ALA Research Series
The purpose of the ALA Research Series is to expand the knowledge base of library research through publishing quantitative and/or qualitative research and analysis that addresses topics important to libraries, librarians, and education in the profession. The series also will provide an opportunity for librarians/scholars to publish their research in a peer-reviewed book series.
Series scope
The series will seek both monographs and edited volumes. It will solicit book projects from North America and consider international submissions.
The focus of the series will be on topics of broad appeal and relevance to the library community –accessible, useful, practical, sustainable research. The series:
- will encourage research based on methods other than surveys, such as observational research, content analysis, grounded theory research, and ethnographic technique, as well as research that blend different methods.
- will not be a statistical series.
Titles already published through the series:
A Good Match: Library Career Opportunities for Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges. (2007) Rebecca Watson-Boone
Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2007-2008
Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2006-2007
Solicitation/publication schedule
Frequency - No more than one publication per year and no less than biennial.
Series manuscript solicitations to publication schedule:
Summer 2009, begin solicitation for manuscripts.
Publish first volume in winter/spring 2010.
Series type
includes both monographs and edited volumes.
ALA Office for Research & Statistics Director is the series editor; a volume editor will be appointed/assigned as required. There is no remuneration for volume editing.
The volume editor will be acknowledged in this manner:
Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2007–2008
Principal Investigators: Denise M. Davis, John Carlo Bertot, Charles R. McClure
Editor: Larra Clark
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