The New Review of Academic Librarianship is an international journal designed to explore the wide range of issues of current concern to academic libraries. It is published by Taylor and Francis: www.informaworld.com/RACL.  The themed issue for November 2009 provides an  exciting new opportunity to disseminate your research and practice.  The theme for this issue will be a health sciences librarianship in the higher education sector. Dr Janet Harrison from the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University in the UK will be the Guest Editor.

Special Theme: health sciences librarianship in universities has a long history and very often has been at the forefront in developments. The nature of the work means there is very often the need to develop effective collaborations both in  the wider university and the wider world. The purpose of this themed issue will be to capture some of the developments and issues within academic health sciences librarianship. Prospective authors can submit an abstract on any health science library and information topic but the following areas are of particular interest:

• innovation in service provision including use of new technologies
• delivering effective information literacy to health students and practitioners
• Collaboration in service provision with other professionals and other sectors
• New Models of service delivery
• Evaluating the impact of academic health science library and information resources
• Delivery of university e-resources to health science students and practitioners
• Use of physical university library space for health student space issues

Prospective authors across the world are asked to submit a 150-250 word abstract of their proposed paper to Dr. Janet Harrison – [log in to unmask] by Friday, March 27^th, 2009.  Papers (which should be from 1000-1500 words in length) should be grounded in research, link research to practice, and be of value to academic library staff specialist in assessing the value and impact of their own services and programs.  Papers with an evidence-based focus will be especially welcome.  Case studies that can demonstrate the impact of services will also be considered.

Authors chosen for the special issue will be asked to submit manuscripts by 1st June 2009 for peer review. Authors will receive comments from reviewers in early July, and will be asked to submit the final version of their paper by 31st July 2009.