Please consider contributing to Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today on children's programs, hosting exhibitions, and other complimentary activities furthering librarianship.

Contributions from public, school, academic, special librarians-one 1250 word article or two articles each 1250 words, are invited. Each "how-to" article will showcase the creativity of contemporary U.S. librarians.

For example, if you design software and are an experienced grants writer, each could be a topic for an article; another combination could be setting up a new library, innovative story hours. Co-authoring is invited. Please e-mail some topics as soon as possible and a 50-55 word bio with your present position, highlights as a librarian, to receive feedback.

Article(s) deadline is September 10, 2006. Bullets, headings are encouraged for clarity, conciseness a basic. Those sending two published articles will receive a complimentary book as payment.

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As a successfully published librarian with a significant record, please consider contributing to Librarians Publishing for Professional and Personal Development aimed at helping U.S. librarians become published.

Since publishers only give contracts/royalties to authors or co-authors, I will do the sending of royalty checks myself based on paperwork I receive. Only the first year's royalties will be divided among the 18 contributors; subsequent royalties remain with me as editor. Contributors receive a complimentary book.

Word total for 3 articles based on the writer's experience is 4,000: one article may be 1500 words, another 1500 words, the last 1,000 to total 4,000. Please send a resume, propose some topics for feedback as soon as possible. Deadline for e-mailing completed articles: September 30, 2006.

Poetry, YA, book reviews, columns, essays, magazine articles, fiction, textbooks, children's books, are just a few types colleagues are interested in knowing how to get published.

To check my background, enter Smallwood
http://authors.libraryofmichigan.org/publicsearch.asp

Libraries Unlimited, Scarecrow, Neal-Schuman, Linworth, ALA, McFarland are possible publishers.

Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development, my 17th book, is forthcoming from Peter Lang.

Dr. Ann Riedling has contributed to my two last books:
http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=1591582016