(via Bobbi Newman, Network of the National Library of Medicine – Region 6) Join your fellow librarians, health professionals, and public health workers for this quarter of the NNLM Book Discussion. We will read High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth and the Unexpected by Chavi Eve Karkowsky, M.D. After acquiring the book in your preferred format, you…
Category: Scholarly Publishing
Call for Articles on Public Services in Academic Libraries for Future Issues of Public Services Quarterly
(via Kimberly Mitchell, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) The journal Public Services Quarterly seeks quality original articles about public services in academic libraries. We are interested in research-based and theoretical articles as well as case studies that advance the understanding of public services–reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other…
Call for Proposals: Journal of New Librarianship’s Innovation in Libraries Column–Deadline Fri., April 21
(via Cristina Colquhoun, Oklahoma State University) You are invited to submit a proposal for the Journal of New Librarianship‘s “Innovation in Libraries” column. Rogers (2003) defined innovation as an “idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption” (p. 12). With advancements in technologies, ideas, and processes such as…
Reminder: Submissions for Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Due Wed., April 5
(via Kristina Clement, Kennesaw State University) The call for papers for the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE) is now open. JOERHE welcomes original quantitative and qualitative research articles and discussion pieces concerning Open Pedagogy, Open Data, and analyses of current topics in Open Educational Resources. Authors are encouraged to discuss the practical applications of their…
Reminder: Submission Deadline for ACRL Instruction Section’s Next IS Newsletter is Mon., April 10
(via Maya Hobscheid, Grand Valley State University) The deadline for submissions for the [Fall/Spring] issue of the ACRL Instruction Section’s IS Newsletter is coming up on Monday, April 10. We would love to have your content that addresses: Please follow the “Instruction Section Newsletter Submission Guidelines”, available here. Send submissions to instructionsectionnewsletter@gmail.com.
Call for Papers–“Comics on the Couch: Graphic Medicine and Psychoanalysis” Special Issue of American Imago (Deadline Fri., Sept. 15)
(via Matthew Noe, Harvard Medical School) The field of narrative medicine recognizes that stories articulate the language of the body. Rita Charon, the founder of the field of narrative medicine, brought both patient and practitioner to a fuller recognition of stories as a source of medical insight and intervention: stories that may take shape in words but originate…
Reminder: Registration Open for HSLI Journal Club Meeting This Thursday, February 16, 3:00-4:00 PM CDT–Article to Discuss is “Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to clinical information access”
(via Peggy Carey, National University of Health Sciences) The meeting will take place on Thursday, February 16, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM CDT. Please see below for links to the article and registration. At least one of the authors will be joining us to virtually discuss the article: Why are they not accessing it? User barriers to…
Call for Chapter Proposals: Upcoming Book Information, Power, and Reproductive Health–Deadline Sat., April 1 (Office Hour on Wed., March 1, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT)
(via Gina Schlesselman-Tarango, Des Moines University) Call for Chapter Proposals Working Title: Information, Power, and Reproductive HealthEditors: Gina Schlesselman-Tarango (Des Moines University); Alanna Aiko Moore (University of California, San Diego); Renée Ann Rau (University of Southern California)Submission Deadline: Saturday, April 1Publisher: Library Juice Press Office hour: Wednesday, March 1, 12:00-1:00 PM CDT. Join the Information, Power, and Reproductive Health editorial team for…
Call for Submissions–Future Issues of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (Deadline for Fall 2023 Issue is Wed., March 1)
(via Bernadette Lear, Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg) The journal Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) is now accepting submissions for volume 7, number 2, to be published Fall 2023, and for subsequent issues to be published semiannually. To be considered for the next issue, submissions must be received no later than Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A peer-reviewed publication of the…
Final Reminder: Submission Deadline for 2023 IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing is Fri., Feb. 10, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via Emily Gilbert, IACRL Past President) The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is seeking submissions for the People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. This award will give academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then vote on a favorite….