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From: Mary Kandiuk <mkandiuk(a)yorku.ca>
Date: Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:02 AM
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*CFP: Special Collections as Sites of Contestation*
*Editor: Mary Kandiuk*
*Publisher: Library Juice Press*
Special collections are actively acquired by libraries or received by
donation. Increasingly, special collections are emerging as sites of
contestation. Funding and political choices often underpin acquisition,
access and promotion of these collections resulting in unequal
representation, biased interpretations and suppressed narratives. This
collection of essays will interrogate library practices relating to special
collections. The essays will explore the reinterpretation and resituating
of special collections held by libraries, examine the development and
stewardship of special collections within a social justice framework, and
describe the use of critical practice by libraries and librarians to shape
and negotiate the acquisition, cataloguing, promotion and display of
special collections.
Proposals are invited for chapters relating to special collections held by
all types of libraries in all countries. Special collections are library
and archival materials encompassing a wide range of formats and subject
matters. They are usually distinguished by their historical, societal,
cultural or monetary value, uniqueness or rarity, and are housed separately
from a library’s main circulating collection with a commitment to
preservation and access. Specific topics of interest include but are not
limited to:
· Evolving understandings and interpretations of historical
materials in special collections.
· Censorship, self-censorship, academic freedom, intellectual
freedom and special collections.
· The use of critical practice to resist cultural hegemony in the
development of special collections.
· The challenges of developing contemporary special collections
relating to social justice.
· Examining special collections through the lens of the
marginalized and disempowered.
· The representation of unpopular or radical views in special
collections.
· Contested interpretations of special collections.
· Safe spaces and special collections.
· Controversial exhibits relating to special collections.
· Information literacy and special collections employing a social
justice framework.
· Decolonizing and indigenizing special collections.
· Donors, funding, power and politics and their influence on the
development of special collections.
· Development and stewardship of special collections relating but
not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, politics, religion, war,
conflict, genocide, sex, pornography, racism, discrimination, heritage,
memory, and identity within a social justice framework.
· Any aspect of acquisition, curation, structure, cataloguing,
digitization, presentation, arrangement, promotion, display and instruction
relating to special collections using a social justice or critical practice
framework.
*Proposals*
Chapter proposals should contain 1) an abstract of 500-750 words describing
the proposed contribution and 2) a brief biographical statement about the
author(s). Proposals are due June 1, 2018. Please direct all submissions
and inquiries to Mary Kandiuk (mkandiuk(a)yorku.ca).
*Timetable:*
June 1, 2018: Deadline for 500-750 abstract proposing a chapter.
July 1, 2018: Notification of acceptance of proposed chapter.
December 1, 2018: Deadline for submitting full chapter manuscript.
Note regarding chapter length: Authors might strive for between 5000-8000
words. However shorter or longer is acceptable as it is understood that
different topics lend themselves to different lengths of treatment.
*About the Editor*
Mary Kandiuk is the Visual Arts, Design & Theatre Librarian and a Senior
Librarian at York University in Toronto, Canada. She holds a Master of Arts
in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Toronto.
She is the author of two bibliographies of secondary criticism relating to
Canadian literature published by Scarecrow Press and co-author of *Digital
Image Collections and Services *(ARL Spec Kit, 2013). She is co-editor of
the collection *In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union
Participation in Canada* published by Library Juice Press in 2014. Her most
recent publications include articles on the topic of academic freedom. For
more information see:
http://mkandiuk.blog.yorku.ca/
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Mary Kandiuk MA MLS
Visual Arts, Design and Theatre Librarian/Senior Librarian
York University Libraries
4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
416.736.2100 ext. 88890http://www.yorku.ca/mkandiuk/mkandiuk@yorku.ca
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