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<i><span style="color:black">The International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL)</span></i><span style="color:black"> is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on sharing and spreading new ideas and developments in the field of library and information
science around the world. Published biannually, IJoL is open access and indexed and full text available in both EBSCO and ProQuest databases, and listed in many online directories such as Library of Congress, Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ), etc.,
and permanently preserved by LOCKSS/PKP PLN system.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">IJoL has in the past published several special issues on topics that focus on emerging and cutting-edge technology and practice in library field such as research data management and linked data technology, and they enjoyed a good reading
and very positive feedback from interested librarians, information professionals, and academia around the world.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Now IJoL calls for original research papers, field reports, case studies, or any other kind of papers that relate to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data science (DS) in the field
of library and information science. The topics include but are not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">General theory, new development, and trends in AI, ML, and DS</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applications and implications of AI, ML, and DS in the library</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Practice, use case, and case study of AI, ML, and DS in library</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Data analytics, data mining, and text mining </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Statistical analysis and application, impact and assessment</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Digital Humanities, GIS, and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Achieves, Museum)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Collaboration between academic library and university faculty and students</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Impact of artificial intelligence on the services and collections of libraries around the
world</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Artificial intelligence and the future of the library</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">This special issue is expected to be published in July 2020. Deadline for paper submission is March 31, 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">For detailed submission information please visit: </span><a href="https://ojs.calaijol.org/index.php/ijol/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions" target="_blank">https://ojs.calaijol.org/index.php/ijol/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Please send any questions or inquiry to Yongming Wang at: <span style="color:blue"> <a href="mailto:wangyo@tcnj.edu" target="_blank">wangyo@tcnj.edu</a> </span><span style="color:#0563C1">, or to Grace Liu (Editor-in-Chief) at: </span><span style="color:blue"> </span><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:gliu@uwindsor.ca" target="_blank">gliu@uwindsor.ca</a></span><span style="color:blue">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wenli Gao, Data Services Librarian<br>
University Libraries<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:red">University of Houston<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university<br>
713-743-8370<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wgao5@uh.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-7248">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-7248</a>
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