Hello,

 

I’m sending the following call for chapter proposals on behalf of Scott Walter, University Librarian at DePaul University in Chicago:

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CFP: Cultural Heritage and the Campus Community: Academic Libraries and Museums in Collaboration [working title]

Call for Chapter Proposals – Deadline Extended to September 14th

 

Background

In January 2016, a “working summit” was held at the University of Miami that brought together leaders from academic art museums and libraries to discuss the potential for deeper and more sustainable collaboration on campus among galleries, libraries, archives, and museums in support of strategic concerns in U.S. higher education. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, this summit came after more than a decade of interest in the question of how best to initiate and sustain meaningful collaboration among cultural heritage organizations on campus, including libraries, archives, art museums, science museums, anthropological collections, local history collections, and others.

 

This discussion of collaboration among libraries, archives, and museums on campus has dovetailed over the past decade with broader discussions of the value of academic libraries and academic museums, alignment of the mission and activities of libraries and museums with those of their parent institutions, and the future of higher education. A new study, also funded by the Mellon Foundation, and led by OCLC Research and Ithaka S&R, is currently exploring the relationship between library service programs and the outlook for the future of libraries in the academy. With academic libraries and museums often closely connected in their provision of unique collections, expert services, and opportunities for learning outside the classroom, it is appropriate to consider how best to ensure the value of all campus cultural heritage organizations, and other sites for expertly-curated collections, to the evolving goals of higher education.

 

In light of continuing changes in the cultural heritage and higher education sectors in the decade since OCLC Research, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and others convened international discussions of “collaboration and convergence” in the missions of libraries, archives, and museums, the time is ripe for a new study of collaboration among academic museums and libraries informed by innovation in practice, especially as these efforts reflect efforts to bring campus cultural heritage organizations together in support of strategic initiatives related to teaching, learning, scholarship, creative activity, and community engagement.

 

This collection has been approved for publication as part of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Publications in Librarianship series.

 

Timeline

·         CFP Distributed: July 16, 2018

·         Deadline for Chapter Proposals [extended]: September 14, 2018

·         Notification of Acceptance of Proposals: September 28, 2018

·         First Draft of Chapters Due: January 4, 2019

·         Second Draft of Chapters Due: March 1, 2019

·         Final Draft of Chapters Due: April 5, 2019

·         Submission of Manuscript to ACRL: May 31, 2019

 

Possible Topics

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

·         The current state of academic museum-library collaboration in institutions of higher education

·         Trends in the cultural heritage or higher education sectors promoting opportunities for collaboration among academic museums and libraries

·         Challenges and opportunities in academic museum-library collaboration

·         Organizational cultures and structures promoting collaboration among academic museums and libraries

·         Cultural heritage organizations as strategic investments for institutions of higher education

·         Implications of collaboration and/or convergence in service programs for professional education, continuing professional education, and staffing in academic libraries and museums

·         Case studies in collaboration, especially as these relate to impact in teaching, learning, scholarship, creative activity, or community engagement initiatives on campus, e.g.:

o   Collection Development and Management

o   Digitization, Digital Projects, and Digital Scholarship

o   Description and Discovery of Collections

o   Collaboration with Faculty in Collection-Centered Teaching, Learning and Scholarship

o   Exhibitions and Public Programs

o   Publishing Programs

·         Assessment of Collaborative Programs

 

Submissions

Chapter proposals should be submitted to co-editors Scott Walter ([log in to unmask]), Julie Rodrigues Widholm ([log in to unmask]), and Alexia Hudson-Ward ([log in to unmask]) by September 14, 2018 (see “Timeline,” above) with the subject line: Library-Museum Collaboration Chapter Proposal [Author(s) Last Name].

 

Chapter proposals should briefly describe your proposed topic, including the organizational setting, the partners in the collaboration, the nature of the collaboration, and the ways in which you believe the collaboration is responsive to broader discussions in library-museum collaboration, or the value of campus cultural heritage organizations to broader trends in higher education.

 

Proposals should be no more than 500 words in length and should present a topic that can be fully explored in a final chapter of approximately 2,500 – 5,000 words.

 

Proposals should identify all authors, as well as the corresponding author, and co-authored essays drawing on expertise from both the library and the museum side of the collaboration are encouraged.

 

About the Co-Editors

Scott Walter is the University Librarian at DePaul University (https://library.depaul.edu/), Julie Rodrigues Widholm is the Director and Chief Curator of the DePaul Art Museum (http://museums.depaul.edu/), and Alexia Hudson-Ward is Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries at Oberlin College (http://www2.oberlin.edu/library/).

 

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Scott Walter, M.L.S., Ph.D.
University Librarian
DePaul University
Adjunct Faculty, San Jose State University School of Information
Adjunct Faculty, Dominican University School of Information Studies
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Alexis Burson

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian

Reference, Instruction and Academic Engagement

DePaul University Library

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