Hi again!
Just sending a gentle reminder about this call for proposals – we have already had a few submissions, which is super exciting!
As co-editor of the book, I also wanted to mention that we have gotten some questions about:
We look forward to questions you may have and proposals you submit!
Best,
Laureen & Tammy
Co-editors,
Spatial Literacy in Public Health
From: Cantwell, Laureen
Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:12 PM
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Subject: Call for Chapters: Spatial Literacy in Public Health
Chapters are sought for the forthcoming ACRL book Spatial Literacy in Public Health, focusing
on collaborative spatial literacy teaching and learning initiatives across the college campus.
Public health has been at the forefront of global news and conversations since early 2020, resulting in an increased awareness of and interest in how public health topics connect with many areas of our lives, big and small, globally and locally. We have seen
how public health integrates with data, business, economics, our grocery store, historical precedents, psychological factors, tourism, social media, and much more. Spatial literacy skills overlap with public health topics in many thought-provoking and discussion-friendly
ways that can help students realize the relevance of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial literacy skills.
The goals of this book, ultimately, are to tie spatial literacy across the higher education curriculum, under the theme of public health intersections. This book will include content designed to have academic librarians and disciplinary faculty working together,
and provide multimodal materials to foster successful in-classroom (or online!) deployment.
Chapter structure:
... Final chapters should be 2,000-3,000 words in length.
Possible chapter topics:
These are just examples of the kinds of spatial literacy + public health intersections we believe could be brought into this book.
…and other ideas you come up with!
Not sure if your idea or collaboration is a good fit? Email the editors!
Submission due dates:
Proposal information:
Authors should submit their proposal here: https://forms.gle/TLEhmryYdjbuc9fF9
Proposals should include:
1. Discipline or audience addressed
2. 150-word abstract of proposed chapter
3. Description of a sample learning activity
Laureen P. Cantwell, Head of Access Services & Outreach and Dr. Tammy Parece, Assistant Professor of Geography, both from Colorado Mesa University
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Laureen P. Cantwell (she/her/hers)
Head of Access Services & Outreach
Tomlinson Library
Colorado Mesa University
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Dr. Tammy Parece (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Geography
Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Colorado Mesa University
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Laureen P. Cantwell, MSLIS
Head of Access Services & Outreach, Tomlinson
Library,
Colorado Mesa University & Western Colorado Community College
Grand Junction. CO 81501-7611
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