*Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP)* is expanding and restructuring. *EBLIP* is looking for two additional Associate Editors to join our Editorial Team. One will be responsible for Articles and the second will be responsible for Evidence Summaries. Ideally candidates will be in place by April 2013 and will serve a 3 year term.
The Associate Editor (Articles) will become one of two Associate Editors (Articles) and will be responsible for:
- Overseeing the complete editorial process for items submitted to the Articles section (this includes assignment of peer reviewers, monitoring the peer review process, communicating with authors and peer reviewers, making acceptance decisions, ensuring required changes to manuscripts are made, communicating with copyeditors and the production editor to ensure the final copy is as expected).
- Communicating and consulting with the Editor-in-Chief on a regular basis.
- Attending Editorial Team meetings, via Skype, on a monthly basis and participating in the overall governance of the journal.
- Ensuring that all necessary deadlines are met.
- Communicating with potential authors and responding to queries.
The Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) will be responsible for:
- Supervising a team of Evidence Summary writers.
- Identifying published research articles for assignment to ES writers for appraisal and commentary.
- Overseeing the complete editorial process for items selected for the Evidence Summary Section (this includes assignment of peer reviewers, monitoring the peer review process, communicating with ES writers and
peer reviewers, making acceptance decisions, ensuring required changes to manuscripts are made, Commmunicating with copyeditors and the production editor to ensure the final copy is as expected.
- Communicating and consulting with the Editor-in-Chief on a regular basis.
- Attending Editorial Team meetings, via Skype, on a monthly basis and participating in the overall governance of the journal.
- Ensuring that all necessary deadlines are met.
The ideal candidates will be well-versed in evidence based practice and research methods. These positions require dedicated time on a regular basis, and it is therefore essential that interested persons ensure available time to devote to this position prior to applying. It is estimated that the workload is approximately 10-15 hours per month. Terms of office are renewable once.
Interested persons should send a statement of interest, indicating the post of interest, areas of strength they would bring to the role, and a brief resume to Alison Brettle, Editor-in-Chief, at *a.brettle@salford.ac.uk* by
4 March 2013.
Specific queries about each role should be addressed to:
Alison Brettle (a.brettle@salford.ac.uk) for Associate Editor (Articles) position
Lorie Kloda (lorie.kloda@mcgill.ca) for Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) position
**Please note that *Evidence Based Library and Information Practice* is a non-profit, open access journal and all positions are voluntary and unpaid.
About the journal:
Published quarterly, and hosted by the University of Alberta, this peer-reviewed, open access journal is targeted at all library and information professionals interested in an evidence based model of practice. By facilitating access to librarianship research via original research articles and evidence summaries of relevant research from the library literature, *Evidence Based Library and Information Practice* will enable librarians to practice their profession in an evidence based manner.
Please visit the Evidence Based Library and Information Practice web site (http://ejournals.library.
