Call for Papers – Research in School
Library Leadership
School Libraries Worldwide is the official
professional and research journal of the International Association of School
Librarianship (IASL). It is published twice yearly, in January and July and is available
online and through select periodical databases. School Libraries Worldwide
publishes new works of current research and scholarship in school
librarianship. Each issue contains exceptional papers relating to the issue
theme and a selection of papers representing outstanding research on any aspect
of school librarianship. All papers are double-blind peer reviewed and adhere
to the highest editorial standards.
This issue of School Libraries Worldwide will explore the theme
School Library Leadership. This theme encompasses both the individual
school librarian as a leader within their schools and the profession as a
whole, and how school libraries are leadership organizations. We encourage
papers that both affirm and challenge definitions of leadership in this
context. This issue will expand the opportunities for researchers to share
their work relating to leadership of school librarians and the school library
as an essential institution of leading educational reform. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to:
Responsive
leadership in school libraries.
School library researchers are invited to submit papers reporting
their own original research that has not been published elsewhere. Authors who
wish to know more about the issue theme should contact the editors to discuss
possibilities.
School Libraries Worldwide also welcomes
submissions of excellent research on any topic relating to school librarianship
for the open portion of the journal.
Deadline for submissions of full papers: April
15, 2011.
Authors interested in contributing to this issue should contact
the editors,
Marcia Mardis and Nancy Everhart
Guidelines for Contributors are available from the Editor. Guidelines
for Contributors also available on the IASL website.