Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Partnership:<\/em>\u00a0The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:1911-9593<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0About the Journal<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Partnership<\/i>\u00a0is the journal of The Partnership organization, which is \u201cCanada\u2019s national network of provincial and territorial library associations.\u201d The journal \u201cpromotes the exchange of ideas about libraries, librarianship, and information science among practitioners across all library sectors.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian librarians and library workers and LIS professionals, archivists, scholars, researchers, and students. Although the journal is published by The Partnership, a network of Canadian library associations with more than 7,000 people, it is an open-access journal, so its audience is not limited to members.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0The Partnership: The Provincial and Territorial Library Associations of Canada (Ontario, Canada).3<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Manuscripts submitted to the Theory and Research and the Innovations in Practice sections undergo double-blind peer review.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS\u00a0scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online, open access.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Regular sections in\u00a0Partnership\u00a0<\/em>include Editor\u2019s Comments, Innovations in Practice, Theory and Research, Features, Book Reviews, and News and Announcements.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Twice a year.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Partnership<\/em>\u00a0accepts \u201coriginal, unpublished manuscripts in French or English on a broad range of topics relevant to library and information science practitioners in all library sectors.\u201d The editors \u201cencourage submissions which consider the Canadian context, but this is not a necessary condition for acceptance to the journal.\u201d8<\/sup>\u00a0Each section has its own editorial guidelines in terms of topic, word count, tone, and approach.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Manuscripts are submitted electronically to the journal\u2019s website.10<\/sup>\u00a0Manuscripts for the Theory and Research and the Innovations in Practice sections undergo a double-blind peer-review process, usually within two months of submission.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0The tone depends on the section; it is overall scholarly but not overly formal.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0APA (6th edition), with a modified style for online articles and documents.12<\/sup><\/p>\n This open-access journal appears to be an excellent opportunity for Canadian LIS authors, as it is written for the Canadian LIS community. LIS authors outside of Canada are not excluded by the guidelines, but they should ensure their work meets the needs of the Canadian readers.13<\/sup>\u00a0The many sections\u2013theory, pedagogy, practice, professional development, reviews, and library news\u2013cover a huge variety of content and offer writers many opportunities for submitting work that ranges from scholarly to practical to reflective.14<\/sup>\u00a0 There are a few must-read articles and editorials for authors submitting to\u00a0Partnership,\u00a0<\/em>especially \u201cGet Published! Straight Talk from the Editors at\u00a0Partnership<\/em>\u201c15<\/sup>\u00a0and editorials reflecting on the journal\u2019s past and future.16<\/sup>\u00a0Furthermore, the journal \u201cprovides a chance for librarians and library workers to be editors and reviewers.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0According to a past announcement, in 2017 the journal received over 45,000 views. They have 1500 readers registered with their website.18<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is a Canadian bilingual publication (English and French) for librarians and information professionals of Canada. Authors would need to ensure their work meets their needs and explains any cultural or language differences.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Overall,\u00a0Partnership\u00a0<\/em>has a very broad spectrum of readers in the Canadian library and information professions: librarians, library works, scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students. It can be safely assumed the readers are interested in promoting successful libraries and acquiring knowledge to allow them to succeed in their own work. The authors and content of the publication suggests that the majority of readers are working in all types of libraries.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:\u00a0<\/strong>The journal works to connect members of the Canadian library community,19<\/sup>\u00a0and the journal\u2019s sections are variously academic, reflective, and newsy. Readers probably have a range of LIS knowledge, from the practical to the academic.<\/p>\n Authors should first take into consider how their work is broadly or specifically related to libraries and library scholarship in Canada. Furthermore, readers come to this journal to read on a a wide range of current topics in the library profession: research, pedagogy, professional development, and current news and profiles. Readers work at every level of the Canadian library profession and in all types of libraries.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 8, 2019<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Partnership:\u00a0The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research ISSN:1911-9593 Website:\u00a0About the Journal Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Partnership\u00a0is the journal of The Partnership organization, which is \u201cCanada\u2019s national network of provincial and territorial library associations.\u201d The journal \u201cpromotes the exchange of ideas about libraries, librarianship, and information science among practitioners […]<\/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-2214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214","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=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214\/revisions\/3567"}],"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=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n
Audience analysis<\/h2>\n
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Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n
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