Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association, invites applications and nominations for an Assistant Editor for Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS), one of Core’s three scholarly research journals. The LRTS Assistant Editor will be appointed for a renewable three-year term ending June 30, 2024. The appointment includes an annual stipend of $1,000 and paid registration to attend the ALA Annual Conference.
About the Journal
LRTS takes a critical approach to the questions and challenges facing librarians and libraries, including:
- Collections
- Scholarly communication
- Preservation and digitization
- Acquisitions
- Continuing resources
- Resource description, including non-metadata, authority control, subject analysis, and classification.
Responsibilities
- Assists the Editor with the evaluation of submitted papers prior to peer review
- Assists the Editor with coordinating the journal’s peer review process, including communication with authors
- Participates in publicity and content development for the journal
- May assist with copyediting and layout of articles accepted for publication.
- Solicits book reviewers to review LRTS-related publications in issues of the journal
- Solicits books to review from relevant publishers
- Fields book reviewer inquiries
- Edits book reviews and guides reviewers through the publication process
- Makes publication decisions regarding submissions
- Provides an annual report on the status of book reviews
Qualifications:
- Must be a member of Core
- Demonstrated writing and editing expertise
- Experience with the peer review process
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Awareness of current technical services and collections research issues and trends, including efforts to create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive knowledge structures
- Knowledge of the professionals working in the areas of collections and technical services
- Knowledge of copyright ownership issues as provided by ALA
- Skills and professional standing to attract prospective authors
- Experience with electronic manuscript submission and management systems
- Knowledge of OA models
Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter with the names and contact information for three references, via email to Mary Beth Weber (mbfecko [at] libraries.rutgers.edu) by December 8, 2021. Nominations are also accepted. Send nominee contact information to the search committee chair Mary Beth Weber, and the search committee will solicit an application.