We are pleased to welcome chapter proposals for Beyond the Bookshelf: Academic Libraries and the Co-Curricular Landscape, an edited volume to be published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing / Bloomsburg in 2027. Please submit proposals via this form. Email beyondthebookshelf.group@lafayette.edu with any questions.
Title: Beyond the Bookshelf: Academic Libraries and the Co-Curricular Landscape
Editors: Kylie Bailin and Kate Pitts (Lafayette College)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield / Bloomsbury
Chapter Proposals due: June 30, 2025
About the Book:
Beyond the Bookshelf: Academic Libraries and the Co-Curricular Landscape is a book that takes a panoramic view of academic library programming and services. This book features case studies, best practices and reflections from academic library professionals across a wide range of campuses including small residential liberal arts campuses, community colleges, rural higher education institutions, large research universities, and more. The book will weave together these experiences through the shared experiences of navigating the co-curricular landscape and adjusting to an increasingly digital and distanced post-pandemic learning environment. The book will explore libraries' role(s) at higher education institutions from a holistic perspective and explore how each institution uses co-curricular programming to strengthen collaborative relationships, solve campus problems, and build life skills in their student populations. Through these narratives, readers will gain an understanding about ways that a library can partner with other institutions and departments to leverage partnerships as well as investigate future paths for academic libraries to include more holistic, non-traditional programming and services for patrons.
Call for Chapter Proposals:
Proposals are invited from academic library professionals at all levels. Proposals should be a maximum of 500 words. Completed chapters should be between 2,000-4,000 words and may include no more than 3 black and white images. Chapters should also include an abstract and keywords. The proposed book sections and content areas are outlined below.
Evaluation Criteria:
Rubric:
Proposal Instructions:
Proposals should include:
Information for all contributing authors, including at least one contact email
A working title and description of your proposed chapter (no more than 500 words)
Which section you envision your chapter in:
Library as Campus and Community Hub
Beyond Academics: Co-curricular and Non-Academic Lending and Services
Building Your (Book)Case: How to Plan for and Overcome Challenges
Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 1, 2025.
See below for the full project timeline.
Project Timeline:
Chapter proposals due: June 30, 2025
Authors notified of acceptance by: October 1, 2025
Full chapters and draft illustrations to editors by: March 2, 2026
Editorial response to authors: August 31, 2026
Revised book chapters, final photographs and author biographies due to editors by: November 1, 2026
Manuscript goes to publisher: June 30, 2027
About the Editors:
Kylie Bailin is the Director of Outreach and Access Services at Lafayette College Libraries in Easton, PA. She oversees outreach, communications, and the access services department for both Skillman and Kirby Libraries. She provides guidance on areas of space planning & facilities, events & programming, collection development, and also works with classes as a research and instruction librarian. Kylie holds a Master of Applied Science (Library and Information Management) from Charles Sturt University and a Master of Environmental Management from the University of New South Wales. She has published about the role of academic libraries in The Library Outreach Cookbook, College & Research Library News, Australian Academic & Research Libraries and was an editor of Planning Academic Library Orientations: Case Studies from Around the World. She has also presented at the Tri-State Library Consortium Annual Meeting, Access Services in Libraries (ASiL) Annual Conference, the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration Annual Meeting and the Victorian Association of Library Automation Conference.
Kate Pitts is the Library Operations, Communications and Assessment Manager at Lafayette College Libraries in Easton, PA. She manages library communications, including the website, social media and the library newsletter and is the point of contact for the Communications department. She also provides guidance on events and programming within the library and oversees reporting in regards to usage of and issues with the library's physical spaces. Kate holds an M. Ed from Lehigh University in International Education and an M.A. from the University of Leeds in British Literature. She has published in the Journal of Studies in International Education and presented at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, the Tri-State Library Consortium Annual Meeting, Access Services in Libraries (ASiL) Annual Conference, and the Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration Annual Meeting.