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Call for Chapters: The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job

  • 1.  Call for Chapters: The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job

    Posted Mar 03, 2017 02:00 PM

    Call for Chapters: The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job


    Proposal deadline is April 15, 2017. 



    Working title:The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job



    Publisher: ACRL Press

    Editor: Megan Hodge



    Chapter proposals are invited for The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit, a book collecting practical strategies on landing a first academic librarian position and building and enhancing one’s professional reputation.



    Proposals are sought for two types of chapters:



    • Practical, prescriptive strategies for the following topics (final length: 6,000-10,000 words):




      • Making yourself marketable before and during the job search: obtaining relevant experience, publishing, and getting involved professionally as a student or other non-professional



      • Troubleshooting the job search: overcoming barriers such as geographic immobility; transitioning from paraprofessional, non-library, or non-academic work; and learning from rejections



      • Advocating for your ideas: wielding influence in positions without authority and gaining administrative buy-in for ideas



      • Networking and conferences: saving money on conference attendance, networking as an introvert, and talking to vendors



      • Getting started in scholarship: identifying gaps in the literature and motivational strategies for overcoming writer’s block, finding CFPs, and turning presentations into publications




    • Overviews of positions in the following areas, including necessary skills/credentials and day-in-the-life scenarios (final length: 1000-2000 words each):




      • Scholarly communications



      • Special collections/archives



      • Preservation



      • Research data management



      • Resource delivery/interlibrary loan






    Submission Procedure

    Proposals should be submitted as a single email attachment to futureacademiclib@gmail.com. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material, please.

     

    Proposals should include:



    • Author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), job title(s)





    • Author(s)’ previous writing and publishing history





    • Writing sample (optional)



    • Outline of proposed chapter



     

    Important dates:

    Proposals due: April 15, 2017

    Authors notified and sent chapter guidelines: May 30, 2017

    Full chapters due: August 30, 2017

    Final revised chapters due: December 30, 2017



    For additional information, contact the editor:

    Megan Hodge, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University, mlhodge@gmail.com