CDL-FINAL Call for Papers - Library Philosophy and Practice

From: Mariana Regalado <Regalado_at_brooklyn.cuny.edu>

Please excuse cross-postings.

(FINAL) CALL FOR PAPERS

You are invited to submit proposals and manuscripts for a special issue of 
_Library Philosophy and Practice_ entitled: "Shape Shifters: Librarians 
Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google."  The issue, which will appear in 
Winter 2007, will be guest edited by Jill Cirasella and Mariana Regalado of 
Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Librarians have a long history of responding professionally and creatively 
to changes in information dissemination technology.  It is no surprise, 
therefore, that they are adapting themselves and their work to Google, its 
many modules, and its many competitors.  Articles in "Shape Shifters" will 
explore how library services, resources, and job activities are changing in 
response to these tools and the paradigm shift they herald.

Manuscripts are sought that examine concrete changes in a specific area or 
issue of public, school, academic, or special librarianship.  Possible 
areas or issues include, but are not limited to:

   - Reference
   - Instruction
   - Collection development
   - Technical services
   - Access services
   - Rare books and/or preservation
   - Privacy
   - Website and interface design
   - Space planning
   - Administration and personnel
   - Marketing

Whatever area or issue is examined, authors should discuss how changes in 
services, resources, and/or job activities are being facilitated or even 
necessitated by one or more of three critical aspects of these tools:

   1) Ease of access
   2) Proliferation of content
   3) Independence from traditional library staff and spaces

Articles should be concise, well-reasoned, and focused on the practice and 
philosophy of librarianship.  While some professional speculation is 
welcome, authors are discouraged from writing diatribes, manifestos, or 
calls-to-arms about Google or its competitors.

The submission deadline for completed manuscripts is October 20, 
2006.  Authors are strongly encouraged to contact the guest editors with 
proposals or drafts.  Manuscript length is flexible but should normally 
fall between 1,500 and 4,000 words.  Please email word-processed 
manuscripts in MLA format to Mariana Regalado (regalado_at_brooklyn.cuny.edu) 
and Jill Cirasella (cirasella_at_brooklyn.cuny.edu).

_Library Philosophy and Practice_ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal 
that explores the connection between library practice and the philosophy 
and theory behind it.  To learn more about _Library Philosophy and 
Practice_, visit: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/lpp.htm.