Title:<\/strong>\u00a0portal: Libraries and the Academy<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: \u00a01531-2542 (print),\u00a01530-7131 (online)<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0portal: Libraries and the Academy<\/em> | Home<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0portal\u00a0<\/em>is an award-winning journal that\u00a0focuses \u201con important research about the role of academic libraries and librarianship\u201d and \u201cfeatures commentary on issues in technology and publishing.\u201d\u00a01<\/sup>\u00a0The journal \u201cpublishes articles that focus on all aspects of librarianship, knowledge management, and information services and studies within higher education.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0is \u201cintended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of libraries within the academy.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Johns Hopkins University Press.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, double-blind peer review.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Each issue of\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0\u201cincludes peer-reviewed articles on subjects such as library administration, information technology, new forms of support for research and teaching, and information policy. Other articles address technological issues, research, standards, and policy and strategic planning.\u201d7<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0portal<\/i>\u00a0accepts research and scholarship on libraries in the academy, especially work that explores the effects of technology on librarianship, the roles of libraries in meeting institutional missions, how the information revolution is challenging and changing library and information practices, and how libraries and librarians address the changing needs of the academy and academics.\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0\u201cwelcomes submission of inquiries and proposals for topics that authors have under development and will provide guidance on the suitability for publication in\u00a0portal<\/em>.\u201d The journal\u00a0<\/em>maintains a rigorous review policy, which requires scholarship to be unique in advancing knowledge in the field; needed and in demand, with intrinsic value and use; and used locally and of value to the field. For Features, authors may direct proposals to the appropriate editor.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0The preferred method for submitting manuscripts to\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0is via email with a Microsoft Word attachment.\u00a0\u201cAll submissions to\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0are subjected to the double-blind review process, and referees are explicitly asked to indicate when a manuscript is worthy but needs more detailed guidance to be fully acceptable for publication in\u00a0portal<\/em>.\u201d10<\/sup>\u00a0Authors will usually receive the editor\u2019s decision and the referees\u2019 comments within four to eight weeks after submission.<\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/i>.11<\/sup><\/p>\n portal<\/em>\u00a0is a well-established, respected, award-winning journal.12<\/sup>\u00a0LIS authors who want to publish in it should read the 2004 article \u201cResearch and Scholarship Defined for\u00a0portal: Libraries and the Academy.<\/em>\u201c13<\/sup>\u00a0The editors of\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0encourage authors, especially new authors, to find experienced mentors to guide them through the research and publishing process. For manuscripts deemed \u201cworthy\u201d but in need of revision, authors are encouraged to work with an experienced mentor to incorporate the referees\u2019 comments and to do further revision; revised manuscripts will be subject to double-blind review with different referees. Overall,\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0maintains high standards of scholarship; however, the journal also values collaborative work between novice and experienced LIS writers in order to bring well-written, innovative articles to its pages.14<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Data are not available; the journal is available through Project MUSE.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0portal<\/i>\u00a0is a U.S.-based journal that is published in English for an international LIS audience.16<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0The readers of this journal are interested in the role and impact of libraries within an academic environment. The journal\u2019s readers are aware of the importance of a librarian\u2019s work and of the need for careful and scholarly research in the LIS field. Readers work in academic libraries around the world and are researchers and scholars of librarianship in the academy.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are engaged academic librarians who will have considerable knowledge of LIS terms and subject matter.<\/p>\n The main audience for\u00a0portal<\/em>\u00a0is academic librarians, faculty, library science students, information professionals, and anyone interested working in a library environment in higher education. Readers expected consistently high-quality, novel research and scholarship that helps librarians improve and innovate their practices and approaches in the academic library environment.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0February 23, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0portal: Libraries and the Academy ISSN: \u00a01531-2542 (print),\u00a01530-7131 (online) Website:\u00a0portal: Libraries and the Academy | Home Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0portal\u00a0is an award-winning journal that\u00a0focuses \u201con important research about the role of academic libraries and librarianship\u201d and \u201cfeatures commentary on issues in technology and publishing.\u201d\u00a01\u00a0The journal \u201cpublishes articles that focus on […]<\/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-2220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2220","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=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3570,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2220\/revisions\/3570"}],"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=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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