Call for Papers
The Journal of Library Innovation is seeking
submissions for publication for its inaugural issue in January
2010.
The Journal of Library Innovation, one of the first
journals devoted explicitly to innovation and creativity in libraries, is a peer
reviewed, electronic journal published by the Western New York Library Resources
Council. Its mission is to disseminate research and information on innovative
practice in libraries of all types.
Innovation in libraries can include, but is not
limited to the following:
The discovery of unmet user needs.
The
introduction of new services or the retooling of traditional services resulting
in a better user experience.
Creative collaboration between libraries, or
between libraries and other types of institutions, resulting in demonstrable
improvements in service to users.
Implementing new technologies to improve
and extend library service to meet user needs.
Explorations of the future of
libraries.
Pilot testing unconventional ideas and services.
Redefining
the roles of library staff to better serve users.
Developing processes that
encourage organizational innovation.
Reaching out to and engaging library
users and non-users in new and creative ways.
Creative library instruction
and patron programming.
Finding new ways to make library collections or
library facilities more useful.
The Journal of Library Innovation publishes
original research, literature reviews, commentaries, case studies, reports
on innovative practices, and book, conference and product reviews.
The journal also welcomes provocative essays that
will stimulate thought on the current and future role of libraries in an
Internet Age.
Suzanne Colligan (Copy Editor for this
publication)
Reference Librarian/Technology Training
Coordinator
Humanities and Social Sciences Dept.
Buffalo & Erie County
Public Library, Central
1 Lafayette Sq.
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716)
858-7108, (716) 858-7384
colligans@buffalolib.org
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