Call for Papers—Libraries & The Cultural Record

Libraries & The Cultural Record, a peer–reviewed journal of history published by the University of Texas Press, invites submissions for a special issue devoted to exploring historical perspectives on state library agencies in the United States. Contributors are encouraged to consider the topic in diverse ways.

Proposal guidelines

Submissions should be based on original research utilizing appropriate sources, including archival materials. Articles must provide a coherent narrative and analysis that situate state library agencies in the broader context of the state environment in which they operate. Submissions should not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Completed articles should be approximately 7,000 words including notes.

All proposals must include

• The author’s contact information, including name, e–mail address, telephone number, and institutional address
• Title of the proposed article
• An abstract of 500 words or less
• Brief list of principal primary and secondary sources that will be used in the research
• A statement on the status of the research and prospect for completion by deadline

Proposals should be prepared using Microsoft Word and submitted electronically to both of the guest editors, Robert Sidney Martin () and Bernadette A. Lear (). Proposals must be received by the editors no later than November 1, 2010. Submissions will be acknowledged via e–mail. Proposals that are accepted will receive an invitation to submit a manuscript for peer–review no later than February 1, 2012. The special issue will be published in January, 2013, as volume 48, number 1 of the journal. For more information about the journal’s submission requirements and peer review process, see L&lCR’s web page for submissions at http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~lcr/submissions/index.php.