Title<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Research Libraries<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0010-0870 (Print) and 2150-6701 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0C&RL<\/em> Home<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201c<\/em>College & Research Libraries\u00a0(C&RL)<\/em>\u00a0is the official, bi-monthly, online-only scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.\u201d2<\/sup>\u00a0Its goal is to publish thoughtful, scholarly research that contributes to the dialogue in academic librarianship.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience<\/strong>:\u00a0C&RL<\/em>\u00a0is focused on academic and research librarians who are interested in keeping abreast of the latest developments in library science with a strong emphasis on original research.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher<\/strong>: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)5<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed<\/strong>? Yes6<\/sup><\/p>\n Type<\/strong>: LIS scholarly7<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium<\/strong>: Online, open access8<\/sup><\/p>\n Content<\/strong>: Each issue contains from four to six scholarly articles covering a wide range of LIS-related research topics. The journal periodically highlights these studies \u00a0through free, live, online panel discussions that include\u00a0the study authors and additional experts.\u00a0Along with the feature articles, the journal also carries a few in-depth LIS-related book reviews.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication<\/strong>: Bimonthly (6 times a year)10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines<\/strong>:\u00a0Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted<\/strong>: Any scholarly articles that an academic or research librarian would find of interest, including narratives of failed projects. The editor has the final say on whether an article is appropriate for the journal.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process<\/strong>: Articles are submitted through a web-based, automated system (link and details included in guidelines). After an initial review to confirm that manuscripts fall within the scope of the journal, the editor sends prospective articles to least two reviewers, maintaining a double-blind peer review process.12<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone<\/strong>: Simple prose in the active voice is preferred.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used<\/strong>:\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>, 16th edition14<\/sup><\/p>\n C&RL<\/em> is a respected, peer-reviewed journal that is nevertheless accessible to the author who wants to produce scholarly work. The journal gives research-oriented librarians opportunities to share their work by\u00a0publishing articles covering a wide variety of LIS topics, everything from relatively technical research on meta searching to more accessible articles on library benchmarking.<\/p>\n The aspiring\u00a0author who doesn\u2019t have a body of research to write about or a project to dissect\u00a0might find an opportunity for publication in writing book reviews for\u00a0C&RL<\/em>, a relatively easy way to be published in this journal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation<\/strong>: Exact numbers are not available, but the journal is open access so wide circulation may be assumed.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Research Libraries<\/em>\u00a0does not focus on any particular region, though it does largely concern itself with libraries in the United States.16<\/sup>\u00a0Articles are written in English17<\/sup>\u00a0and, due to the style of academic writing, there are not any cultural considerations that need to be addressed that would not automatically be evident in the research, beyond defining any jargon or acronyms that might be of purely local origin. It is safe to assume that the reader will have a general knowledge of librarianship, so basic concepts common throughout the profession do not need to be defined.18<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics<\/strong>: The academic and research librarian works in a unique environment where they\u00a0 must meet the needs of three distinct patron groups: faculty scholars, students, and other school staff. It is safe to assume that the majority of readers will share a common professional outlook and an interest in new developments within academic and research librarianship. Most will be in management positions and some will have published their own research.19<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter<\/strong>: Because the readers are mostly well-read professionals, they will be familiar with the general jargon and acronyms of the profession. Only jargon of local or specialized usage would need to be defined, and acronyms should always be spelled out on first use.20<\/sup><\/p>\n A potential author for\u00a0College & Research Libraries<\/em>\u00a0must keep in mind that the average reader of this journal will be very knowledgeable on the finer details of the profession and will be looking for thoughtful scholarship written in an accessible style. The C&RL author\u00a0is writing for professionals, usually published scholars in their own right, with high expectations.<\/p>\n Last updated<\/strong>: May 11, 2020<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0College & Research Libraries ISSN: 0010-0870 (Print) and 2150-6701 (Online)1 Website:\u00a0C&RL Home Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cCollege & Research Libraries\u00a0(C&RL)\u00a0is the official, bi-monthly, online-only scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.\u201d2\u00a0Its goal is to publish thoughtful, scholarly research that contributes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2013,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2025","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3451,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2025\/revisions\/3451"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n
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Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n
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