Title<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship<\/i><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 2369-937X<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship<\/i> | Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Published by the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL), the\u00a0Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship<\/i>\u00a0seeks to publish articles that are relevant to the profession of academic librarianship and the discipline of library and information science.1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Academic librarians, both within and outside of Canada.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL).2<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles can be traditional research studies, or more theoretical work that may not be suitable for other empirical LIS journals. \u201cSubmissions must present substantive analysis of a topic. Why is the article\u2019s topic or finding significant\u2014what is the \u2018so what?\u2019 for librarianship?\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Check the journal\u2019s\u00a0calls for papers and reviews<\/a>\u00a0for the latest information on special issues.<\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cArticles and book reviews are published on a continuous basis and combined into one volume at the end of each calendar year.\u201d5<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submission Preparation Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal welcomes submissions for book reviews and articles and review essays. Book reviews should be about 1,000 words in length, whereas articles should be 3,000 to 6,000 words, and no more than 10,000.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong> First, register and create a username and password<\/a> for the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship<\/i>.<\/p>\n Once you are ready to submit, be sure to read through the\u00a0Author Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0to make sure you have formatted your work properly and included all necessary information.<\/p>\n \u201cSubmissions are reviewed first by an editor to confirm that the submission is appropriate for the\u00a0Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship<\/i>. This step typically occurs within two weeks of submission. This editorial review considers questions such as:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the editor has determined that the submission is appropriate to be considered for publication, he\/she contacts potential reviewers. Editors do not also serve as reviewers. Each submission is normally reviewed by two reviewers. Reviewers are asked to submit their reviews within four weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n Finally, the editor will consider any recommendations and comments made by the reviewers, and will confer with the author.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Professional, scholarly.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0The most recent edition of\u00a0the Chicago Manual of Style<\/i>.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Keep in mind that publication submissions are not limited to Canadian librarians, but articles relevant to the country\u2019s LIS field are encouraged and welcomed. Recently published articles are on topics such as\u00a0using social epistemology to understand information behaviors<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Indigenous research and librarianship in Canada.<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0CJAL<\/i>\u00a0could also be a good outlet for reviews on LIS books written in the last three years. Look at the\u00a0Book Review Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal is open access, so anyone can read current and archived issues.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0While the website and parts of the journal are displayed in both English and French, typically the journal articles are published in English only.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are academic librarians who are members of the Canadian Association of Academic Librarians. Therefore, readers are likely well versed in current LIS topics, especially how they relate to the field of academic librarianship.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Strong.<\/p>\n Potential authors who are interested in publishing in this journal should look into CAPAL to learn more about the journal\u2019s readership. The association\u2019s About page states that they differ from other library associations in that CAPAL \u201cis an advocacy group focused on the individual and the profession.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n Readers are librarians who are well versed in LIS topics, particularly as they relate to academic librarianship. If you have a book review or well researched LIS article that is relevant for academic librarians (particularly in Canada), then this may be a good venue for your writing.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 28, 2020<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0\u00a0Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship ISSN: 2369-937X Website: Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship | Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Published by the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL), the\u00a0Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship\u00a0seeks to publish articles that are relevant to the profession of academic librarianship and the discipline of […]<\/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-2050","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2050","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=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3443,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2050\/revisions\/3443"}],"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=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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