CDL: Call for papers, ACRL book

From: Scott Walter <swalter_at_wsu.edu>

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Greetings - Below, you will find a Call for Papers for a new book to 
be published next year by the Association of College & Research Libraries, 
entitled _Digital Resources for the Education Library: Innovation, Invention, 
and Implementation_. This collection will both identify key electronic 
resources for anyone interested in education information in the contemporary 
information environment, and examine the ways in which the rise of these 
resources has changed the work of information professionals who work with 
students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of education.

The Editors welcome proposals for contributions in a number of areas, 
and from a variety of professional groups. While this collection will 
be published by an academic library organization, we recognize that our 
colleagues in school libraries, public libraries, and special libraries 
may have developed exemplary resources for use by teachers, administrators, 
professional organizations, and others interested in education information. 
We also recognize that the issue of scholarly and professional communication 
in education is of interest not just to librarians, but also to our 
colleagues in the K-20 classroom. Members of AERA, AASL, ACRL,
and SLA are already involved in this project, and we welcome proposals from 
anyone with an interest and expertise in this broadly-defined area.

Please review the full CFP below, and contact us with any questions. If 
case the transition from a Word document to e-mail text has disrupted 
any of the content below, I have also included the CFP as an attached 
Word file for those discussion lists that allow attachments.

Thanks!

scott

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Call for Papers: Digital Resources for the Education Library: 
Innovation, Invention, and Implementation

Patricia O’Brien Libutti (Rutgers University) and Scott Walter 
(Washington State University) are soliciting contributions for a 
collection of essays to be published by the Association of College & 
Research Libraries in late 2002. The collection will focus on the 
development and use of Web-based information resources of interest
to education librarians and their primary user groups (pre-service and 
in-service teachers, administrators, and teacher educators). This collection 
will provide both an overview of the electronic information landscape in 
the field of education, and an analysis of the ways in which the 
responsibility to identify, use, and create new information resources 
has changed the professional work of the education librarian. 

Chapters to be considered fall into three broad categories: 

     1. Overview essays -- these should aim both to introduce a new 
librarian to the chosen topic, and to provide a greater depth of knowledge 
for the experienced librarian. Essays to be considered in this category 
should address some broad topic germane to this issue of digital resources 
for the field of education, for example:

     * the impact of digital resources on traditional library services 
(e.g., collection development,  reference      services, information 
literacy programming, collection development, management, outreach);

* the resources available in a particular area of electronic education 
information (e.g., education statistics resources, electronic journals 
in education, lesson plan sites).

     2. Case studies -- these should provide a description of an exemplary 
digital information resource in the      field of education. Resources 
to be considered for analysis in this category include Web sites, electronic 
journals, online tutorials, etc. Each case study should introduce the 
resource, and describe the process by which the resource was developed. 
Case studies of resources developed by academic or school libraries, 
commercial or professional organizations, and government entities are 
all welcome in this category.

     3. Webliographies -- these should provide comprehensive coverage 
of the core Web-based information resources in a particular area of 
education (e.g., bilingual education, educational administration). The 
Editors would also be interested in a comprehensive and classified 
"core collection" of electronic information resources in education.

The role of digital resources in education information collections has 
grown exponentially since the mid-nineties. Reflection on this topic is 
timely since most practitioners have been immersed in the task of rapidly 
harvesting exemplary resources, and have had little time to reflect on the 
impact that these resources have had on their professional lives. The 
Editors welcome inquiries from any academic, school, or special librarian 
who works with education information, or who has developed a Web-based 
resource aimed either at meeting the information needs of education 
librarians, or at meeting the information needs of their primary user
groups.

Please contact us at Patricia O’Brien Libutti <libutti_at_rci.rutgers.edu> 
and Scott Walter <swalter_at_wsu.edu> with any proposals, or for further 
information about the book.

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Scott Walter
Head, George B. Brain Education Library
130 Cleveland Hall
Washington State University
P.O. Box 642112
Pullman, WA 99164-2112
(509) 335-5579 (voice)
(509) 335-6425 (fax)

e-mail: swalter_at_wsu.edu
URL: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/educ/brain.htm