College & Research Libraries

The November Issue of C&RL is freely available online! http://bit.ly/2zTJuYy 

Lots of great articles this issue!

School Library Research [open-access online research journal]

Click HERE to visit the AASL's open-access online research journal.

Call for Papers : Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies (Inaugural Issue)

The Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies is a peer-reviewed open access journal which addresses the need for critical discourse in library and information science and associated domains such as communication and media studies. It critically engages the cultural forms, social practices, the political economy, and the history of information and information institutions. It also seeks to broaden the methodological commitments of the field and to broaden the scope of library and information studies by applying diverse critical, trans-disciplinary, and global perspectives. The journal engages issues of social and cognitive justice and the historical and contemporary roles of documentary, information, and computational technologies in creating, mediating, surveilling, and challenging personal and social identities in cultural and political economies of power and expression.

For its inaugural issue, the JCLIS will focus on why such a journal is needed, as a platform for critical discourse in LIS. JCLIS seeks to publish research articles, literature reviews, and possibly other essay forms (up to 7000 words) that use or examine critical perspectives on library and information studies. Some of the issues that might be addressed are: What are the current gaps in disciplines and discourses that make the JCLIS necessary? How can scholars speak to past silences in research and thinking in information studies? What is “critical perspective” in library and information studies research? What ethical or political commitments might a critical perspective entail? What do critical perspectives look like in practice?

The theme for the inaugural issue is broad by design in order to encourage diverse perspectives in describing, analyzing, and providing insight into how and where library and information studies might intersect with ethical, philosophical, and/or political concerns, interpretative or speculative approaches to analysis, or experimentation with novel, unique, or exploratory research designs that might be marginalized or excluded from mainstream library and information studies research. JCLIS aims to be a an inclusive platform for library and information studies research,including locally specific research designs and investigations as well as research that adopts a more global or international frame of inquiry. To that end, the journal also welcomes unpublished works in translation.

Deadline for receipt of manuscripts has been extended to December 18th, 2015.

Click HERE for additional info about this JCLIS.

C & RL to go Open Access

Source: American Libraries

While an FAQ from ACRL

When will C&RL become Open Access?

On April 1, 2011, the online version of C&RL will become open access. A print version will continue to be available through a paid membership in ACRL or through a paid subscription to C&RL. Discussions about the future of the print version are underway.

Thank you ACRL Board of Directors for the "walk the talk" and finally lifting the six months embargo on newly published online articles on one of our LIS preferred source of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) reading materials.

Global-e : A Global Studies Electronic Journal

Global environmental issues have been a "hot" topic nowadays and it is but proper that librarians should be aware of ongoing discussions on this area so as to be able to provide quality information to current and possible library users. Below is an open acccess journal which could be a handy addition to our serial holdings.

The inaugural issue of Global-e : a Global Studies Electronic Journal, ISSN 1932-8060 is now online. This new open access (OA) quarterly journal will “provide a forum for commentary regarding global events, processes, and issues. Each edition will feature brief essays authored by leading scholars and practitioners, offering provocative reflections on a range of topics with the aim of stimulating discussion among the global studies community”.

The table of contents and article fulltext is accessible in html. (RBManlangit)

Global-e vol. 1 no. 1 (2007) Table of Contents

Articles
Global-e, A Global Studies Electronic Journal: Precis
Global-e editors

The Intellectual Foundations of Global Studies
David Jacobson, Ning Wang

Global Migration in Global Society
Niklaus Steiner

The Nail House: Global Media, Local Politics
Michael Curtin

Interdisciplinary Prospects in Global Studies
Iva Bozovic