Sorry for the fwd which many of you may have seen already, but -- here is a
call for papers that is relevant to our interests :) Anyone want to get
together and write something about WP & libraries?
-- phoebe
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The Virginia Library Association (VLA) and the Virginia Chapter of the
Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL) invite you to
contribute manuscripts for a special, peer-reviewed issue of Virginia
Libraries dedicated to exploring openness in libraries.
The October/November/December (v. 4) 2014 issue of Virginia Libraries will
focus on the idea of "openness" and how twenty-first century libraries can
engage with and promote this idea. Submissions should be around 3,000 words
in length and may represent original research, case studies, essays, or
literature reviews on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
* Open access resources
* Open educational resources (OERs)
* Massive open online courses (MOOCs)
* Open education initiatives
* Open source software
* Linked data
* Institutional repositories
* Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
* Copyright
* Instruction and information literacy efforts including open resources
* Programming and outreach promoting open resources and discussions
* Changing roles of information professionals in an "open" environment
Articles will be peer reviewed and accepted articles will be edited before
publication.
The journal issue will be published in Fall 2014. Full manuscript drafts
will be accepted until June 1, 2014 . Authors will be notified about their
submissions by July 1, 2014 , and final drafts of accepted articles will be
due to issue editors by August 15, 2014 .
Additional information about Virginia Libraries and author guidelines are
available:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/ . Virginia Libraries
is an open access journal, and is indexed in Library, Information Science,
& Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Library Literature & Information Science
Full Text, and Library & Information Science Source.
Manuscript submissions, questions, and other comments should be sent
directly to the issue editors, VLACRL Co-Chair Rebecca K. Miller (
millerrk(a)vt.edu ) and VLACRL Chair Candice Benjes-Small (
cbsmall(a)radford.edu ).
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Rebecca K. Miller
www.rebeccakatemiller.com
Information Literacy Coordinator/Science Librarian
University Libraries at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
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