Title<\/strong>:\u00a0Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies<\/em>\u00a0(JCLIS<\/em>)<\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a02572-1364<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: JCLIS<\/em> Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies<\/em>\u00a0(JCLIS<\/em>)\u00a0\u201caims to showcase innovative research that queries and critiques current and prevailing paradigms in library and information studies, in theory and practice through critical approaches and perspectives that originate from across the humanities and social sciences. JCLIS is committed to supplying a platform for the publication of rigorous inter-\/multi-\/trans-disciplinary research that might be otherwise marginalized from dominant discourses.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Library and information science (LIS) and archival science scholars, practitioners, and students, especially those interested in critical and multidisciplinary research, theory, and practice.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Library Juice Press.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, double-blind peer review.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online, open access.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Each issue of\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0is focused on a theme.4<\/sup>\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0announces themes and deadlines for upcoming issues on its Announcements page.5<\/sup>\u00a0The inaugural issue examined why a journal that focuses on critical LIS studies is necessary, and the editors reviewed each article to illustrate the new journal\u2019s scope and purpose.6<\/sup>\u00a0The second issue focuses on critical archival studies.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Within the scope of each issue\u2019s theme, the journal welcomes research articles, literature reviews, interviews, perspectives, and book or exhibition reviews.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors submit manuscripts on the\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0online submission system, which requires that manuscripts be submitted in separate stages to ensure that the review process is anonymous and that manuscripts are appropriately formatted. Authors must also ensure that manuscripts comply with each item of the Submission Preparation Checklist.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0The tone is scholarly.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>\u00a0(16th edition).11<\/sup><\/p>\n The editors of\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0encourage submissions from \u201csenior and junior faculty, students, activists, and practitioners working in areas of research and practice at the intersection of critical theory and library and information studies.\u201d12<\/sup>\u00a0Potential authors should read the announcements of upcoming issues to guide their submissions or to explore if their work might fit in any of the themes.13<\/sup>\u00a0Graduate students may find that\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0is quite receptive to their work, and it could prove to be an excellent opportunity for current students and recent graduates.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Data not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0This is an open-access journal published in the United States.\u00a0JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0\u201cprovides immediate open access to its published content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.<\/strong>\u201c14<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal\u2019s readers are LIS and archival science professionals, scholars, practitioners, and students.\u00a0According to the inaugural issue\u2019s Editors\u2019 Note,\u00a0JCLIS\u00a0<\/em>\u201cis a community of scholars and practitioners who share interests and investments in the vitality of critical perspectives and approaches within and with respect to our institutions, organizations, and educational programs. As such, JCLIS requires and relies upon the critical observations of librarians, archivists, museum professionals, educators, and researchers, as well as their critical imaginations and re-imaginings.\u201d15<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers have a strong understanding, in theory and practice, of LIS subject matter.<\/p>\n JCLIS<\/em>\u00a0describes its authors and readers as a community. Readers value critical analyses of LIS and new explorations and theorizations of how LIS research can critique current paradigms and support nondominant discourses.16<\/sup>\u00a0The journal\u2019s readers expect new, interesting, and perhaps unexpected examinations of LIS in the context of \u201ccritical approaches and perspectives that originate from across the humanities and social sciences.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 8, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies\u00a0(JCLIS) ISSN:\u00a02572-1364 Website: JCLIS Homepage Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies\u00a0(JCLIS)\u00a0\u201caims to showcase innovative research that queries and critiques current and prevailing paradigms in library and information studies, in theory and practice through critical approaches and perspectives that originate from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2013,"menu_order":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125","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=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3432,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2125\/revisions\/3432"}],"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=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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