Title<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1069-1316 (Print) and\u00a01545-2530 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em> | Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission<\/strong>: \u201cCollege & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em>\u00a0supports the continuous learning of academic library staff to become more effective professionals as they discover how to provide and assess outstanding, creative, and innovative services, resources, and facilities.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience<\/strong>: Academic library staff3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher<\/strong>: Routledge\/Taylor and Francis Group4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed<\/strong>? \u201cFull length articles are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double blind review.\u201d5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em> is an open access hybrid scholarly journal and professional and trade publication. It is a scholarly publication because of its commitment to peer-reviewed research articles. It can also be considered a professional publication, as it provides college librarians with information helpful to become more effective professionals as well as the resources to better collaborate and form connections on and off college campuses.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium<\/strong>: Print and online7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em> features \u201cresearch-based articles, case studies, reports of best practices, occasional literature or product reviews, and columns or special issues devoted to current topics.\u201d8<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication<\/strong>: Quarterly9<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines<\/strong>: Instructions for authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted<\/strong>: The journal publishes \u201cresearch-based articles, case studies, reports of best practices, occasional literature or product reviews, and columns or special issues devoted to current topics.\u201d10<\/sup>\u00a0Recent areas of interest include collection management, preservation and conservation of library materials, trends in library support for undergraduate courses, standards and assessment, preparing for accreditation, archive management without an archivist, staff development on a limited budget, and marketing the college library.11 <\/sup>Recent areas of interest include collection management, preservation and conservation of library materials, discussions on AI literacy and generative AI, library service for undergraduate students, and research within the library space.<\/p>\n Submission and review process<\/strong>:\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em>\u00a0receives all manuscript submissions electronically via its\u00a0ScholarOne Manuscripts site<\/a>.12<\/sup><\/p>\n Per the publication website, \u201cFull length articles in\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/i> are subject to anonymous double anonymized review. Column type submissions are reviewed by the editor, and in some cases, are subject to anonymous double anonymized review.\u201d13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone<\/strong>: Academic \/ Scholarly14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used<\/strong>:\u00a0The Chicago Manual of Style,<\/em>\u00a0latest edition15<\/sup><\/p>\n College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em>\u00a0\u201csupports the continuous learning of academic library staff to become more effective professionals as they discover how to provide and assess outstanding, creative, and innovative services, resources, and facilities.\u201d16<\/sup>\u00a0Newer, as well as more seasoned LIS authors will find opportunities for publication with this journal. It may be assumed that the work of authors working in in university and undergraduate library environments would be of special interest to the editors of\u00a0College and Undergraduate Libraries.<\/em><\/p>\n College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em>\u00a0is abstracted\/indexed in:\u00a0De Gruyter Saur; IBZ; EBSCOhost; Academic Search Complete; H.W. Wilson; Education Research Complete; INSPEC; Library & Information Science Source; MasterFILE Complete; MLA International Bibliography; TOC Premier; Elsevier BV; Scopus; Gale; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; OCLC; ArticleFirst Ovid; ProQuest; Aerospace Database; Civil Engineering Abstracts; Engineering Research Database; Materials Business File; LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts; METADEX; MLA International Bibliography; PAIS International; and VINITI RAN.<\/em>17<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation<\/strong>: Circulation statistics are not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations<\/strong>: This journal is written in English,18<\/sup>\u00a0primarily by American authors.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics<\/strong>: As this publication targets LIS practitioners at two- to four-year colleges and undergraduate libraries, the backgrounds and cultural experiences of the audience will be as diverse as the institutions they represent. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, \u201cCommunity colleges are the gateway to postsecondary education for many minority, low income, and first-generation postsecondary education students. Since 1985, more than half of all community college students have been women. In addition, the majority of Black and Hispanic undergraduate students in this country study at these colleges.\u201d19<\/sup>\u00a0Because of this diversity in their workplace, the readers of this publication will likely be committed to accessibility of information and services.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter<\/strong>: Readers of\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries<\/em> will represent all areas of Library and Information Science.\u201d Therefore, there will be different levels of knowledge of LIS topics depending on level of education and workplace roles. Potential authors should avoid overly technical language, and strive for a highly readable (writing) style.<\/p>\n The readers of this journal\u00a0serve a variety of patrons, including \u201cthe students who attend to upgrade their skills for a particular job, students who are pursuing an associate degree to transfer to a 4-year institution, and students who\u00a0attend to pursue a hobby (such as learning a language).\u00a0The educational outcomes of community college students reflect this diversity.\u201d20<\/sup><\/p>\n Authors writing for this publication must take this\u00a0diversity\u00a0into consideration.<\/p>\n Last updated<\/strong>: December 11, 2025<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0College & Undergraduate Libraries ISSN: 1069-1316 (Print) and\u00a01545-2530 (Online)1 Website: College & Undergraduate Libraries | Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission: \u201cCollege & Undergraduate Libraries\u00a0supports the continuous learning of academic library staff to become more effective professionals as they discover how to provide and assess outstanding, creative, and innovative services, […]<\/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-2069","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2069","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=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3662,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2069\/revisions\/3662"}],"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=2069"}],"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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