{"id":2036,"date":"2024-03-21T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2036"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:52:49","slug":"advances-in-library-administration-and-organization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/is-scholarly-journals\/advances-in-library-administration-and-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Advances in Library Administration and Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Publication analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Advances in Library Administration and Organization<\/em>\u00a0(book series)<\/p>\n<p><strong>ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a00732-0671<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/books\/collection\/185\/Advances-in-Library-Administration-and\"><em>Advances in Library Administration and Organization\u00a0<\/em>Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose, objective, or mission<\/strong>: The series was started in order to publish \u201clonger, quality research studies, of interest both to working library managers and scholars.<sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup>\u00a0Major interest lies in how libraries have been and should be managed.<\/p>\n<p>The series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cPublishes thought-provoking articles relating to both innovative and time-tested methods that can be used to organize our work.<\/li>\n<li>Provides a publication venue for those manuscripts that are typically longer than most journal articles but shorter than most books.<\/li>\n<li>Encourages the presentation of thoughtful pieces that integrate theory and practice.<\/li>\n<li>Brings to light excellent scholarship that strengthens and reinforces the base of knowledge library administrators have on hand.<\/li>\n<li>Seeks to develop a body of research literature that contributes to the base of organizational theory on which library administrators rely.<\/li>\n<li>Seeks out people who think about how libraries and library administrators work and to bring their ideas to the public.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Target audience<\/strong>: Practitioners, library and information science graduate students, and those working in associated fields of information management.<sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher<\/strong>: Emerald Publishing Limited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer reviewed<\/strong>? Yes.<sup class=\"footnote\">4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Type<\/strong>: LIS Professional book series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium<\/strong>: Print and online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong>: \u201cThe series offers an eclectic mix of timely, thought-provoking articles, bringing together national and global studies and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency of publication<\/strong>: Irregular.<\/p>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location of submission guidelines<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/authors\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of contributions accepted<\/strong>: The editors are interested in longer, quality research studies that may be too lengthy to publish in journals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission and review process<\/strong>: Send any questions you have regarding publication and review times to the series editor. The publisher can answer questions regarding impact factor, where the journal is abstracted and indexed, and scope and objectives of the journal.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to send the abstract to an editor to make sure your article is of a suitable topic for the book series.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, be sure to check the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/ebooks\/author_guidelines.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0for formatting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial tone<\/strong>: Professional, scholarly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Style guide used<\/strong>: APA 6th edition.<sup class=\"footnote\">6<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n<p><i>Advances in Library Administration and Organization<\/i>\u00a0is a unique publisher of research in that they welcome submissions that may be too long to qualify for journal publication. If you have conducted extensive research in the fields of library administration and management, this may be an appropriate book series to consider. Topics covered are broad, ranging from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1108\/S0732-067120170000037002?af=R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mindfulness in managing emotions<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1108\/S0732-067120170000037005?af=R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to avoid burnout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Audience analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Publication circulation<\/strong>: Global, considering that the journal is readily available in ebook format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience location and language or cultural considerations<\/strong>: Emerald Group is a U.K.-based company, and all articles are published in English. The \u2018Key Audiences\u2019 section of the series\u2019 information page does not mention reader locations, but instead notes that the series is \u201cwidely read by practitioners, library and information science graduate students, and those working in associated fields of information management.\u201d Also note that the \u2018Topicality\u2019 section of the information page states that they are interested in \u201cnational and global studies.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">7<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader characteristics<\/strong>: Readers of this particular series are professionals working in the field with a desire to learn the latest research pertaining to library administration, organization and management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader knowledge of LIS subject matter<\/strong>: Strong.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n<p>Feel free to include your LIS jargon: readers of this book series are professionals and graduate students with a broad working knowledge of librarianship. Considering how wide ranging the published topics can be (see evaluation above), authors can be sure that readers of this book series have a variety of interests and are passionate about the latest research in LIS administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last updated<\/strong>: February 27, 2020<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<div id=\"footnotes-6659\" class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-1\">\u201cAdvances in Library Administration and Organization Information Page,\u201d EmeraldGroupPublishing.com, accessed February 27, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/books\/series.htm?id=0732-0671#New_titles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/books\/series.htm?id=0732-0671#New_titles<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-2\">\u201cAdvances in Library Administration and Organization Information Page.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-3\">\u201cAdvances in Library Administration and Organization Information Page.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-4\">\u201cFor reviewers: The peer review process,\u201d EmeraldGroupPublishing.com, accessed February 27, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200307120957\/https:\/\/www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/reviewers\/peer_review_process.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/reviewers\/peer_review_process.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-5\">\u201cAdvances in Library Administration and Organization Information Page.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-6\">\u201cAuthor Guidelines,\u201d EmeraldGroupPublishing.com, accessed February 27, 2020,\u00a0<a title=\"Author Guidelines\" href=\"http:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/ebooks\/author_guidelines.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/emeraldgrouppublishing.com\/products\/ebooks\/author_guidelines.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6659-7\">\u201cAdvances in Library Administration and Organization Information Page.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Advances in Library Administration and Organization\u00a0(book series) ISSN:\u00a00732-0671 Website: Advances in Library Administration and Organization\u00a0Home Purpose, objective, or mission: The series was started in order to publish \u201clonger, quality research studies, of interest both to working library managers and scholars.1\u00a0Major interest lies in how libraries have been and should be [&hellip;]<\/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-2036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2036","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=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2036\/revisions\/3440"}],"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=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}