Call for Papers - Special Issue of the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

["John McDonald" <John.McDonald@libraries.claremont.edu>]

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship (JERL) 
http://www.jerl-info.com is a peer-reviewed journal addressing 
issues in electronic resources librarianship. The journal is 
published quarterly by The Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis).

Submissions are being accepted for a special issue of this 
journal titled, "Electronic Resources Usage Statistics: Research 
& Practice.", guest edited by John McDonald, Director of 
Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations, 
Claremont University Consortium.

JERL aims to inform librarians and other information 
professionals about evolving work-related processes and 
procedures, current research and the latest news on topics 
related to electronic resources and the digital environment's 
impact on collecting, acquiring, and making accessible library 
materials.  This issue of JERL will focus on the use of 
statistics and quantitative or qualitative data analysis relating 
to the acquisition and management of electronic resources in 
libraries. Articles will include original research on journal and 
database usage statistics, collections decisions, electronic 
books, and library services in general.

JERL strives to find a balance between original, scholarly 
research, and practical communications about relevant topics in 
electronic resources librarianship.

The journal will publish the following types of articles:

* Peer-reviewed articles of a scholarly (original research) 
nature

* Practice-related articles, such as case studies or pieces on 
the state of the field/new areas of work

* Review articles of books, conferences, and other resources of 
interest in the field

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the theory, 
application or usage of statistics in collection development, 
including:

* assessment and evaluation of e-resources

* determining value of e-resources

* economics of e-resources in libraries

* e-resources usage by format types (online journals, e-books, 
databases)

* standards development for statistics relating to digital 
resources and collections

* statistical research relating to usability of resources or user 
preferences

* information needs and behaviors of users

* statistical affect of access & discovery tools

* evidence of changes in the nature of research in the digital 
environment

* statistics on digital Libraries and digital repositories

* statistics supporting collection planning

* novel techniques for statistical research on bibliometric data

For details or more information, contact:

Guest Editor of this Issue:
John McDonald
Director of Information & Bibliographic Management and Faculty Relations
Libraries, Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, CA 91711
909-621-8014
John.mcdonald@libraries.claremont.edu

Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
Bonnie Tijerina
Digital Collections Services Librarian
University of California, Los Angeles
33456 Charles E. Young Research Library
Los Angeles, CA 90095
AIM: bltijerina
btijerina@library.ucla.edu