Call for Book Chapters: Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs Editor Dr. Anna Kaushik Deputy Librarian Central Library University of Kota Kota-324005 (Rajasthan) India Call for Book Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017 Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2017 Submission Date: November 30, 2017 Introduction Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged as new Avatar in an online learning environment and become a burning topic nowadays in every discipline including library and information science. MOOCs offer both opportunities and challenges for libraries, library and information science schools/ institutions and library and information science professionals. On the other hands, libraries, library and information science schools/ institutions and library and information science professionals are regularly thinking how they may not only be active part of MOOC activities by adopting, developing, linking and resolving problems faced by MOOC developers but also able to provide infrastructure, resources free from any constraints and environment to develop quality massive open online Courses (MOOCs) in diverse topics connected to different disciplines. Therefore, this book is to plan to publish which to be covered chapters on MOOCs and Library and information science issues such as survey, case study, business model, creation models, quality aspects, evaluation of MOOC, role of library and information science professionals, future implications of MOOCs in library and information science domain and other issues from library and information science professionals globally. Objective The objectives of this book are to spreading out Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept with its potential in library and information science domain. This book intends to make every library and information science professionals aware with MOOC concept as a whole and how they can play worthy roles in MOOC setting by using their LIS competencies. This book is focusing on exploring the ideas how library and information science professionals are an active part of MOOC activities and engage themselves not only in the development of MOOCs library and information science area but also able to work as a backbone for other MOOC developers for solving problems related to MOOCs activities. Target Audience The target audiences of this book are library and information science professionals, knowledge managers, Information scientists, library and information science teachers, research scholars, students of library and information science area. Web librarians, executives, consultants, instructors, IT specialists, managers, trainers libraries, library and information science schools/ institutes and other library and information science professionals etc. Recommended Topics The Tentative TABLE of Contents given but is not limited to the following topics or subject areas: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept and general issues Literature review of MOOCs in common/ special aspect of MOOC Literature on MOOC and library and information science Construction and development of MOOCs using different models /schemas Business models of MOOC Evaluation/ comparison of MOOCs platforms Evaluation/ comparison LIS MOOCs Acceptance of MOOCs in library and information science domain Quality models/benchmarks/ assurance/indicators of MOOCs MOOCs and Libraries MOOCs and library and information science schools and education Role of library and information science professionals in MOOCs environment Copyright/legal issues and MOOCs Survey studies on MOOCs and Library and information science Case studies on MOOCs Return on Investment (ROI) in MOOCs environment SWOT analysis of MOOCs in library and information science context How to design MOOCs effectively Any topic on MOOCs and Library and information science domain Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners of library and information science and other area are invited to submit on or before May 1, 2017, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by May 16, 2017, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2017, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Trust in Knowledge Management and Systems in Organizations. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer-review editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the E-Editorial Discovery TM online submission manager. Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2646 for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2018. Important Dates May 1, 2017: Proposal Submission Deadline May 16, 2017: Notification of Acceptance August 1, 2017: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2017: Review Results Returned November 15, 2017: Final Acceptance Notification November 30, 2017: Final Chapter Submission Inquiries Editor's Name: Dr. Anna Kaushik Editor's Affiliation: Deputy Librarian, Central Library, University of Kota, Kota -324005- (Rajasthan)- INDIA Editor's Contact Information 2/38, Ganesh Talab, Basant Vihar, Kota-324009- (Rajasthan)-INDIA drkaushikanna@gmail.com Dr. Anna Kaushik Deputy Librarian Central Library University of Kota M.B.S. Marg, Near Kabir Circle Kota (Rajasthan) drannakaushik@uok.ac.in Mobile no.9414936675 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.