Title<\/strong>:\u00a0Public Library Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0(PLQ<\/em>)<\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0161-6846 (print), 1541-1540 (online)<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0PLQ<\/em> | Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPublic Library Quarterly (PLQ)<\/i>\u00a0is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Library and information science (LIS) \u201cleaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends,\u201d especially those working in public libraries.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Taylor & Francis<\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, all articles undergo editorial screening and peer review.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0PLQ<\/i>\u00a0focuses on how public library directors and operating officers affect change. It examines best practices and service improvement models, management case studies, library mythologies that impede development, planning and outcomes, marketing and fundraising, budget and financial management, new technology in practices, and programs for children.4<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cEvery issue of\u00a0\u00a0Public Library Quarterly<\/i>\u00a0contains informative articles written by the directors and staffs of leading public libraries, news of current public library events, and book reviews covering issues of interest to those in public library work.\u201d5<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Four issues per year.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Instructions for authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0PLQ<\/em>\u00a0publishes original research, scholarship, and analyses of current issues in public libraries, from theoretical and practical perspectives. The journal \u201caddresses the major administrative challenges and opportunities that face public libraries, providing insight and assistance to all public library workers.\u201d Furthermore, the journal publishes surveys \u201cthat can be developed and used as national benchmarks for such administrative concerns as salaries, usage standards, and budget breakdowns.\u201d7<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors submit manuscripts online via Editorial Manager, a portal that manages the submission, revision, review, and publication process for authors, editors, and reviewers.8<\/sup>\u00a0Manuscripts undergo editorial screening and peer review.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0PLQ<\/em>\u00a0uses the\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>\u00a0(16th edition).<\/p>\n PLQ<\/em>\u00a0is a long-standing, high-quality LIS journal that publishes scholarship on all aspects of public libraries from around the world. As such, it is a a good fit for LIS authors whose scholarship is focused on public libraries or who study these libraries\u2019 connections with other information organizations or in the realm of public policy. The journal is both practical and scholarly; many articles are written by public library directors or staff members, but the journal also looks to publish research and surveys in this domain. There is a sense that authors are highly experienced in the realm of public libraries, but this does not necessarily exclude graduate student authors with solid scholarship and novel approaches to the field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Data not available, but each article\u2019s homepage lists number of views, citations, and Altmetric score.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0PLQ<\/em>\u00a0is published in English for a worldwide audience. Editorial board members are from universities, libraries, and information organizations in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Ireland, and Taiwan.10<\/sup>\u00a0Authors should consider readers from around the globe and explain jargon or regional usages.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are public library directors and managers, staff members, trustees, and friends, as well as LIS researchers, scholars, professionals, and graduate students.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Most readers will have a solid and practical understanding of LIS subject matter, but since this journal has a worldwide reach, authors should be careful to explain particular terms and practices.<\/p>\n PLQ<\/em>\u00a0reaches a worldwide audience of public library directors, librarians, staff members, scholars, researchers, and graduate students. Readers are interested in how current events, policy, trends, and changes in the public library landscape will affect their institutions and how other libraries\u2019 experiences and practices may inform their own practices. Readers look for evidence of positive leadership in and responses to a climate of change in the public library realm. Readers expect both theory- and practice-based articles, as well as larger scale surveys and research results.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0April 30, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Public Library Quarterly\u00a0(PLQ) ISSN: 0161-6846 (print), 1541-1540 (online) Website:\u00a0PLQ | Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cPublic Library Quarterly (PLQ)\u00a0is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century.\u201d1 Target audience:\u00a0Library and information […]<\/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-2226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226","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=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3572,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions\/3572"}],"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=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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