Call for Papers – Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly
Communication
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 authors’ 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
and
Marisa Ramirez
Digital Repository Librarian
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
