Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1532-3269 (Print) and\u00a01532-3277 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship<\/em> | Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship<\/i>\u00a0\u201cfocuses on issues that are of vital interest and concern to hospital librarians.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0This journal is intended for \u201clibrarians and information specialists in the field of hospital librarianship.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Routledge\/Taylor and Francis.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS and health facilities and administration, scholarly6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0According to the publication website, \u201cThe journal provides a forum for research strategies and reporting research results and quality improvement projects in hospital library settings, discussions of technological challenges and solutions, and articles on health care administration issues which have implications for hospital librarians such as managed care health care economics, hospital mergers, as well as patient safety and consumer health information.\u201d8<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly9<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Instructions for authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cArticles published in the\u00a0Journal<\/i>\u00a0focus on research strategies, administrative assistance, managed care, financing, mergers, and more. The\u00a0Journal<\/i>\u00a0also publishes articles and columns related to innovative strategies for transforming the healthcare environment, as well as up-to-date analyses and reviews of new products and services.\u201d10<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Manuscripts are submitted electronically to the editor, Carole M. Gilbert (carolemg@wowway.com).11<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cArticles and columns are subject to peer review by the editor, column editors, members of the Editorial Board, and independent, anonymous expert referees. Articles are accepted or rejected based on topic and\/or recommendation of peer reviewers.\u201d12<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly13<\/sup>\u00a0The editor is\u00a0\u201ccommitted to mentoring first-time authors and encourages hospital librarians of all backgrounds to submit articles to the\u00a0Journal<\/i>.\u201d14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cReferences, citations, and general style of manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Electronic references should be prepared in accordance with the Columbia Guide to Online Style Scientific.\u201d15<\/sup><\/p>\n Writers will find that this journal offers an excellent opportunity to publish scholarly articles for a clearly defined field of study. With the strong support of editors who will \u201cmentor new authors to produce a publishable manuscript,\u201d16<\/sup>\u00a0this journal provides a forum for even first-time authors. There is great\u00a0potential for an author to make an impact on the hospital \u00a0LIS community through publication in this journal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Circulation statistics are not available, but as this is a publication targeted to\u00a0a specific LIS community, i.e. hospital librarians, it can be assumed that most hospital library workers would have great interest in its content.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0This is an American journal that publishes in English only, but many articles are international in scope.17<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0It may be assumed that readers will have a high interest in medical and hospital librarianship. Most will have an MLIS or other advanced degree. Most readers will be\u00a0employed in hospital libraries, and will consider the articles in this journal to be vital to their professional development. Readers will be interested in anything related to providing health information to both the clinical professional and the lay person.18<\/sup>\u00a0However, they may not have much interest in or knowledge of other types of librarianship.<\/p>\n Reader knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Most readers will be very knowledgeable\u00a0of\u00a0all aspects of hospital librarianship.19<\/sup><\/p>\n The audience for this journal is highly motivated and knowledgeable of hospital librarianship. For authors with expertise in medical or hospital librarianship, an article published in this journal has the potential for reaching a large portion of their medical librarian peer group. The audience will most likely be interested in discovering\u00a0information dedicated to their particular corner of the LIS profession. With the promised editorial guidance for new authors, and the guarantee of high interest from the reader, this journal offers real opportunities for the LIS researcher and author.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0May 15, 2017<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship ISSN: 1532-3269 (Print) and\u00a01532-3277 (Online)1 Website:\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship | Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Hospital Librarianship\u00a0\u201cfocuses on issues that are of vital interest and concern to hospital librarians.\u201d2 Target audience:\u00a0This journal is intended for \u201clibrarians and information specialists in the field of hospital […]<\/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-2139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2139","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=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3494,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2139\/revisions\/3494"}],"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=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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