Guide to Reference is seeking a division editor and additional contributing editors.

A DIVISION EDITOR is needed in the area of General Reference Works for the term July 2010–June 2012. This General Reference Works division co-editor will coordinate the work of contributing editors in the following subjects:
• Encyclopedias
• Government Publications
• Language Dictionaries
• Online General Reference Libraries
• Other General Reference Works
• The Web as Reference Tool

Find out how to become a division editor.

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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS are needed for the following subjects and language clusters (as of March 1, 2010). After you've reviewed this list find out how to become a contributing editor.

In the area of General Reference Works:
• Language Dictionaries—English
• Bibliography—National Bibliographies and Catalogs; Encyclopedias; and Language Dictionaries; in the following (or similar) language clusters*:

a) Afrikaans; Cornish; Danish; Dutch; Friesian; Gaelic; Gothic; Icelandic; Irish; Norwegian; Old Norse; Swedish; Welsh
b) Latvian; Lithuanian
c) Armenian; Azerbaijani; Georgian
d) Amharic; Languages of Ethiopia; Ganda; Grebo; Hausa; Ibo; Mende; Nubian; Somali; Swahili; Twi; Xhosa; Yoruba; Zulu
e) Aryan; Bengali; Dravidian; Gujarati; Hindi; Hindustani; Pali; Panjabi; Sanskrit; Tamil; Urdu
f) Chinese
g) Korean
h) Burmese; Khmer; Korean; Lao; Mongolian; Thai; Tibetan; Vietnamese
i) Fijian; Hawaiian; Indonesian; Javanese; Malay; Maori; Pidgin; Samoan

In the area of Humanities:
• Literature—Various Non-English (similar to language list above)

In the area of History and Area Studies:
• Latin America
• North Africa

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* "Language clusters" are created to identify individuals or groups with sufficient bibliographic skills to manage key sources and records across a group of related languages. The Guide is currently intended to include only the core sources of use and accessibility to a largely English-language audience. Contributing editors with language skills may be asked to assist in areas such as Literature or History and Area Studies.

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