Call for Papers Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communicattion
The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (ISSN 2162-3309)
is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access publication for original articles,
reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships
and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly
communication initiatives. View the inaugural issue at http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/
The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a focused
forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and
pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as
institutional repository and digital collection management, library
publishing/hosting services and authors̢۪ rights advocacy efforts. As
technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles
of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices
that strengthen librarianship. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication provides a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication
librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data
managers and related professionals.
The journal welcomes original research and practitioner experience papers,
as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video, datasets,
code).
General topics of interest include:
Scholarly communication
Open Access
Library as publisher and library/press partnerships; including, but not
limited to:
Emerging modes and genres of publication
Organizational and business models
Policy issues; including, but not limited to:
Publishing/deposit mandates
Impact of governmental or institutional policy
Policy development for library services
Digital collection management
Institutional and discipline-specific repositories
Digital curation
Technological developments and infrastructure
Intellectual property
Resources, skills, and training
Interdisciplinary or international perspectives on these
issues
Contributions may be submitted to any of the following
categories:
Commentary
Research Articles
Practice Articles
Theory Articles
P2 (Post-Peer) Review
Reviews of Books and Products
(For full descriptions of these categories, see http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html)
Grey literature (e.g. conference papers, presentations, white papers, etc.)
may be revised and submitted for review and publication in JLSC if all
copyrights still reside with the submitting author(s). Submissions that are
substantially similar to material already available to the public (through a
peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed venue) will not be accepted, but may be
proposed as the focus of a P2 (Post-Peer) Review.
For more information about JLSC, please visit http://jlsc-pub.org/
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CONTACT:
Editors, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
Isaac Gilman
Scholarly Communications & Research Services Librarian
Pacific University
Voice: 503.352.7209
gilmani@pacificu.edu
and
Marisa Ramirez
Digital Repository Librarian
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
mramir14@calpoly.edu
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