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Special Issue: Museum Lighting

Special Issue: Museum Lighting

Call for Papers

Are you investigating how modern lighting solutions can improve customer experiences in museums?

Are you concerned with the challenges new lighting technologies present for conservation of museum exhibits?

Then why not contribute your research to our Special Issue of LEUKOS, ‘Museum Lighting’

Why this subject?

Museum lighting is at a pivotal moment.

Solid-state lighting (SSL) promises to transform the illumination and display of art. LED lighting offers many opportunities to present art, heritage and archaeological pieces in a better light. Literally.

But they present new challenges concerning conservation and the best customer experience.

The challenges are likely to be addressed from applied and multidisciplinary research. This includes engineering, architecture, vision science, psychophysics, psychology, conservation science, physics, and chemistry.

This special issue will follow the 1st International Museum Lighting Symposium and Workshops, to be held September 11 – 12, 2017 at University College London.

What could you contribute?

Your high-quality, insightful research into:

We also seek well-written reviews that appropriately summarize and organize material for non-experts in the field.

Your manuscript should be of high scientific quality and clearly written in professional English. It should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. As with all manuscripts published in LEUKOS, the selection process will be based on a double-blind peer review.

As the special issue follows the 1st International Museum Lighting Symposium and Workshops, we encourage authors who present at the conference to submit a full manuscript to LEUKOS for consideration for this special issue.

However, this is not a requirement for submission to this LEUKOS special issue. If your research is relevant, then please send it to us.

If you would like preliminary comments about suitability of a topic that you are considering for this special issue, then please send a tentative title and abstract to: khouser@ies.org

Submission Instructions

When can you contribute?

Now! The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2018.

How can you contribute?

You can find instructions for preparing your manuscript here. Please read these carefully.

The submission website for LEUKOS is located here.

To ensure that your manuscript is correctly identified for inclusion in the special issue, please select “Special Issue: Museum Lighting” when reaching the “Is this manuscript a candidate for a special issue?” step in the submission process.