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CFP: Black Women in Librarianship: Voices from the African Diaspora (submissions due 3/31/2025)

  • 1.  CFP: Black Women in Librarianship: Voices from the African Diaspora (submissions due 3/31/2025)

    Posted Dec 23, 2024 01:53 PM
    Hi all - I am sharing this on behalf of a friend. If you have questions, please contact the co-editors, Jahala Simuel and Michele Fenton, at Library1915@gmail.com
     
    Bernadette  🙂
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    Call for Chapters: Black Women in Librarianship: Voices from the African Diaspora 

    We are pleased to announce that Rowman & Littlefield has approved a proposal for Black Women in Librarianship: Voices from the African Diaspora. This collection of essays will highlight the achievements and contributions of Black women in librarianship. The co-editors for this volume are Jahala Simuel and Michele Fenton.

    Jahala has co-written several chapters on librarianship including: "Beyond the Spectrum: Examining Black Recruitment Efforts in Libraries in the New Millenium," in The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges; and "Rethinking Black MLIS Student Recruitment: A Call to Action," in The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening.

    Michele recently served as a co-editor for The Handbook of Black Librarianship, Third Edition. Michele has co-written "We Need Some Color Up Here: Educating and Recruiting Minority Librarians in Indiana," in The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges; and "Leading While Black: Are We Up for the Challenge?," in The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening.

    We welcome submissions highlighting the achievements and contributions of Black women in:

    1. Academic Libraries
    2. Advocacy, Outreach, and Programming
    3. Entrepreneurship
    4. Library Associations
    5. LIS Education
    6. Non-profit Organizations
    7. Museums, Galleries, and Archives
    8. Podcasting, Blogging, and Social Media
    9. Public Libraries
    10. School Libraries
    11. Special Libraries
    12. State and National Libraries
    13. Technology
    14. Writing, Editing, Publishing, and Bookselling

    Criteria:

    Essays should be between 2,500 and 3,500 words; Times New Roman, 12-point font; double-spaced; have works cited according to MLA 9th edition; and submitted in Microsoft Word. Authors may include pictures, tables, and graphs with their chapters if desired.

    Submissions should include your name, email address, cell number, and a 3-to-4-line biography.

    Submission Deadline:  March 31, 2025

    Email submissions to: Library1915@gmail.com

    We are looking forward to your reply and submissions.

    Sincerely,

    Jahala Simuel and Michele Fenton, editors



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    Bernadette Lear
    Education, Behavioral Sciences, and Social Sciences Librarian
    Penn State University Libraries
    She/Her/Hers,Ms.
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