Title<\/strong>:\u00a0Canadian Law Library Review\/Revue canadienne des biblioth\u00e8ques de droit<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a01180-176X<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0CALL\/ACBD<\/em> Publications<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0CLLR<\/em>\u00a0is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries\/Association de biblioth\u00e8ques de droit (CALL\/ACBD), and publishes\u00a0news, developments, articles, reports and reviews of interest to its members.<\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Law librarians and other law library staff, primarily in Canada.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Association of Law Libraries\/Association de biblioth\u00e8ques de droit. This is the national association for Canadian law libraries and law librarians.<\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Articles may be peer-reviewed by the request of the author.<\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly1<\/sup>\u00a0and professional.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online. Formerly in print (until 2015).3<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Topics have included training and instruction programs in Canadian law libraries; current events and\/or legislation as they pertain to Canadian law libraries or librarians; collection development; and legal research tools and technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence). While submissions may be made in either English or French, the majority of submissions are in English. The Editor\u2019s and President\u2019s messages are published in full in both English and French; the abstracts of featured articles are published in both English and French, while the full text of the article is presented in the language in which it was submitted.<\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Three times annually (March, July, and November).<\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Call for Submissions<\/a>.\u00a0See also the\u00a0style guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles, reports and book reviews. Bibliographic information on relevant publications (especially government documents and material not widely publicized) is requested. Contributions may be from members or non-members of CALL\/ACBD, and from library staff in any kind of library, so long as the content is relevant to the law library field. Submissions may be in either English or French.<\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. All articles are subject to review, and editors may recommend revisions. Article may receive peer review if requested by the author. Authors receive no payment for publications, nor are they required to pay any fees as part of the submission, review, or publication process.<\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly, but may also be conversational.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0CLLR<\/em>\u00a0uses the\u00a0Canadian Uniform Guide to Legal Citation<\/i>\u00a0(\u201cthe McGill Guide\u201d).\u00a0The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing<\/i>\u00a0may be used as support.4<\/sup><\/p>\n CLLR<\/em>\u00a0is an excellent choice for students or recent graduates of LIS programs who have done coursework in legal librarianship or who are working in law libraries. Legal professionals (lawyers, judges, paralegals or law clerks, law students) may also be interested in writing for this journal. The subject matter covered is specialized, but relevancy to those working outside law libraries is often evident in the books reviewed and featured articles published, which often touch on topics outside a narrow definition of legal librarianship. The publication\u2019s bilingual policy may encourage francophone Canadian authors to submit more broadly outside of unilingual French library journals. Authors interested in Canadian law and legal research, and\/or social issues in Canada with a legal aspect, will find\u00a0CLLR<\/em>\u00a0an excellent open-access option for publication.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0CLLR c<\/em>irculates to 475 members of CALL\/ACBD. Indexed in the\u00a0Index to Canadian Legal Literature<\/i>,\u00a0Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature<\/i>,\u00a0Legal Information and Management Index<\/i>,\u00a0Index to Canadian Periodical Literature<\/i>, Library and Information Science Abstracts,\u00a0HeinOnline5<\/sup>,\u00a0CanLII6<\/sup>,\u00a0EBSCOhost, and GALE7<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0The audience is primarily Canadian, though issues discussed may also be relevant to readers in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. As submissions may be made in either English or French, it can be assumed that some segment of the readership is francophone.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Most readers are librarians or other library staff working in law libraries\u2014either academic, government, or corporate\u2014and engaged in current awareness of issues in Canadian law. There is no official political stance taken by the journal, but featured articles with a progressive slant have been published; total neutrality is not required of authors nor expected of readers.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Cultural and social issues with legal ramifications are of interest to readers. Pedagogy and research methodologies are also of interest for librarians engaged in teaching legal research skills to law students, whether they work in law schools or in law firms. Readers will generally have an understanding of legal and LIS terminology alike.<\/p>\n CLLR<\/em>\u2018s readership largely consists of law library professionals who keep abreast of developments in Canadian law and best practices in librarianship. Most articles and reviews are written in a relatively accessible tone, but readers can expect articles to display a thorough understanding of the legal system in Canada.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0November 15, 2022<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Canadian Law Library Review\/Revue canadienne des biblioth\u00e8ques de droit ISSN:\u00a01180-176X Website:\u00a0CALL\/ACBD Publications Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0CLLR\u00a0is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries\/Association de biblioth\u00e8ques de droit (CALL\/ACBD), and publishes\u00a0news, developments, articles, reports and reviews of interest to its members. 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