Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal of the SLA Academic Division\u00a0<\/em>(PAL<\/em>)<\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a01947-0037<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship<\/em> | Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship\u00a0<\/em>(PAL<\/em>)\u00a0is a journal \u201cfor all academic librarians and information professionals serving academic departments or affiliated institutions including centers, institutes, specialized collections, and special units within or related to academic units.\u201d1<\/sup>\u00a0It is \u201cfocused on the practical side of academic librarianship.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0As the\u00a0\u201cInternational Journal\u201d of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Academic Division,\u00a0PAL<\/em>\u00a0is directed to \u201clibrarians serving academic departments or affiliated institutions\u201d in the United States and internationally,3<\/sup>\u00a0but as an open-access journal, it is not limited to SLA members.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Academic Division of the Special Libraries Association.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, blind peer review.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0PAL<\/em>\u00a0primarily publishes research articles; however, the journal also encourages and provides guidelines for think pieces and for interactive online exhibits and demonstrations. The content of the journal is broad and includes \u201cimplementation of new initiatives and best practices; original and significant research findings with practical applications; analysis of issues and trends; descriptive narratives of successful and unsuccessful ventures; [and] examination of the role of libraries in meeting specialized client needs.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0PAL<\/em>\u00a0publishes two issues per year; however, the journal \u201cpublishes items as soon as they are ready by adding articles to the \u2018current\u2019 volume\u2019s Table of Contents\u2026.The first issue runs January 1 \u2013 June 30 and the second issue runs July 1 \u2013 December 31.\u201d7<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0PAL<\/i> accepts research papers; think pieces (not peer reviewed but screened by an editor) intended to \u201cspur discussion amongst scholars on message boards for each piece\u201d; and interactive online exhibits and demonstrations, whose form and content should be proposed to the editors, as with a written piece. The journal\u2019s special interests include a broad list of topics: information technology, library administration and management, the library in the university mission, collections management, teaching and learning, information literacy, space planning, higher education policy, marketing, user studies, resource sharing, institutional repositories, electronic serials.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors must have an account on the journal\u2019s website that enables them to be in the author role; all manuscripts are submitted online. Manuscripts must comply with the seven items on the\u00a0Submission Preparation Checklist.9<\/sup>\u00a0The editor screens manuscripts and sends appropriate ones for \u201crigorous blind peer review by two reviewers.\u201d The review process is approximately six weeks for manuscripts of 25 pages or less.10<\/sup>\u00a0The website provides a flowchart of the Open Journal Systems software, which is a helpful overview of the publishing process.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly tone, but very readable.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association<\/em>\u00a0(APA).12<\/sup><\/p>\n PAL<\/i> was developed specifically to present a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal \u201cthat would provide some gravitas for [the journal\u2019s] authors, many of whom are at tenure-granting institutions.\u201d The journal aims to attract well-known reviewers and publish high-quality research papers to help build its reputation, as it is a fairly new journal (established in 2011), and to provide information to the LIS academic sector.13<\/sup>\u00a0 This is a good place for LIS authors to submit scholarly and research articles with practical application in academic libraries and related academic environments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Circulation data are not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0PAL<\/i>\u00a0is an open-access journal written in English for an international audience of academic librarians and information professionals in all manner of library, special library, and institutional settings.14<\/sup>\u00a0The editors are primarily from U.S. universities, but there are editors from the United Kingdom and New Zealand.15<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong> Readers are primarily academic librarians and information professionals. The journal is part of the\u00a0SLA Academic Division, which welcomes anyone \u201cworking in or with an interest in college, university, or other higher education-affiliated libraries and information centers.\u201d16<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0These academic librarians and LIS professionals will be well versed in LIS subject matter and jargon, both theoretical and practical. However, articles are still written to be read and understood by a broader population.<\/p>\n Readers of\u00a0PAL\u00a0<\/i>expect high-quality research that has a practical application in LIS academic settings. This is a good place to submit current research, or a more creative think piece, focusing on any aspect of the academic LIS community and its practices. It will be read and appreciated by a group of academic peers.<\/p>\n Last updated:\u00a0<\/strong>February 26, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship: The International Journal of the SLA Academic Division\u00a0(PAL) ISSN:\u00a01947-0037 Website:\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship | Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Practical Academic Librarianship\u00a0(PAL)\u00a0is a journal \u201cfor all academic librarians and information professionals serving academic departments or affiliated institutions including centers, institutes, specialized collections, and special units within or related […]<\/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-2222","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222","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=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3571,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2222\/revisions\/3571"}],"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=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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