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CALL FOR PAPERS
Dynamics of Value Reporting: A Special Issue of
Libraries & the Cultural Record
Libraries & the Cultural Record, a peer-reviewed journal of history published by the
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The historical role of organizational performance and value reporting by agency type, appropriate to a geographical area, or within a segment of time
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Comparison of organizational performance and values being reported in terms of types (i.e. cultural, economic, and social), perceived need, or effectiveness over time
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Biographical sketches of significant individuals, including organizational
performance and value reporting leaders, innovators, or advocates
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Relationships between the business sector and libraries, archives, and/or museums regarding organizational performance and value reporting developments and schemas
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Cultural factors influencing the organizational performance or value reporting of libraries, archives, or museums
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Impacts of organizational performance and value reporting by libraries, archives, or museums on rural, diverse or underserved communities
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History of the development and/or implementation of a specific organizational performance or value reporting schema within libraries, archives, and museums
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Comparative histories of two or more agencies using different organizational performance or value reporting schema
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Measuring the value of the library’s or archives’ collections or resources
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Determining the value for / impact on the library or archives over time when its collections and resources are sold for operating revenue
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Successes/failures, and their causes and effects, of value reporting to resource allocators from senior administrators to policy makers (particularly legislators)
Proposal guidelines:
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Submissions should be based on original research utilizing appropriate sources, including relevant archival or museum materials or collections. Articles must provide a coherent narrative and analysis that situate organizational performance
and value reporting in the broader historical or social context of the profession and/or culture in which they operate. Submissions should not have been previously published or be currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Completed manuscripts should
be approximately 5,000 – 6,000 words including notes. Proposals for articles must include: the author’s contact information, including name, title, e-mail address, telephone number, and institutional address (if more than one author, include information for
all authorship contributors and designate which is the primary author for purposes of communication)
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Title of the proposed article
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An abstract of 500 words or less
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Brief list of principal primary and secondary sources that will be used in the research
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A statement on the status of the research and prospect for completion by deadline
Proposals should be prepared using Microsoft Word and submitted electronically to the guest editor,
About the journal:
Libraries & the Cultural Record
(ISSN1932-4855) explores the creation, organization, preservation, and utilization of collections in libraries, archives, and museums in the context of cultural and social history. The quarterly journal publishes historical research from scholars worldwide,
along with thoughtful essays and book reviews. In 2010, Libraries & the Cultural Record
was rated among the top twenty percent of journals in its field by the Australian Research Council in a ranking of 148 scholarly journals in the field worldwide.
In 2011, it is being added to the “Information Science & Library Science” and the “History of Social Sciences” categories of the
Social Sciences Citation Index.
Articles are available in full-text beginning with the winter 2001 issue (Volume 36, Number 1) for subscribers to Project Muse at
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/libraries_and_culture/.
About the guest editor for this special issue:
Department of Library Science || College of Education || East Carolina University
MLIS & PhD, Florida State University || Contact and vita information