The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults has a new call for papers for a special issue highlight research-based best practices. Check out the full CFP below.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults
Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults (JRLYA), the official research journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is currently accepting submissions for a special themed issue. Researchers, librarians, graduate students, and others who conduct research related to young adults (ages 12 – 18) and libraries are invited to submit manuscripts. Papers describing both scholarly research and action research are welcome and will be submitted for peer review and consideration for publication. Submissions are due June 30, 2015.
The special issue will highlight research-based best practices for serving young adults in libraries. It will include: 1) papers that report research studies about specific library practices; 2) papers that report original research and suggest how it can best be used in library practice; and 3) reports of how research was used to guide the design, implementation, evaluation, etc., of specific library services. For example, papers could present studies or analyses of: digital literacy research and library services for adolescents; research-based best practices for serving adolescents in specific settings, such as rural or urban libraries; serving adolescents through teacher and librarian collaboration; serving adolescents through collaboration with other agencies and institutions; LGBTQ issues and YA library services; or using adolescent information behavior research as a basis for library services. Papers that report library programs but lack an original research component or some type of scholarly analysis and connection to the broader field of YA librarianship will not be considered for peer review.
Writer’s guidelines are located at http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/author-guidelines/. Email manuscripts and related queries by June 30, 2015, to editor Dr. Denise Agosto at: yalsaresearch@gmail.com.
JRLYA is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal located at: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya. Its purpose is to enhance the development of theory, research, and practice to support young adult library services. JRLYA presents original research concerning: 1) the informational and developmental needs of adolescents; 2) the management, implementation, and evaluation of young adult library services; and 3) other critical issues relevant to librarians who work with this population.
