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Call for papers:  Special issue on metadata and institutional 
repositories:  Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

OVERVIEW

The general aim of this special issue of Cataloging and Classification 
Quarterly is to report and assess the current status
and trends in describing the contents of institutional repositories, 
including semantic and syntactic schemes, staffing, work
flows, tools, training, and resource issues. The guest co-editors seek to 
outline major challenges and future perspectives
related to the application, harvesting, and interoperability of 
institutional repository metadata.

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly emphasizes full-length research and 
review articles, descriptions of new programs and
technology relevant to cataloging and classification, considered 
speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic
control for the future. The guest editors seek to represent an 
international perspective. Submissions by authors outside
North America are encouraged.

TOPICS

Topics of interest include but are not restricted to:
* Role of the cataloger/metadata librarian in institutional repositories
* Augmenting repository metadata through social tagging and community 
annotation
* Metadata standards and profiles in open access repositories
* Authority control and author affiliation in IRs
* Metadata issues affecting "findability" of repository content
* Integration of institutional repositories and the library catalog
* Metadata quality and harvested metadata
* Library-created vs. author-produced metadata
* Metadata process and workflows in institutional repositories

IMPORTANT DATES

* Abstract (up to 500 words): 31 March 2008
* Notification of appropriateness: 15 April 2008
* Manuscript submission: 15 July 2008
* Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 September 2008
* Final revisions due: 1 November 2008
* Tentative publication date: Spring, 2009

SUBMISSION

Submission of a manuscript to this journal represents a certification on 
the part of the author(s) that it is an original
work, and that neither this manuscript nor a version of it has been 
published elsewhere nor is being considered for
publication elsewhere.
Potential contributors to the special issue are strongly encouraged to 
submit an extended abstract for feedback as to the
suitability of proposed papers until 31 March 2008.
Submissions should be sent as e-mail attachments to the following addresses:
hmercer[at]ku[dot]edu & m-babinec[at]northwestern[dot]edu

GUEST EDITORS
* Michael Babinec, Assistant Head, Bibliographic Services Dept., 
Northwestern University Library
* Holly Mercer, Interim Coordinator for Scholar Services, University of Kansas

"Cataloging & Classification Quarterly is respected as an international 
forum for discussion in all aspects of bibliographic
organization. It presents a balance between theoretical and applied 
articles in the field of cataloging and classification,
and considers the full spectrum of creation, content, management, and use 
and usability of both bibliographic records and
catalogs. This includes the principles, functions, and techniques of 
descriptive cataloging; the wide range of methods of
subject analysis and classification; provision of access for all formats of 
materials; and policies, planning, and issues
connected to the effective use of bibliographic records in modern society." 
More information about Cataloging and
Classification Quarterly can be found online: 
http://www.catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com




Michael Babinec
Assistant Head, Bibliographic Services Dept.
Northwestern University Library
Evanston, Illinois 60208
847-491-7583
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