For additional information, please contact either editor. Please submit proposals to Kevin Gunn (gunn@cua.edu) by August 15, 2010.  First drafts of accepted proposals will be due by November 15, 2010. Feel free to contact either of us with any questions you may have.

Kevin Gunn
Beth Hammond

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Kevin B. Gunn, MA, MLIS
Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services
Lecturer, LSC 704 Humanities Information
Research Advisory Tool:
http://www.lib.cua.edu/rat/SPT–Home.php
314 Mullen Library
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC  20064
Phone:(202)-319-5088  Fax:(202)-319-4735
Email: gunn@cua.edu

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[what we swap all the time that isn’t library stuff]

• First Tips for Faculty (Mary McKinney, Academic Coach)
• Helping New Faculty Succeed (Kerry Ann Rockquemore, faculty developer)

Maximize Your Chance of Success: Advice for Writing a Winning Proposal for ACRL 2011

ACRL Podcast series aimed at early career librarians: Newbie Dispatches

• Episode 1 primarily discusses publishing a monograph; around 14:20 talks about breaking into writing for the profession.
• Episode 3: Getting Published.

• Book: Librarian’s Guide to Writing for Publication (BGSU and OhioLINK )
• How to Get Published in LIS Journals: A Practical Guide (2003 pamphlet edited by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Jennifer Dorner, published by Elsevier)
• Advice on Publishing in Journals (from the Library Success wiki, includes links to articles specifically for LIS authors)
• A Library Writer’s Blog (calls for papers in LIS)
• Beyond the Job (grants, conferences, calls for papers)
• Dolores’ List of CFPs (includes Education as well as LIS and related disciplines)
• Open Access Journals — see DOAJ and DMOZ
• Issues in Scholarly Communication from BGSU Librarians

Articles and posts on writing and time management with tips and suggestions

• The Habit of Writing (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Writing Productivity Problems (Stanford Faculty and Staff help center)
• Practical Advice for Writing Your Dissertation, Book, or Article (American Historical Association)
• How to Schedule Your Writing Like a Professional Writer (interesting short analysis of habits of successful writers — early morning, coffee, isolation)
• ProfHacker: Productivity Category (writing tips, tools, etc. from the Chron’s ProfHacker series)
• Brochure: The Balanced Researcher From Thinkwell , a consulting firm in Australia that works with universities, individual academics and researchers
• The Dissertation Workshop (advice on writing the dissertation, but includes sections on timelines, organization, peer support)