Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is now accepting manuscripts for an issue focusing on “Assessment” to be published as volume 40 (3). The submission deadline is August 3, 2020.
We welcome the following topics relevant to assessment efforts in acquisitions, collection management and technical services:
Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world. It is designed to bring together many of the specializations within the broad areas of library collection management and technical services including, but by no means limited to, acquisition of materials in academic, public, school and special libraries; cataloging and authority control; outsourcing of technical services operations; electronic publications; gifts and exchanges. In reflecting the broad, practical and theoretical foundations of the discipline, LCATS publishes articles based on the practical work experiences of librarians,
vendors and publishers as well as research reports and papers on theory.
The journal’s website includes Instructions for Authors at:
https://www.tandfonline.com/ac
Please contact the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu with any questions.
Is there a topic or issue you would like to see addressed in LCATS? Contact
the editor with suggestions.
Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, LCATS
We welcome the following topics relevant to assessment efforts in acquisitions, collection management and technical services:
- Examination or analyses of assessment methods/practices/criteria
- Impact of assessment on library collections (especially their impact on users), decision making, access to collections and information, library facilities, collection development, and library management
- Examination of relevant theories, methodology, and assessment tools
- Analysis of various assessment methods and methodology
- Insights gained from assessment efforts
- Examination of the integration of library assessment in everyday activities or practices
- Planning of assessment efforts
Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world. It is designed to bring together many of the specializations within the broad areas of library collection management and technical services including, but by no means limited to, acquisition of materials in academic, public, school and special libraries; cataloging and authority control; outsourcing of technical services operations; electronic publications; gifts and exchanges. In reflecting the broad, practical and theoretical foundations of the discipline, LCATS publishes articles based on the practical work experiences of librarians,
vendors and publishers as well as research reports and papers on theory.
The journal’s website includes Instructions for Authors at:
https://www.tandfonline.com/ac
Please contact the editor at: L-ROMERO@illinois.edu with any questions.
Is there a topic or issue you would like to see addressed in LCATS? Contact
the editor with suggestions.
Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, LCATS
