Title<\/strong>:\u00a0Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA)<\/i><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a02475-0158 (Print) 2475-0166 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: Journals – ALIA<\/a> and\u00a0Journal Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association<\/em>\u00a0is the flagship journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).\u201d2<\/sup>.\u00a0\u201cThe Journal aims to stimulate discussion and inform practice by showcasing original peer reviewed research articles and other scholarly papers about, or relevant to, the Australian and Southern Asia Pacific regions.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt is a quarterly publication for information science researchers, information professionals, related disciplines and industries.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Routledge\/Taylor and Francis5<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes. \u201cAll Research and Research-in-Practice articles in\u00a0JALIA<\/i>\u00a0have undergone double-blind peer review. Information-in-practice papers will undergo editorial screening.\u201d6<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and Online7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0According to their website, this journal publishes, research papers; research-in-practice papers; information-in-practice papers; and book reviews.8<\/sup>\u00a0Research papers and book reviews make up the majority of the publication. Book reviews are accepted for any library related topic or resource and can range from personal digital archiving, marketing, genealogy, youth resources, and much more. If it is a topic a librarian might find useful, it has a chance of being published here. Research-in-practice and information-in-practice papers appear to be research papers that focus on practical applications. Examples can be seen by viewing the journal\u2019s table of contents.<\/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\u201cThis journal accepts the following article types:\u00a0Research papers;\u00a0Research-in-practice papers; Information-in-practice papers; Book reviews.\u201d10<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPlease ensure your manuscript is anonymised for peer review. A minimum of two files should be prepared for submission: 1) Title page (including title, author names and details, acknowledgements as well as funding and grant-awarding bodies) 2) Manuscript \u2013 anonymised (including title, abstract and keywords on first page; main text; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list). If you are including tables and\/or figures in your manuscript, please submit these as additional files headed \u2018Tables\u2019 or \u2018Figures\u2019. Please include a word count for your paper. A typical peer reviewed\u00a0research paper<\/b>\u00a0for this journal should be more than 5000 and no more than 8000 words; this limit does not include tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes. A typical peer reviewed\u00a0research-in-practice<\/b>\u00a0paper for this journal should be more than 2500 and no more than 5000 words; this limit does not include tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes. A typical\u00a0information-in-practice<\/b>\u00a0paper for this journal should be more than 2000 and no more than 2500 words; this limit does not include tables, references, footnotes, figure captions, endnotes. For other types of submissions, please contact the editors.\u201d11<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPlease refer to these\u00a0quick style guidelines<\/a>\u00a0when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy. Please use British (-ise) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript. Please use single quotation marks, except where \u2018a quotation is \u201cwithin\u201d a quotation\u2019. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.\u201d12<\/sup><\/p>\n The\u00a0Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association<\/i>\u00a0offers a variety of publishing opportunities for LIS authors. Whether it\u2019s original research, advancements in professional practice, or book reviews, there are many different writing avenues to explore. As this journal focuses on Australian library and information research, potential authors should tailor their writing to\u00a0this geographical area and take care to submit works that will be relevant to Australia and\u00a0Southern Asia Pacific regions. That said, this journal also invites contributions from around the world. For the North American LIS researcher and author, this journal provides an opportunity to showcase original research to a global community. Additionally, this publication also publishes a wealth of book reviews.<\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Circulation statistics are not readily available for this journal. However, as the flagship publication for the ALIA, the journal is available to 5000 institutional members of the professional organization and therefore should be assumed has a wide audience.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0A majority of readership will be information professionals from Australia, however, \u201cALIA welcomes anyone with an interest in libraries and information management,\u201d14<\/sup>\u00a0so readership is likely diverse both in profession and location. This publication prints in English and requests British English style spellings be used.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of this publication will have a strong interests in library and information science research and many will be ALIA members. They are an educated and diverse group interested in staying on top of the latest research and resources for LIS fields.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Although some readers may not be information science professionals, the majority work in LIS fields and would therefore be very knowledgeable about LIS subjects.<\/p>\n Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association<\/i>\u00a0is an internationally recognized publication that holds high standards for its published works. This journal reaches a wide audience of library and information professionals who are interested in current research in the field as well as relevant issues in their workplaces. Focus on LIS topics relevant to Australian and Southern Asia Pacific regions will be prevalent but there is also opportunity for broader library science articles as well as reviews of a variety of LIS related books\/resources.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0October 4, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA) ISSN:\u00a02475-0158 (Print) 2475-0166 (Online)1 Website: Journals – ALIA and\u00a0Journal Overview Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association\u00a0is the flagship journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).\u201d2.\u00a0\u201cThe Journal aims to stimulate discussion and inform practice by […]<\/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-2166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2166","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=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3512,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2166\/revisions\/3512"}],"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=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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