Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Library Hi Tech (LHT)<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0737-88311<\/sup><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLibrary Hi Tech (LHT)<\/em> is concerned with technology-assisted information systems that support libraries & cultural memory, education & the academy, health & medicine, and government & citizenship. LHT covers the IT-enabled creation, curation, representation, communication, storage, retrieval, analysis, and use of records, documents, files, data, and learning objects.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0About the Journal<\/a><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Librarians and information professionals, LIS researchers and lecturers, library senior management, as well as LIS students and academics.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Emerald Publishing Limited.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online,7<\/sup>\u00a0with access available as part of a paid subscription to\u00a0Emerald Library Studies eJournals<\/a>.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0From their website, topics covered in the journal include articles about system quality and reliability, integrated library systems, networking, strategic planning, policy implementation, security, automation systems, the role of consortia, resource access initiatives, architecture and technology, electronic publishing, library tech in specific countries, user perspectives on technology, how technology can help disabled library users, and library-related websites.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a014 times per year.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0LHT<\/em> Home<\/a> (click on the tab “Author guidelines”)<\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Original manuscripts\/articles (research papers, viewpoints, technical papers, conceptual papers, case studies, literature reviews, and general reviews), 4000-8000 words, submitted in MS Word.11<\/sup>\u00a0See the Content details (above) for more info on\u00a0Library Hi Tech<\/em>\u00a0topics.<\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong> The Author Guidelines page has a very detailed list of requirements for submissions, including links to an Article Submission Checklist<\/a>. As is standard, the journal only accepts unpublished articles and articles which aren\u2019t currently under review elsewhere. Authors are asked to create an account through\u00a0ScholarOne Manuscripts<\/a>\u00a0and submit their manuscripts there. As for the review process, manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review after passing the initial editorial screening.12<\/sup><\/p>\n According to a\u00a02013 editorial<\/a>, a\u00a0Library Hi Tech<\/em>\u00a0manuscript takes up to 30 days to go through peer review, though authors can speed up the process by following the guidelines detailed within the editorial.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly\/technical.14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvard style guide.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Library Hi Tech<\/em>\u00a0is a wonderful resource for staying abreast of the latest tech developments in the LIS world (sometimes even before these technologies become mainstream).\u00a0LHT\u00a0<\/i>also has the distinction of being a journal affiliated with the\u00a0Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE),<\/a>16<\/sup>\u00a0a respected organization which promotes \u201cthe integrity of the scholarly record through policies and practices that reflect the current best principles of transparency and integrity.\u201d17<\/sup>\u00a0Additionally, the journal supports all of its findings with systematic research. For instance, a 2017 article on Apple and non-Apple smartwatches administered an online survey and found that \u201cperceived product attributes\u201d are an important factor in selecting one watch over the other.18<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Unavailable. Per the\u00a0Library Hi Tech<\/em>\u00a0co-editor, the publication has \u201ca worldwide audience with a strong focus in North America.\u201d19<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Although written in English,20<\/sup>\u00a0the journal is international in scope, with members of the Editorial Board hailing from Germany, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK, South Korea, Spain, South Africa, and the USA.21<\/sup>\u00a0Submissions need to adhere to Worldwide English language rights.22<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Subscribers, writers, and editorial staff are primarily LIS professional academics working in universities and are interested in LIS-based technology trends.23<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers will likely be very knowledgeable about LIS subject matter in general, as well as LIS technologies specifically.24<\/sup><\/p>\n Readers of this journal are passionate about technology in the LIS workplace. They expect articles to present all findings objectively and methodically, in keeping with the journal\u2019s strong research focus. Readers are likely to welcome articles about\u00a0emerging technologies from an LIS student point of view, as well as case studies\/examples of how technologies are used in classrooms (virtual or not), and in library communities.<\/p>\n Last updated:\u00a0<\/strong>March 3, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Library Hi Tech (LHT) ISSN: 0737-88311 Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cLibrary Hi Tech (LHT) is concerned with technology-assisted information systems that support libraries & cultural memory, education & the academy, health & medicine, and government & citizenship. 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