Call for Chapter Proposals: "Reimagining Scholarly Communication: Frameworks and Trajectories
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Melissa Cantrell and Lauren Collister (editors) are excited to share the Call for Proposals for an upcoming edited volume, Reimagining Scholarly Communication: Frameworks and Trajectories. We are seeking chapters that approach the thorny issues of scholarly communication from an interdisciplinary lens, drawing on frameworks, theories, and concepts from disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, economics, linguistics, history, political science, and more.
The goal of this book is to provide new perspectives on the persistent crises of academic publishing and knowledge sharing, using interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks to interrogate the seemingly intractable problems of scholarly communication, including exploitative publishing models, flawed metrics systems, infrastructure sustainability, and access inequities. Building on the literature that describes these problems and their impacts, this collection asks a more fundamental question: Why do these problems persist despite widespread recognition of their harms, and what conceptual tools might help us chart genuinely transformative paths forward?
We are seeking authors for chapters that pair theoretical exposition with practical application, introducing readers to frameworks from disciplines beyond library and information science, then demonstrating how these lenses illuminate specific challenges in scholarly publishing, open access, open science, research data management, impact metrics, and open educational resources.
Proposals are due by November 16, 2026. The submission form is simple, requiring some information about you and a short abstract (fewer than 500 words) describing your idea. Additional information about requirements is in the Call for Proposals part of our website. Chapters would be due on or before June 1, 2027.
This volume has been accepted for publication (open access, with authors retaining copyright to their chapters) with ACRL. You can read more about the volume and the timeline at our website for the book: https://reimaginingsc.hcommons.org/
Interested but want to learn more or talk about your idea? Please register for our virtual office hour - Friday October 23, 2026, at 1pm Eastern Time - US, or send an email to reimaginingscholcomm@gmail.com.
Melissa H. Cantrell & Lauren B. Collister, co-editors, Reimagining Scholarly Communication: Frameworks and Trajectories