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Call for Early Career Reviewers!

Collection and Curation

Collection and Curation (CC) is pleased to announce the creation of an Early Career Review Board!

Relevant topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • ‘Collection’ and management of files and data by academic libraries, in the service of  the research and teaching purpose of universities
  • ‘Collection’ of files and data for  wider organisation planning purposes
  • Academic library curriculum mapping
  • Collection assessment as part of wider library assessment
  • Co-operative and collaborative ‘collection’ of cultural heritage artefacts, including where technology enables innovative approaches
  • Public libraries as centers for civic engagement, digital inclusion, lifelong learning and for health and wellbeing information
  • ‘Collection’ development and the use of space. 

As strong believer in positive change, Collection and Curation has decided to develop an Early Career Review Board (ECRB) to give Early Career Researchers the means to participate within a journal publishing environment, and to be involved in developing Collection and Curation for the community along with the Editor, Abigail L. Phillips.

Early Career Reviewer Board members will be expected to:

  • Review manuscripts submitted to CC under the guidance and standards of the journal.
  • Provide timely, constructive and developmental reviews.
  • Support the identification of emerging topics and research communities relevant to BIJ.
  • Promote CC among early career researchers, doctoral networks, conferences and academic communities.
  • Encourage high-quality submissions aligned with BIJ’s aims and scope.
  • Provide feedback to the editorial team when requested.
  • Participate, where appropriate, in journal initiatives, special issue promotion or community-building activities.

Selected applicants will be appointed to the ECRB for 3 years. Each member is expected to review 3 to 4 new papers per year. Training will be provided for Emerald’s submission system ScholarOne.

The application process is simple – please email Katie McCallum, Commissioning Editor, at [email protected], with your CV and a statement (no more than 400 words) on why you would like to be involved in the ECRB. Please also mention your primary areas of research expertise.

Early Career Researchers are those who have been awarded a doctoral degree in the past 5 years (excluding career breaks).