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Editor Library Hi Tech

Posted on March 6, 2019 | Leave a comment

Emerald is seeking expressions of interest in the editorship of ‘Library Hi
Tech’. The journal https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2T3quVM&data=02%7C01%7Cdxf19%40psu.edu%7Cc1aff6dc86e240cfa43608d6a22cb008%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636874710153880735&sdata=2%2FjA%2F1vyd%2F4xcj6mf1%2Fms3Ni0D20HbOLXx2DbzUN5Ag%3D&reserved=0  is concerned with technology-
assisted information systems that support libraries & cultural memory,
education & the academy, health & medicine, and government & citizenship.
“Library Hi Tech” has a 2017 Impact Factor of 0.759 and a 5-year Impact Factor
of 1.014; it is included in Scopus (with a 2018 CiteScore Tracker of 1.47).
Potential candidates must have a wide network and scholarly book volume or
journal editorship experience.

If you are interested in this exciting editorship opportunity, please contact
me by March 28th for details of what’s involved in the role.  Emerald will be
at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference in
Cleveland, 10-13th April to meet with shortlisted candidates who are attending
this event.

Thanks and best wishes

Eileen Breen
Publisher | Emerald Publishing
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 785172 | Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 ebreen@emeraldgroup.com

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C&RL Book Review Editor

Posted on March 25, 2014 | Leave a comment
Colleagues – following the unexpected resignation of our Book Review Editor, we are on the hunt for someone new. If you have suggestions (or are interested yourself), please see the announcement at:

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Scott Walter, M.L.S., Ph.D.
University Librarian
DePaul University
Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University School of Public Service
Adjunct Faculty, San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science
Editor-in-Chief, College & Research Libraries
2350 N. Kenmore Avenue, 116F
Chicago, IL 60614-3210
773.325.8023 (voice) | 773.325.7869 (FAX)
e-mail: swalte11@depaul.edu
http://works.bepress.com/scott_walter/
http://crl.acrl.org

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Databib

Posted on July 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

Databib, http://databib.org, is a tool for helping people to identify and locate online repositories of research data. Over 200 data repositories have been cataloged in Databib, with more being added every week. Users and bibliographers create and curate records that describe data repositories that users can browse and search.

* What repositories are appropriate for a researcher to submit his or her data to?
* How do users find appropriate data repositories and discover datasets to meet their needs?
* How can librarians help patrons locate and integrate data into their research or learning?

Databib begins to address these needs for data users, data producers, publishers, librarians, funding agencies, and others engaged in data-driven research.

In addition to the website, Databib is made available using a variety of machine interfaces (RSS, RDF/XML, OpenSearch, RDFa/Linked Data) for easy integration with other tools and environments without restriction (CC0). Databib’s international advisory board represents global support for collaborating to develop such a global registry of research data repositories.

The development of Databib was initially supported by a Sparks! Innovation National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

CALL FOR EDITORS

Nominations for an Editorial Board are being solicited to ensure the coverage and accuracy of Databib. Editors ideally will have expertise in a specific research domain or knowledge of research data repositories in a particular geographic region as well as experience with descriptive metadata. The primary role of an Editor is to review, edit, and approve submissions to Databib and contribute to the enhancement of the metadata and functionality of Databib for a voluntary, three-year term. The Editorial Board will meet (virtually) a minimum of twice a year and will correspond as needed by email.

Please send nominations or questions to databib@gmail.com, or visit http://databib.org/about.php for more information. Thank you.

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CALL FOR IRRT INTERNATIONAL LEADS EDITOR

Posted on May 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

To make inquiries or to apply for the position, please contact Eve Nyren at enyren@placerlibrary.org

Applications are due by June 15, 2011.

International Relations Round Table (IRRT) International Leads Editor
Volunteer Position Available Beginning June 2011 after the ALA Annual
Conference in New Orleans.

Do you want to play a significant role in promoting international librarianship and the activities of the International Relations Round Table? You can do so by volunteering to serve a two-year term as the editor of IRRT’s official publication International Leads (IL).  The position will begin in June 2011 after the Annual Conference in New Orleans.

IL Editor Description:

The Editor of International Leads is responsible for the official organ of the International Relations Round Table, in conjunction with the IRRT Publications Committee and the IRRT Executive Board.

The purpose of IL is to disseminate information about international librarianship and the activities of the Round Table. IL seeks to support Round Table and Association objectives by bringing IRRT’s members news and articles that help them understand and react to recent developments in international librarianship.

Because IL is the official publication of the IRRT, the editor has a particular responsibility to convey to IRRT members and other readers full and accurate information on the activities, purpose and goals of the Round Table. Previous issues are available on the IRRT website at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/irrt/intlleads/internationalleads.cfm

IL is published quarterly, edited by a member volunteer and printed through the production facilities of ALA’s Publishing Services Department. It is indexed in Wilson Omnifile.

The IL Editor will serve a two-year term, renewable once.  The term begins at the end of the ALA Annual Conference in June 2011 and runs for two calendar (volume) years.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate International Leads working with the IRRT Publications Committee and the IRRT Executive Board.

Have responsibility for the content, form and design of IL within the parameters of ALA and IRRT policies and in consultation with the IRRT Publications Committee, the IRRT Executive Board, the ALA International Relations Office (IRO).

Seek manuscripts and encourage the submission of high-quality articles.

Review all submitted manuscripts in light of the philosophy, purpose, and general style of the publication.  Correspond with authors regarding acceptable, rewriting and resubmission, or rejection of articles.

Edit and proof manuscript copy.

Assume final authority for all content in each issue of IL.

Serve as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the IRRT Publications Committee
and the IRRT Executive Board.

Qualifications:

Experience in publishing and/or journalism, either in editing or writing, sufficient to be able to produce a high-quality publication that addresses interests of the readership.

Effective communication skills.

Experience in or demonstrated knowledge of international librarianship.

Membership in the International Relations Round Table.

Attendance at both the ALA Midwinter Conference and the ALA Annual
Conference is required.

Reports to:

IRRT Publications Committee
IRRT Executive Board

To make inquiries or to apply for the position, please contact Eve Nyren, Chair-elect of IRRT. Applications should include a brief statement about your interest in the position and a description of your skills and background relevant to the position.  Please include a current resume or CV.  Applications are due by June 15, 2011 for review by the IRRT Executive Board. Applications in electronic format by email are preferable.   Candidate interviews will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on Saturday afternoon, June 25, 2011.

Eve Alison Nyren
IRRT Chair-elect, 2010-2011
Manager, Rocklin Public Library
5460 Fifth Street
Rocklin, CA
916-624-5761
enyren@placerlibrary.org

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Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s History

Posted on May 16, 2011 | Leave a comment 
Frontiers: A Journal of Women's History invites proposals for new editors and a new editorial home for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2012. Founded in 1975, Frontiers is one of the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed feminist journals in the United States. This inter- and multi-disciplinary journal has made its mark as the feminist journal that most consistently offers multicultural works in forms accessible to a wide audience within and outside the academy. The original Editorial Collective (Frontiers' advisory board) chose the title "Frontiers" to emphasize that the journal would push the boundaries of feminist scholarship within a national context. Frontiers achieved something else as well; the journal, with its interdisciplinary focus on women, gender, race, and ethnicity, has played a leading role in transforming our understanding of the U.S. regional West. Under the present co-editorship of Susan Gray and Gayle Gullett, who became editors in 2003, the journal shifted its objectives in two important ways. The co-editors, contending that place is a constitutive factor, added it to the list of topics of longstanding concern to Frontiers: women, gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation. The co-editors also dramatically expanded the focus of the journal from the regional and national to the global and transnational. Today the journal serves a global audience, and its pool of submissions is global as well. We seek an editorial team that will continue the best of Frontiers' traditions and create a new agenda that allows Frontiers to continue to expand its intellectual borders and reach new audiences. We strongly encourage openness to innovative, flexible editorial partnerships and technologies. For example, we encourage readers to think not only of forming a co-editorship on a single campus, as per our example, but, of other possible organizational structures, such as a committee of editors on one campus or spread across several universities. Such innovations will strengthen the journal and help ensure the continued prosperity of Frontiers in an era of austere university budgets and rapid, cost- and technology-driven changes in scholarly publishing. Proposals to edit Frontiers should include: 1) an editorial mission statement, including an analysis of the place of the journal in feminist scholarship broadly defined; 2) an organizational plan for the editing and administrating of the journal; 3) a statement of commitment of institutional support; and 4) curriculum vitae for all members of the editorial team. Proposals that incorporate personnel or support from more than one institution are welcome. Frontiers is published by the University of Nebraska Press which handles all production, including copyediting, as well as marketing. Proposals should therefore focus on the acquisition, in-house management, and developmental editing of submissions. For a prospectus outlining the journal's current operational structure, please contact the present co-editors, Susan Gray and Gayle Gullett: segray@asu.edu <mailto:Gullett-segray@asu.edu> ; Gayle.Gullett@asu.edu. Proposals to edit Frontiers should be submitted electronically to: frontiers@asu.edu by January 15, 2012.

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ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section Blog Editor

Posted on May 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

The ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section is currently seeking a volunteer Blog Editor.

 

The WGSS Blog editor provides updates on Women & Gender Studies Section activities and resources of interest to Section members.

 

The Blog Editor is appointed for a three-year term and is a non-voting, ex-officio, member of the WGSS Executive Committee and Publications Committee. The Editor solicits input and news from WGSS officers, committee chairs and members and writes original copy. The Blog Editor is expected to attend the WGSS Publications meetings is expected to either attend the Executive and Membership meetings or submit a written report about blog activities to the Section Chair to distribute the report.

 

The Blog Editor manages and creates new content for the blog on a regular, continual basis. The Editor stays abreast of Section activities and is attentive to blog design, layout, and editorial standards. The editor performs continuous enhancements and modifications to the Section blog and troubleshoots and repairs bugs and technical problems. The Editor responds to blog comments and email as needed. Previous experience with WordPress is not required. See: ACRL Women & Gender Studies Section blog.

 

If interested in seeking this appointment, please write a brief paragraph, stating your interest in this position, qualifications and your expected level of commitment and send it to Pamela Mann (pemann@smcm.edu) and Jennifer Mayer (MayerJ@uwyo.edu).

 

We look forward to hearing from you,

 

Pamela Mann

Jennifer Mayer

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Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) Associate Editor

Posted on November 11, 2009 | Leave a comment

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) seeks an experienced writer or editor to assist in the production and eventually take over as editor of LLAMA’s quarterly journal, Library Leadership & Management (LL&M).  Presently the journal is operating with a co-editorship model that is working quite well, and may be a model for a new approach to producing content for LL&M.  Applications for a shared editorship role are encouraged.

With the Winter 2010 issue, LL&M is transitioning from a print and electronic model to a web-only publication.  We anticipate that the next several years will offer opportunities for the journal to grow in new directions, employ more graphics, and the future possibility for media and interactivity.  The associate editor will be responsible for working closely with the editor in developing and producing each issue and will establish relationships with the Publications Editorial Advisory Board, LLAMA Executive Board, and LLAMA Section and Committee chairs.  This will include producing and editing content, identifying appropriate topics for publication, and assisting authors in developing manuscripts.   More detailed responsibilities are in a public document on ALA Connect, titled LL&M Associate Editor Expectations http://connect.ala.org/node/84638.  Submissions to the journal are invited, accepted, reviewed, and chosen by the editor assisted by the associate editor. 

After a two-year term as associate editor, the incumbent will take over duties as editor for two years (2013 – 2014).  The associate editor serves as an ex-officio member of the LLAMA Board of Directors and the Publications Editorial Advisory Board. The first issue for which the newly appointed associate editor will share responsibility will be volume 26, no. 1.

Applicants must be LLAMA members and have experience within ALA.   They are expected to have  knowledge of LLAMA and its goals, have an interest in and knowledge of leadership issues relevant to libraries, and a familiarity with management and leadership literature in general.  Applicants must have written and published in a print or electronic environment and/or have demonstrated editorial experience.  Applicants should have familiarity with technological resources, such as blogs, social websites, and content management systems, as well as knowledge of emerging technologies in publishing.  An understanding of working within the context of a complex organization and balancing competing priorities will be an asset for the successful candidate.

The successful candidate must make a four-year commitment to attend ALA Midwinter and Annual Conference meetings, with emphasis on attending LLAMA section and committee meetings. A stipend up to $1,500 annually will be provided to cover documented travel and/or editorial expenses.  Conference registration costs will be covered as well. 

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter summarizing their editorial philosophy, two to four samples of written work or editorial activities, and three letters of reference addressing their qualifications.  In case of co-editorship applications, a single cover letter with individual resumes, writing samples, and letters of reference should be sent, with one individual identified as the primary contact.  Materials should be sent in electronic form to: Kerry Ward, LLAMA Executive Director at kward@ala.org.  The deadline for application is May 1, 2010. Finalists will be interviewed at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

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Rare Books & Manuscripts (RBM) editor

Posted on March 12, 2008 | Leave a comment

ACRL Invites Applications for RBM Editor

ACRL invites applications and nominations for the position of editor of Rare Books & Manuscripts (RBM), the biannual, scholarly research journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The editor is appointed for a three-year term, which may be renewed for an additional three years. Applicants must be a member of ALA and ACRL.
Qualifications include professional experience in academic libraries, a record of scholarly publication, editing experience, an ability to meet publication deadlines, an understanding of the scholarly communication process, and a broad knowledge of the issues confronting academic libraries.

Appointment will be made by the ACRL Board of Directors at the 2008 Annual Conference upon the recommendation of the search committee and of the ACRL Publications Committee. The incoming editor will assume full responsibility upon appointment in July 2008.

Nominations or resumes and letters of application, including the names of three references, should be sent to:

RBM Search Committee
c/o Dawn Mueller
ACRL
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
dmueller@ala.org
The deadline for receipt of applications is March 28, 2008.
Finalists will be interviewed at the ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, 2008.

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Public Services Quarterly

Posted on September 24, 2007 | Leave a comment

Public Services Quarterly is currently soliciting manuscripts to be considered for upcoming issues. It also has an opening for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. 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

I hope that you will consider PSQ when you are writing an article related to public services in academic libraries. Submissions to PSQ are peer-reviewed, and instructions for authors are available through a link on the PSQ page. 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 Position Available: Currently, there is a vacancy for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. You can see examples of this column starting with volume 2 of the journal. If you are interested in applying, 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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Public Services Quarterly

Posted on September 7, 2007 | Leave a comment

Public Services Quarterly is currently soliciting manuscripts to be considered for upcoming issues. It also has an opening for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. 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

I hope that you will consider PSQ when you are writing an article related to public services in academic libraries. Submissions to PSQ are peer-reviewed, and instructions for authors are available through a link on the PSQ page. 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 Position Available: Currently, there is a vacancy for the editor of the Best of the Literature column. You can see examples of this column starting with volume 2 of the journal. If you are interested in applying, 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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