Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL)<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1092-12061<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0ISTL<\/em> Home<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Per the publication website,\u00a0\u201cISTL<\/em>\u00a0publishes substantive content\u00a0of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share successful initiatives and innovative ideas, and to publish peer-reviewed or board-accepted papers, including case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, web\/bibliographies, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Through its columns\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0also publishes reviews, opinions, and best practices.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:\u00a0<\/strong>Librarians with an interest in science and technology in librarianship.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Association of College and Research Libraries, Science and Technology Section4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online, open access7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal publishes refereed articles, opinion pieces, and reviews for electronic resources, books, and databases.8<\/sup>\u00a0Every issue\u00a0has a theme. Examples of past\u00a0themes include \u201cReference and More,\u201d \u201cOutreach and Marketing,\u201d and \u201cFacilities.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submission Preparation Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, web bibliographies, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Columns provide reviews, opinions, and best practices.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and Review Process:<\/strong>\u00a0Per the submission guidelines,\u00a0\u201cWe welcome your article submissions and the editorial board is happy to work with new authors. If you have any questions about whether an article is appropriate for\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0or how best to prepare your manuscript, feel free to contact one of the members of the editorial board.\u201d12<\/sup>\u00a0Each section of this publication, specifically articles, book reviews, journal reviews, database reviews, and \u201cwebliographies,\u201d has its own\u00a0submission and format guide. For example, from the guide for\u00a0non-refereed articles, \u201cIn general, articles of about 2,000 words seem to work well; however, if you need more space to describe your ideas, feel free to write a longer article.\u201d13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Academic14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style Guide<\/em>15<\/sup><\/p>\n This publication is specialized and focused on a specific aspect of librarianship. While readers of the journal may be broad based, the authors published in the journal are active within each sub-field. Those new to the study or profession of\u00a0science and technology librarianship will find this to be an ideal place to publish, as the journal and its editors are willing to work with first-time authors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0No exact numbers are available, but the journal is open access.16<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0As\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0is published in English17<\/sup>\u00a0in the United States but is available online, an international but primarily North American readership may be assumed.18<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0are academics and professionals in\u00a0the science and technology world as it relates to librarianship. It is expected that the majority of readers share similar types of workplaces, jobs, levels of education, and professional interests.\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0readers are like to be focused on a particular academic field within science or technology librarianship. As such, their interest in\u00a0topics that fall outside of that field\u00a0may be somewhat limited.19<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0ISTL<\/em>\u00a0readers will know a great deal about LIS topics and issues.\u00a0They\u00a0are interested in keeping current\u00a0on the latest developments in their field of science or technology\u00a0and will be highly familiar with LIS jargon.20<\/sup><\/p>\n The audience for\u00a0Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0is interested in substantive discourse related to successful programs and materials for the delivery of information services. Potential authors need to be familiar with such topics in order to not only get published in this journal, but to also speak to the readers. The technical knowledge is at a very high level, but must also have an academic angle. The editors are\u00a0willing to work with first time authors so it is likely that considerable\u00a0\u00a0guidance will\u00a0be provided to ensure a successful article.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0May 13, 2017<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) ISSN: 1092-12061 Website:\u00a0ISTL Home Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Per the publication website,\u00a0\u201cISTL\u00a0publishes substantive content\u00a0of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share successful initiatives and innovative ideas, and to publish peer-reviewed or board-accepted papers, including case […]<\/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-2119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119","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=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3482,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2119\/revisions\/3482"}],"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=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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