Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (JCHLA)<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0Journal de l\u2019Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de la sant\u00e9 du Canada (JABSC)<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1708-68921<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0JCHLA<\/em> Current Issue<\/a>\u00a0(French language edition is at the same link; click on the drop-down menu under \u201cLanguage\u201d)<\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to share research and information related to health sciences librarianship.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian information professionals involved with health libraries.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Health Libraries Association4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal covers a wide variety of topics relevant to Canadian health science libraries including, but not limited to, distance services, databases, electronic medical records, healthcare reform, health literacy, grants, and many more.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Three times per year.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Publishes research articles and program descriptions (peer-reviewed), as well as reviews, opinion pieces, and columns (non-peer-reviewed).10<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors must first\u00a0create an account<\/a>\u00a0with the journal\u2019s website before submitting a manuscript.11<\/sup>\u00a0The journal does not accept previously published submissions or simultaneous submissions. Additional, the journal asks that all manuscripts be submitted in Microsoft Word format with 12-point font and italics instead of underlining. Additionally, authors should provide URLs where available. Next, all tables, figures, and illustrations should be placed at the end of the manuscript. Lastly, if submitting a research article or program description, authors need to follow the\u00a0instructions for ensuring a blind review<\/a>.12<\/sup><\/p>\n As for the review process, two peer reviewers are assigned to research articles and program descriptions. These reviewers provide feedback to the author within two to three weeks of the original submission date. Feedback focuses on originality, how up-to-date the topic is, writing quality, the suitability of the methods and analysis sections, and the accuracy of the article as a whole.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Formal and scholarly.14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0National Library of Medicine\u2019s Citing Medicine.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Researchers interested in establishing themselves in the LIS field of Canadian health libraries should seriously consider submitting to this publication. Additionally, information professionals working for health libraries in general should give this publication a second look, as there\u00a0is no mention of authors being exclusively Canadian or practicing in Canada. (The only exception is the JCHLA membership requirement for the Student Paper Prize, which is detailed below.) The publication accepts submissions in either English or French, but the editors will not provide translations.16<\/sup><\/p>\n The journal offers an annual competition, the JCHLA\/JABSC Student Paper Prize. Students must be \u201ccurrently enrolled in accredited master\u2019s programs in library science or library technician programs.\u201d17<\/sup>\u00a0Additionally, the prize \u201cis awarded annually to the library student who submits the best unpublished paper on health sciences librarianship to the competition. Research papers, program descriptions and review articles are eligible for the prize.\u201d18<\/sup>\u00a0The winning paper is published in the journal, and the winner receives a certificate, free membership in the Canadian Health Libraries Association, and free registration to the CHLA\/ABSC conference.19<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Circulation numbers are not available. However, it is safe to say that the journal is read by the 250 members of the Canadian Health Libraries Association \/ Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de la sant\u00e9 du Canada.20<\/sup>\u00a0Additionally, the journal is also freely accessible online.21<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Canada22<\/sup>\u00a0The publication is bilingual and accepts submissions in either English or French; however, authors outside of Canada need to write using Canadian English, being aware of spelling variations. Also, authors should take steps to ensure their submissions are relevant specifically to information professionals working in Canadian health libraries.23<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0It can safely be assumed that the majority of this publication\u2019s readers are employed in health sciences libraries, interested in accurate health services information, and comfortable with the technology used to support health library services. Readers, given the specific focus of this publication, would have limited interest in general LIS topics or LIS issues relevant only to readers in the United States.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter: <\/strong>Readers are likely familiar with the various library databases referenced throughout the journal (LISA, LISTA, PubMed, etc.), Web 2.0 concepts and how they pertain to health sciences libraries, etc. Furthermore, most readers likely possess a graduate or post-graduate degree in library science.<\/p>\n As professional librarians working in health libraries, readers of this journal will expect to find well-researched, informative articles on the latest trends in health libraries. As a Canadian publication, readers will expect authors to demonstrate understanding of the Canadian workplace culture and knowledge of the government\u2019s role in their work. Non-Canadian authors interested in submitting articles to this publication should thoroughly read the\u00a0author guidelines<\/a>\u00a0to ensure\u00a0they understand the expectations of the journal\u2019s editors and readers.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0February 8, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association (JCHLA)\u00a0\/\u00a0Journal de l\u2019Association des biblioth\u00e8ques de la sant\u00e9 du Canada (JABSC) ISSN: 1708-68921 Website:\u00a0JCHLA Current Issue\u00a0(French language edition is at the same link; click on the drop-down menu under \u201cLanguage\u201d) Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cThe purpose of the journal is to provide a forum […]<\/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-2168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2168","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=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2168\/revisions\/3513"}],"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=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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