Gender Studies in the Library: Case Studies, Programming, Outreach
Book Publisher: McFarland
Carol Smallwood, co-editor. Library's Role in
Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016);
public library administrator, special, school librarian.
Lura Sanborn, co-editor. Women, Work,
and the Web, contributor, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); public,
academic, school librarian.
One or two chapters sought from U.S.
practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, sharing
practical know-how about what works for Women/ Men/LGBTIQ to meet patron gender
information. Chapters sought useful to public, school, special librarians, LIS
faculty: proven, creative, case studies, how-to chapters based on experience to help colleagues with innovative
workshops, outreach, grants, resources.
Topics could include but
are not limited to: getting boys to use the library; showcasing GBLTIQ voices;
programming, successful examples, intentions and outcomes; acquisitions, to
support, showcase, represent; wage gaps; women's studies librarianship. No
previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three
authors per chapter; each chapter by the same author(s). Compensation: one
complimentary copy per 3,000-4,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many
co-authors or if one or two chapters: author discount on more.
Please e-mail titles of
proposed chapters each described in a few sentences by June 30, 2016, brief bio
on each author; place GEN, Your Name on subject line: [log in to unmask]
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