Professional Service Opportunity: Scholarly Submissions Editor at Weave, Journal of Library User Experience
Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (http://weaveux.org) seeks a creative, collegial individual to serve as Scholarly Submissions Editor, managing our peer review processes and peer-reviewed submissions. This is a remote position which, like all positions at Weave, is volunteer.
Weave is a peer-reviewed, open access, web-based publication with an interest in facilitating, broadening, and documenting the conversation around what, why, and how user experience design informs both theory and practice within libraries and related fields. [More about our editorial philosophy.] Our aspiration is to engage with UX colleagues and create an authentic dialogue around these topics, while exploring varying modes of publication, narrative, and scholarship.
You’ll be responsible for recruiting, training, and managing peer reviewers, as well as reviewing all peer-review submissions, communicating with authors, and editing accepted pieces. You will work with three other editors on shaping each issue. You'll also make sure authors have the support they need to develop useful, well-written articles that contribute to the profession, which will sometimes include mentoring and iterative editing. You can see the content from the first seven issues of our journal at [http://weaveux.org].
As Scholarly Submissions Editor, you’ll spend at least 10 hours a month on the journal, working collaboratively with the editors and board to set the vision and strategic direction for the journal. Your duties will include:
- Attending monthly virtual meetings with the rest of the Weave team
- Participating in communication between meetings (e.g. Slack, Google Drive, email)
- Maintaining and updating training materials for peer reviewers
- Managing the process of peer review for scholarly submissions
- Communicating with authors on the status of their submissions
- Reviewing all new scholarly submissions and pitches
- Editing accepted pieces for publication
- As needed, serving on search teams for new editors
- As needed, voting for board member appointments
All editors work on deadline. Our busiest times are three months before each issue is published, as we get everything ready for copy editing and production. (We publish issues in early April and October.)
Weave values diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Weave believes that user experience must be inclusive of the experience of all users, and we are actively interested in building an editorial staff that reflects the diversity of the library community and our users. To this end we specifically encourage applications from people of color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people who identify as differently-abled. Your perspective will enrich our journal.
Interested? Tell us about your writing and editing experience and show us your passion for readable and creative prose. If you’re familiar with library and user experience terminology, that’s great, but not required.
To apply, send a cover letter, CV, and an academic writing sample to the search committee at [helloweaveux@umich.edu] by January 15, 2018.
Cheers,
The WeaveUX Editorial Board