- Outcomes evaluation and assessment cases and applications in all settings such as education for librarianship, libraries and other information services analyzing their impact, results and effectiveness;
- Models or case studies specifically developed or adapted to accommodate digital environments;
- Studies and research of their usage in various contexts such as library and information science operations;
- Usage in special and on-going funding requests to governments, foundations and other funding sources;
- Assessment cases or models used in developing software, searching tools, and other electronic applications such as social media;
- Self assessment cases used by employers of librarians and library and information faculty members;
- Use of outcomes evaluation and assessment in hiring and promotion in libraries;
- Studies of the successes of using outcomes evaluation and assessment in tenure decisions in teaching environments;
- Assessment from within and without the library, viz. the virtual library and digital services within the physical library;
- The role of end users in assessment and outcomes evaluation undertakings;
- Views on how to keep assessment and outcomes evaluation dynamic and relevant in times of rapid change;
- Best practices in using assessment and outcomes evaluation which are both quantitative and qualitative;
- Exploration of the relationships between research and assessment;
- The extent to which rubrics used in measuring outcomes and assessment have been and are being standardized;
- Community needs assessments as part of, or prequels to, strategic planning for collections, spaces and services in all types of libraries;
- The impact of assessment on changes in the fields of library and information science.
Please submit chapter proposals by the end of July 2011 to series editor Anne Woodsworth: awoodsworth@emeraldinsight.com
Author guidelines and further information on the Advances in Librarianship series can be found on the website at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=0065-2830
Questions or comments should be addressed to the Editor and submitted via e-mail to: awoodsworth@emeraldinsight.com
Schedule of due dates:
Proposal outlines: July 31, 2011
First drafts: December 1, 2012
Revised drafts: March 1, 2012
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/
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