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Intellectual curiosity and the role of libraries: The first and second year college student experience
For publication with SUNY Create Pressbooks
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 8, 2022
Editors Cynthia Tysick and Tiffany Walsh (University at Buffalo, New York) invite the submission of chapter proposals for an open access publication from SUNY Create Pressbooks titled, "Intellectual curiosity and the role of libraries: The first and second year college student experience."
This book will consider how first and second year college students develop intellectual curiosity through various library experiences. These can include but are not limited to: spaces, instruction, relationships, services, and outreach. Instilling and inspiring intellectual curiosity in college students is a cornerstone of retention, positive academic performance, and completion for students of every socio-economic and diverse backgrounds. Libraries, as the intellectual heart of the campus have become increasingly woven into the fabric of the curricular and extracurricular lives of students. We are seeking unique, meaningful, and personal narratives from librarians related to the first/second year college student experience.
This open access publication will be completed in six months to support authors in their scholarly publishing goals. Accepted authors will be expected to peer review another chapter from the anthology. The book is designed to be a collection of experiential or narrative works that can be expanded into fuller researched pieces in the future; therefore, empirical research chapters are not sought.
The digital publishing platform, Pressbooks, allows for submissions that are media rich in content; therefore, images, videos, audio, and embedded code can also be included in the chapter. So, be creative, be you and share how you have inspired your students' intellectual curiosity!
Below are suggested book chapter themes for which we are seeking authors;
additional chapter topics will be considered.
Intellectual Curiosity and Library Spaces -- Chapters that discuss the library as a shared space for engendering curiosity:
- Digital collections and spaces
- Collaborative spaces
- Physical spaces
- Immersive spaces
- Equity and inclusion
Intellectual Curiosity and Library Services – Chapters that discuss library services designed to promote and support curiosity:
- Collections
- Reference services
- Delivery services
- Equity and inclusion
Intellectual Curiosity and Library Instruction – Chapters that discuss how
librarians craft learning experiences to cultivate students' curiosity:
- In-person and virtual instruction
- Workshops
- Assessment
- Pedagogy
- Information literacy (ACRL Framework)
- Equity and inclusion
Intellectual Curiosity and the Librarian-Student Relationship- Chapters that discuss how special relationships between librarians and their students foster curiosity:
- Supervising
- Mentoring
- Professor librarian
- Retention
- Equity and inclusion
Intellectual Curiosity and Library Outreach – Chapters that discuss librarians' roles as conduits between first and second year students and the library as an intellectual hub:
- Library liaisons/subject experts
- Librarian-faculty collaborations
- Communities
- Programs and events
- Equity and inclusion
Submission Procedures
Please submit a chapter proposal by July 8, 2022.
Authors will be notified of provisional acceptance (subject to peer review of first draft) by July 18, 2022. A first draft of 3500-4000 words will be due September 23, 2022. If the chapter passes peer review the final chapter is due November 28, 2022.
The book will be formatted and published around December 9, 2022.
For more information, please contact Cynthia Tysick cat2@buffalo.edu and/or Tiffany Walsh trwalsh2@buffalo.edu.
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Nicole Thomas
Student Support & Engagement Librarian
University at Buffalo Libraries
nicoleth@buffalo.edu------------------------------