Information for Chapter Authors
Book’s Working Title
Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students
Edited by
Crystal Renfro & Cheryl Stiles, Kennesaw State University
Publisher
ACRL
Overview of Book
Graduate Students are critical stakeholders for academic libraries, and as libraries continue to reinvent themselves to remain relevant, spaces, services and instruction targeted specifically for the needs of the graduate student community are critical.
Completed Chapters are expected to be between 1,500 – 4,500 words.
Structure for Table of Contents
Section 1: One Size Does Not Fit All- How Graduate Students differ from undergraduates and faculty: A literature review
- Serving Online (Hybrid) Students
- Serving Online-only Students
- Serving the PhD
- Serving STEM Graduate Students
- Serving International Graduate Students
- Serving the Professional Graduate Student (could be more than one chapter, each focused on different types of Professional Programs which are very distinct)
- Serving the multiple roles of graduate students (GRA; Student; Teaching Assistant, etc.)
Section 2: Structures: Organizational; Technical; Spatial
- Different library organizational structures to support graduate students
- Technical needs of graduate students
- Spaces for graduate students
- Consultation models for serving graduate students
Section 3: Traditional Librarian Functions meet Graduate Students’ needs
- ILL and serving Graduate Students
- Workshops for Graduate Students
- Information literacy and graduate students or ACRL Framework applied to graduate student interactions
- Data and Graduate students
- Digital Thesis & Capstone Processes
- Productivity Tools for Graduate Students and/or Citation Managers
- The Academic Research Cycle
Section 4: Partnerships
- Collaboration with other university units
- Collaboration with graduate associations and clubs
- Collaboration with vendors
- Collaboration with Professional Organizations
Chapter Guidelines
Length: Final Chapter will be between 1,500-4,500 words.
Style: Manuscripts should be 12 point, double-spaced. Endnotes use Chicago Manual 17th Edition. Additional details on citation style and author rights from our publisher are here.
Author(s): Name(s), Institution(s), job title(s), Short 2 sentence bio listing how the author(s) is/are involved with graduate students.
Chapter Submission: When you are satisfied that your chapter is ready, please upload as a revision through the Digital Commons portal. To submit revisions, use the Revise Submission link on your original proposal page. A link to that proposal is also at the bottom of the email acceptance document.
Important Dates:
- Full Chapters Due: November 30, 2017
- Edited Chapters Returned: January 31, 2018
- Final Revised Chapters due: February 19, 2018
Please contact Crystal Renfro at crenfro1@kennesaw.edu with any questions regarding your proposal or the submission system.