[Fla-facrl] CFP: Academic Libraries and the First Year Experience

Tue Sep 3 15:44:06 EDT 2024

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Call for Chapter Proposals - Academic Libraries and the First Year Experience

Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2024

Submit your Proposal: CFP Google Form<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd4OaR1TEcTKVoyAbaaYJtirXPAc20VlLntxwmeDM1SoJ9N6g%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C600df0a050a74be9120708dccc50c85b%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C638609894560258061%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TDrRBDMSpqINPxwnQFQYlzTBrVHEe4ccEyIb7rC6DPc%3D&reserved=0>

About the Book:

Academic Libraries and the First Year Experience aims to share how academic libraries can help positively impact the first-year experience of students. While much of the literature on libraries and the first-year experience focuses on information literacy and instruction aspects, this book will go beyond the classroom to consider how libraries can best position themselves to positively impact students during this critical time. Outreach to students through programming can be just as important to help engage students and foster student success. Librarians are able to foster connections, develop campus collaborations, build community, and make use of technology to ease students' transitions and help them feel a sense of belonging.

First-year college and university students are at an important time in their academic journeys when support is crucial for their success. First-time college students have a one-year drop-out rate of 24.3%, and 54% of undergraduates identify as first-generation students. Homesickness, academic challenges, and mental health are just some of their challenges. Entire offices on college campuses are created to aid students in the transition from their high school to college selves, and academic libraries should and do play a role in supporting this specific population of students. This edited book will highlight and showcase the work librarians are doing in the realm of outreach and programming within the first-year experience, focusing on collaborations and student success.

Edited By: Jillian Eslami, Texas A&M University and Heather Snapp, Florida Gulf Coast University

Publisher: ACRL

Topics/Sections:

Outreach

  *   Campus partnerships/collaborations
     *   Creating programs around student groups in their first year
        *   Student groups can include First Generation, Transfer, Non-traditional, etc.
  *   Co-curricular library programming in FYE
     *   Events/programming geared towards FYE
  *   Fostering Student Success Through FYE Library Programming
  *   Assessment in Outreach
  *   Engaging Students in the Library in their First Year
     *   Use of technology
  *   Case studies that highlight/showcase outreach for FYE efforts as a whole

Student Success

  *   Library Anxiety
  *   First Generation and the first-year programming
  *   Online programming and student success
     *   How are libraries creating experiences for distance education and online spaces
        *   Innovative uses of technology
  *   Non-traditional students and FYE
     *   How non-traditional (such as returning/older) students use the libraries
     *   Specific programming for non-traditional, distance ed, underrepresented/underserved students
  *   Measuring student success in the library
     *   Assessment, case studies, focus groups
  *   Reducing barriers for FYE
  *   College Readiness
     *   Orientations
        *   OER awareness
     *   Reducing barriers to beginning college, staying in college (retention)
     *   Using tech and other innovations to lower barriers and entry points to library resources, services and programming

The Library as a Place

  *   The Library as a Space for FY Students
     *   FY as transfer, as first gen, as non-traditional
        *   How are FY students using the library as a space (compared to upperclassmen
        *   Differences between how first year transfers, non-traditional, etc. use library spaces
     *   Creating spaces for FY students
     *   Contributing to campus community/sense of belonging
  *   Library as the "Third Place"
  *   Building community/Fostering community in the FYE in libraries
  *   Including other services
     *   Tutoring, Advising
        *   Learning Commons model and how libraries can support
     *   Creating spaces for FY students

Collaborations/Connections

  *   Harnessing Student Workers in FYE
  *   Peer to Peer Connection or Learning
  *   Working together across campus
     *   Residence Life, Academic Success Centers, Tutoring, Etc.
  *   Working together across the community
     *   Public Library partnerships, Museum connections, etc.
  *   Evaluating impact of partnerships/programming/etc.
  *   Common Reading Programs and FYE

Key Details for Submitting a Proposal:

Please submit  your proposals using the CFP Google Form<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd4OaR1TEcTKVoyAbaaYJtirXPAc20VlLntxwmeDM1SoJ9N6g%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C600df0a050a74be9120708dccc50c85b%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C638609894560258061%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TDrRBDMSpqINPxwnQFQYlzTBrVHEe4ccEyIb7rC6DPc%3D&reserved=0> by October 1, 2024. The proposal should include all contributing authors and their institutions, a working title, section of book, 3-5 keywords describing your proposed topic, and an abstract of your proposed chapter that does not exceed 500 words.

Case studies and exploratory research are invited and welcome, as are essays that incorporate scholarly writing with personal narratives. The Topics/Sections is not an exhaustive list, so do not feel limited by the suggested topics! We welcome proposals for a topic that you feel fit within the scope of academic libraries and the first-year experience. This list of topics is not final nor exhaustive, and all topics listed may not be included in the final version. What we have are only suggestions, and not meant to be a finite list. Final chapters should be between 2,500-4,000 words. Chapters must not be previously published or under consideration elsewhere at the time of submission. All chapters will follow APA 7th style guidelines.

Authors will be notified of acceptance by November 12, 2024. See below for the full project timeline. Please email Jillian Eslami and Heather Snapp at AcademicLibrariesFYE at gmail.com<mailto:AcademicLibrariesFYE at gmail.com> with any questions.

Tentative Timeline:

  *   CFP closes October 1, 2024
  *   Authors notified of acceptance by November 12, 2024
  *   Chapter first drafts due February 14, 2025
  *   Draft reviews completed and feedback provided to authors by June 13, 2025
  *   Final drafts of chapters due August 15, 2025
  *   Publication anticipated fall 2026

Selection Process:

We will be evaluating submissions based on fit with the theme of the book and relevance to a variety of experiences and perspectives, with preference given to abstracts that address historically underrepresented or marginalized groups, and identities in the first-year experience.

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