Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Reference Services Review: Reference and Instructional Services for Libraries in the Digital Age<\/em>\u00a0(RSR<\/em>)<\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0090-7324<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Reference Services Review<\/em> | Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Reference Services Review<\/em>\u00a0(RSR<\/em>) \u201cis a leading journal dedicated to the enrichment and advancement of reference knowledge and the improvement of professional practice.\u201d Further, the journal \u201craises questions, explores new frameworks for user services, advances fresh analyses and research and proposes solutions to diverse operational issues facing librarians and information professionals.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:\u00a0<\/strong>Librarians, information professionals, and LIS students, especially those interested in reference, instruction, and public services.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Emerald Publishing.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, double-blind peer review.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0RSR<\/em>\u00a0articles \u201cdraw upon traditional areas of inquiry within the fields of information studies and education, as well as from newer interdisciplinary perspectives such as critical pedagogy\u201d and relate to\u00a0\u201call aspects of reference and library user services in a digital age.\u201d4<\/sup>\u00a0RSR<\/em>\u00a0regularly publishes special issues, such as 2017\u2019s two-part Transfer Students and Students in Transition.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly.<\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0RSR<\/i>\u00a0publishes research papers, viewpoints, technical papers, conceptual papers, case studies, literature reviews, and general reviews. The author guidelines provide a description of each article type in the Article Classification section.6<\/sup>\u00a0Topics are wide ranging, including user research, instruction, digital services and software, assessment, management, and any topic relevant to improving and innovating reference services.<\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles\u00a0are submitted to\u00a0RSR\u00a0<\/em>using ScholarOne Manuscripts. The editor reviews the manuscripts and sends those that are appropriate for the journal to at least one independent referee for double-blind peer review.7<\/sup>\u00a0 Reviewers are \u201cdistinguished practitioners, managers, administrators, educators, and scholars from library and information studies and higher education, as well as other fields.\u201d8<\/sup>\u00a0Additional manuscript requirements and a production cycle with approximate dates and deadlines for the current volume are available on the Author Guidelines page.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Professional and academic.<\/p>\n Style guide used:\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard style in-text citations and reference list. Examples are provided in the Author Guidelines.10<\/sup><\/p>\n RSR<\/em>\u00a0is a strong choice for librarians and information professionals looking to publish scholarship and research on topics relating to reference and readers\u2019 advisory, instruction, information literacy, and public services. It is interdisciplinary in nature, so LIS authors who write from other disciplines or perspectives (for example, critical pedagogy) will find an outlet here. Furthermore,\u00a0RSR\u00a0<\/em>is a leading journal that \u201cprovides a quick and efficient service to first-time authors.\u201d11<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0RSR<\/em>\u00a0\u201cis available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald Library Studies eJournals Collection.\u201d12<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0RSR<\/i>\u00a0is a North American English-language journal. It is widely abstracted and indexed.13<\/sup>\u00a0The editorial board consists of LIS professionals from North America, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada, so although the articles have an overall North American focus, the reach of the journal is international.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers include LIS practitioners, managers, administrators, educators, scholars, and students, with a wide range of professional interests in the area of reference services.\u00a0RSR\u00a0<\/em>\u201cis valued reading by the majority of North American library schools with its \u2018au courant\u2019 focus.\u201d14<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers will have a high familiarity with terminology, trends, and best practices relating to reference services; they will also be LIS graduate students familiar with but learning about these topics.<\/p>\n A typical reader of this journal will be an LIS professional or graduate student looking for innovative approaches and thoughtful analysis that is written in an accessible style.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0March 6, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Reference Services Review: Reference and Instructional Services for Libraries in the Digital Age\u00a0(RSR) ISSN: 0090-7324 Website:\u00a0Reference Services Review | Overview Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Reference Services Review\u00a0(RSR) \u201cis a leading journal dedicated to the enrichment and advancement of reference knowledge and the improvement of professional practice.\u201d Further, the journal \u201craises questions, […]<\/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-2232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2232","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=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3576,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2232\/revisions\/3576"}],"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=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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