Editor

Dr. Anna Kaushik 
Deputy Librarian 
Central Library 
University of Kota 
Kota-324005 (Rajasthan) India

Call for Book Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: May 1, 2017
Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2017
Submission Date: November 30, 2017

Introduction

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged as new Avatar in an online learning environment and become a burning topic nowadays in every discipline including library and information science. MOOCs offer both opportunities and challenges for libraries, library and information science schools/ institutions and library and information science professionals. On the other hands, libraries, library and information science schools/ institutions and library and information science professionals are regularly thinking how they may not only be active part of MOOC activities by adopting, developing, linking and resolving problems faced by MOOC developers but also able to provide infrastructure, resources free from any constraints and environment to develop quality massive open online Courses (MOOCs) in diverse topics connected to different disciplines. Therefore, this book is to plan to publish which to be covered chapters on MOOCs and Library and information science issues such as survey, case study, business model, creation models, quality aspects, evaluation of MOOC, role of library and information science professionals, future implications of MOOCs in library and information science domain and other issues from library and information science professionals globally.

Objective

The objectives of this book are to spreading out Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept with its potential in library and information science domain. This book intends to make every library and information science professionals aware with MOOC concept as a whole and how they can play worthy roles in MOOC setting by using their LIS competencies. This book is focusing on exploring the ideas how library and information science professionals are an active part of MOOC activities and engage themselves not only in the development of MOOCs library and information science area but also able to work as a backbone for other MOOC developers for solving problems related to MOOCs activities.

Target Audience

The target audiences of this book are library and information science professionals, knowledge managers, Information scientists, library and information science teachers, research scholars, students of library and information science area. Web librarians, executives, consultants, instructors, IT specialists, managers, trainers libraries, library and information science schools/ institutes and other library and information science professionals etc.

Recommended Topics

The Tentative TABLE of Contents given but is not limited to the following topics or subject areas: 
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) concept and general issues 
Literature review of MOOCs in common/ special aspect of MOOC 
Literature on MOOC and library and information science 
Construction and development of MOOCs using different models /schemas 
Business models of MOOC 
Evaluation/ comparison of MOOCs platforms 
Evaluation/ comparison LIS MOOCs 
Acceptance of MOOCs in library and information science domain 
Quality models/benchmarks/ assurance/indicators of MOOCs 
MOOCs and Libraries 
MOOCs and library and information science schools and education 
Role of library and information science professionals in MOOCs environment 
Copyright/legal issues and MOOCs 
Survey studies on MOOCs and Library and information science 
Case studies on MOOCs 
Return on Investment (ROI) in MOOCs environment 
SWOT analysis of MOOCs in library and information science context 
How to design MOOCs effectively 
Any topic on MOOCs and Library and information science domain

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners of library and information science and other area are invited to submit on or before May 1, 2017, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by May 16, 2017, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2017, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-...

 prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. 

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Trust in Knowledge Management and Systems in Organizations. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer-review editorial process. 

All proposals should be submitted through the E-Editorial Discovery TM online submission manager.

Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2646 for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2018.

Important Dates

May 1, 2017: Proposal Submission Deadline 
May 16, 2017: Notification of Acceptance 
August 1, 2017: Full Chapter Submission 
September 30, 2017: Review Results Returned 
November 15, 2017: Final Acceptance Notification 
November 30, 2017: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Editor's Name: Dr. Anna Kaushik 
Editor's Affiliation: Deputy Librarian, Central Library, University of Kota, Kota -324005- (Rajasthan)-INDIA 

Editor's Contact Information 
2/38, Ganesh Talab, Basant Vihar, 
Kota-324009- (Rajasthan)-INDIA 
drkaushikanna@gmail.com