Calling All Writers !
Posted on August 16, 2010 by kcarlson | No Comments
Submited by Rikke Ogawa, Emergent Technologies Coordinator, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
The MLA Books Panel is always looking for publication topics and proposals from the members of the Medical Library Association. The MLA Books Panel wants to provide the texts that enhance the knowledge and skills of librarians. The submission problem for the first phase of a book is easy so it does not require a lot of time investment. Not interested in writing a full book? Edited books utilizing the knowledge of colleagues looking to write a chapter can bring fresh ideas to our field.
There are three types of publications associated with the Medical Library Association. The following information is directly from the MLA website.
1. Books about the best practices of health sciences librarianship and about consumer health for public librarianship. Both smaller works for specific audiences and large books for a broad library audience are considered. The entire process from proposal to publication takes approximately eighteen months. http://mlanet.org/publications/books/bookguid.html for proposal guidelines.
2. MLA DocKits are collections of representative, unedited library documents from a variety of institutions that illustrate the range of approaches to topics related to health sciences libraries. The documents should be selected to complement each other, provide variety, and stimulate comparison and contrast. http://mlanet.org/publications/dockits/docguid.html for proposal guidelines.
3. MLA BibKits are selective, annotated bibliographies of discrete subject areas in the health sciences literature. The bibliography is considered a guide to the topic rather than a compendium, and thus is selective rather than comprehensive. Annotations should be evaluative, rather than merely descriptive, and should be based on the compiler’s examination. http://mlanet.org/publications/bibkits/bibguid.html for proposal guidelines.
If writing or editing isn’t of interest but you would like to see a book, DocKit, or BibKit on a particular topic please let me know so I can pass this information on the MLA Books Panel.
Any questions contact me or the MLA Director of Publications at mlacom1@mlahq.org.
Julie Esparza, Committee Member
2009-2012 MLA Books Panel
Posted 8/16/10
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