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CALL FOR PAPERS

Digital Convergence: Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Information Age
Special Triple (!!!) Issue of Library Quarterly, Archival Science, and 
Museum Management and Curatorship

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The editors of Library Quarterly, Archival Science, and Museum Management 
and Curatorship are pleased to announce plans for a special triple issue 
exploring the shared information needs and challenges facing libraries, 
archives, and museums in the information age; the overlapping educational 
goals of library and information science, archival studies, and museum 
studies programs; and areas of convergence for educators and professionals 
working to meet user needs in libraries, archives, and museums.

The resulting three separate issues of Library Quarterly, Archival Science, 
and Museum Management and Curatorship will be published at approximately the 
same time (final quarter of 2009), and all three issues will be Guest Edited 
by Dr. Paul F. Marty, College of Information, Florida State University.

The impetus for this project stems from a recent conference, sponsored by 
the IMLS, on the need for information professionals who can transcend the 
traditional boundaries between libraries, archives, and museums to meet user 
needs in the information age (see: http://chips.ci.fsu.edu 
<http://chips.ci.fsu.edu/> ).

The increased use of and reliance on digital resources has blurred 
traditional distinctions between information organizations, leading to a 
digital convergence of libraries, archives, and museums. In light of this 
convergence, there is a need for more research examining how libraries, 
archives, and museums can collaborate and combine forces to better serve 
their users, many of whom do not clearly distinguish among different 
institutions or the information resources they manage.

We are looking for papers addressing one or more of the following three 
broad questions in ways that cut across the traditional distinctions between 
libraries, archives, and museums:

1. What are the information needs of libraries, archives, and museums in the 
information age, both internally (staff and other professionals) and 
externally (public services)? How can new information technologies support 
information professionals as they adapt to meet these needs?

2. What are the roles and responsibilities of information professionals in 
libraries, archives, and museums in the information age? What are the 
knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed at their jobs (e.g. 
intellectual property, information management, digital preservation, etc.)?

3. What kinds of educational programs best prepare information professionals 
to meet the needs of libraries, archives, and museums in the information 
age, including degree and non-degree programs? How are these programs 
currently preparing their students, and what potential is there for sharing 
expertise across programs?

While authors may choose to focus primarily on libraries, archives, or 
museums (depending on their interests and expertise), each article should 
attempt to explore issues of convergence across libraries, archives, and 
museums.

IMPORTANT DATES
 * Submission Deadline: December 1, 2008
 * Review Decisions: March 1, 2009
 * Final Versions Due: June 1, 2009
 * Publication in the fourth quarter of 2009, for each journal
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please direct your submission to the journal that most closely matches the 
particular focus of your article, research, or discipline, as follows:

 * Library Quarterly, follow submission instructions at 
http://www.editorialmanager.com/lq/ <http://www.editorialmanager.com/lq/>
 * Archival Science, follow submission instructions at 
http://www.editorialmanager.com/arcs/ 
<http://www.editorialmanager.com/arcs/>
 * Museum Management and Curatorship, please email submissions directly to 
Paul Marty at [log in to unmask]
Please mark your submission as being intended for the special triple issue 
on digital convergence.


Eric Ketelaar
Professor of Archivistics
University of Amsterdam
Department of Mediastudies
Turfdraagsterpad 9
1012  XT  Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone +31 20 52 52 013 (direct + voicemail)
+31 20 52 52 980 (secretariat)
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