Tony Fonseca, Serials Librarian at Nicholls, believes in a multidisciplinary approach to librarianship.  He has presented at LLA, LUC, the American Musicological Society Meeting, the South East Philosophy of Education Society Conference, the LCTCS Leadership Development Conference, and the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. He has co-authored three editions in the Genreflecting readers’ advisory series (1999, 2003, 2006), is developing a fourth, and has articles in Computers in Libraries, Louisiana Libraries, and Dissections (horror literary journal). He has also written encyclopedia entries on pop musicians, literary figures (DLB 312), and occult phenomena. Additionally he co-organizes Nicholls’ Café Symposium.

"Being a second career academic librarian, I have often found myself looking for ways to bridge the publication gap between the literatures of the Library and Information Science discipline and the literature on which I cut my academic teeth—critical analyses of American short story writers and novelists who excelled in the occult and gothic. The intention of this workshop is to help Louisiana academic librarians who find themselves in similar situations. Topics will range from identifying the types of academic writing which manages to bridge this gap (including, but not limited to bibliographies, bio-bibliographies, readership studies, and encyclopedia entries / full articles), to identifying and approaching acquisitions editors, to lessons I have learned as a professional writer. Participants will learn how to adapt their own styles of writing so that they can bridge the gap between what they would like to write, and what is considered academically viable in the LIS field, and they will learn how to identify the best venues for their future publications."

Presentation Slides  
Publishing Academic Writing: Selective Bibliography 
List of useful publishers and associations  

Award-winning librarian Sigrid Kelsey (LSU) is co-editor of two books, author of numerous articles and book chapters, editor of Louisiana Libraries' "What's New in Library Products and Services column," and a book reviewer for RUSQ.  An active member of the Louisiana Library Association and the LSU Libraries' mentoring committee, she has also served as a mentoring consultant for NRG Energy, Inc.

Her teaching experience includes teaching LIS 7008 (Information Technologies) at LSU, and Library 100 at Whitman College.  Sigrid's web work was recently recognized in the national technology journal, Online: Exploring Technology and Resources for Information Professionals.

"This session will offer practical advice for those wishing to pursue writing articles for publication in reference books.  I will talk about how writing for reference books is different than writing for scholarly journals, and discuss the benefits as well as potential drawbacks to writing for a reference book.  Participants will be introduced to a variety of sources to consult when looking for opportunities to write for reference books, and learn the best ways to approach and work with reference book editors.  Finally, I will talk about editing a reference book."