Call for Papers (and apologies for cross-posting):

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share
information among those interested in the intersection of libraries,
technology, and the future.

We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 59th issue. Don't
miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be
included in the 59th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid-June
2024, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals via the Submission
Form <https://forms.gle/2U8yV6TeG4ep8o6w5> by Friday, March 15, 2024. When
submitting, please include the proposal's title or subject in the email
message's subject line.

C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome
submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of
the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

   - Practical applications of library technology (both actual and
   hypothetical)
   - Technology projects (failed, successful, or proposed), including how
   they were done and the challenges faced
   - Case studies
   - Best practices
   - Reviews
   - Comparisons of third party software or libraries
   - Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
   - Project management and communication within the library environment
   - Assessment and user studies

C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the
barriers to publication. While articles should be of a high quality, they
need not follow any formal structure. Writers should aim for the middle
ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed journals.
Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms,
and pseudo-code. For more information, visit C4LJ’s Article Guidelines or
browse articles from the earlier issues published on our website:
https://journal.code4lib.org.

Remember, for consideration for the 59th issue, please submit proposals,
abstracts, or draft articles via the Submission Form
<https://forms.gle/2U8yV6TeG4ep8o6w5> no later than Friday, March 15, 2024.

When a proposal has been accepted, authors will submit drafts to the
assigned editor in a format likely to be widely readable (with a strong
preference for Google Docs). The article should be accompanied by brief
"about the author(s)" metadata. We may request the submission in a
different format if we have trouble with yours.

Please note that articles published in *C4LJ* must be licensed by their
authors under a US CC-BY license
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/>. We recommend but do not
require that any included code also be given an open source license
<http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category> suitable for code. Authors
are free to publish articles anywhere else in addition to *C4LJ*.

By submitting the proposal, you accept that the email and full name of the
authors will appear with your submission and that all named authors are
consenting to this. If your article involves the utilization of
individuals’ personal data (such as but not limited to email addresses,
unique identifiers, borrowing history - a potentially useful definition is
available from the US Department of Labor <https://www.dol.gov/general/ppii>),
it is not currently eligible for inclusion in Code4Lib. The editorial
committee is undertaking an audit of internal editorial practices in order
to prevent accidental exposure of personally identifiable information.

Note: We cannot accept files with the anticipation we host them as
attachments to the article and encourage the use of open formats in linked
files.

For more information, see our Article Guidelines
<https://journal.code4lib.org/article-guidelines/> and the Journal's Process
and Structure <https://journal.code4lib.org/process-and-structure/>. Send
in a submission. Your peers would like to hear what you are doing.


Peter Murray
on behalf of the Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee