Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a02399-956X<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em> | Home<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0\u201cis an open access journal publishing high quality, rigorously reviewed and innovative scholarly work in the field of radical librarianship\u2026.The scope of the journal is any work that contributes to a discourse around critical library and information theory and practice.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Librarians and library and information science (LIS) practitioners, managers, scholars, and students who are interested in \u201cradical librarianship,\u201d loosely defined for the purposes of the journal as \u201cthe ethical roots of librarianship.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal is self-published by the editors.3<\/sup>\u00a0Its platform and workflow are supported by OJS\/PKP.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, the journal has a policy for manuscripts to undergo either open or double-blind review.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online and open access.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0publishes LIS articles on a broad range of topics but emphasizes that articles should contribute \u201cto a discourse around critical library and information theory and practice.\u201d6<\/sup>\u00a0Sections include Research Articles, Editorials and Commentary, and Reviews. The journal\u2019s Announcements page issues calls for proposals and papers on specified topics; a 2018 call was for proposals offering a \u201cstructural critique of race and power in LIS.\u201d\u00a07<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0is published on a continual basis: articles are published as soon as they are ready under the year\u2019s volume number.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0publishes research and scholarly articles that offer critical analyses of \u201cthe influence of neoliberal policy on the profession.\u201d9<\/sup>\u00a0With this basis in critical LIS theory and practice, the journal covers many \u201ctraditional\u201d topics, such as information literacy, digital rights, cataloging, and technology, but also brings nondominant discourses to the field, with topics including including politics and social justice; anti-racist theory, critical race analysis, anti-colonial studies; equity, diversity, and inclusion; gender variance, queer theory, and phenomenology; the political economy of information and knowledge; critical pedagogy; and sustainability and environmentalism.10<\/sup>\u00a0The editors will also consider nontextual formats.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors submit manuscripts online and must ensure compliance with the Submission Preparation Checklist. \u201cProspective authors are welcome to send outlines or drafts to the editor in advance of making a formal submission. Submissions can be sent throughout the year. Revisions may be required before a decision is made to accept or reject the paper.\u201d12<\/sup>\u00a0The journal gives authors and reviewers the option of open or double-blind peer review. The authors and reviewers must all agree to an open review; if not, the manuscript undergoes double-blind review.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0The tone is scholarly but appropriate for the topic and type of submission.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cManuscripts should be prepared according to any consistent bibliographic style.\u201d14<\/sup><\/p>\n The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0is a fairly new journal (first published in 2015) that is based in the UK but has an international scope and seeks contributions from \u201clibrary and information workers, researchers, and academics from anywhere in the world.\u201d15<\/sup>\u00a0LIS authors, including graduate students, who are writing critically about LIS theory, research, and practices, especially in ways that engage in nondominant discourses, consider a progressive point of view, and disrupt neoliberal library policy, will find encouraging and supportive editors and a high-quality, relevant journal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Data not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0The Journal of Radical Librarianship<\/em>\u00a0is based in the UK and North America and is written in English, but the journal\u2019s scope is international and the editors hope to find \u201ceditors and authors from beyond the English-speaking world\u201d as the journal grows and evolves.16<\/sup>\u00a0Authors should consider an international audience for their articles and explain jargon or region-specific practices accordingly.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are librarians and LIS professionals, scholars, researchers, and students from around the world in all types of libraries and information organizations. Further, readers may be members of the Radical Librarianship Collective, which is an organization \u201cbuilding solidarity for those critical of the marketization of libraries and commodification of information.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers have a solid academic and practical knowledge of LIS subject matter.<\/p>\n Authors should keep in mind that readers expect authors to approach LIS scholarship with a consideration of critical, radical, and nonhegemonic analyses. Readers will expect traditional LIS topics to be analysed and critiqued from new, radical, or nondominant points of view, and they expect writing on newer topics crucial to the profession\u2019s progressive advancement and a disruption of its neoliberal and market-based practices.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 20, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship ISSN:\u00a02399-956X Website:\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship | Home Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0The\u00a0Journal of Radical Librarianship\u00a0\u201cis an open access journal publishing high quality, rigorously reviewed and innovative scholarly work in the field of radical librarianship\u2026.The scope of the journal is any work that contributes to a discourse around […]<\/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-2159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2159","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=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2159\/revisions\/3506"}],"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=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em><\/p>\nAbout the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n
Audience analysis<\/h2>\n
\nAbout the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n
Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n
\nReferences<\/h4>\n
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