Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>:\u00a00731-7131 (print), 1555-3337 (online)<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em> – Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0is \u201cdedicated to providing a forum for the presentation of current developments and future trends concerning the technical operations of libraries and information centers.\u201d Its purpose is to keep readers informed of developments and research and \u201cpractical implementation of systems and applications of traditional and non-traditional technical services and the public operations they influence and sustain.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS professionals, particularly those who are involved with the technical operations of libraries and information centers.<\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Taylor & Francis.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly journal.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0publishes original articles on research, theory, and implementation of all aspects of technical services in library and information centers. Regular columns include Technical Services Report, Tech Services on the Web, Reviews (of software and books), and Trending Tech Services.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Instructions for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0\u201caccepts original research, theoretical, and implementation articles pertaining to technical services, automation, networking, document delivery, information technology, library instruction and information literacy, reference and bibliography, case studies, cost analysis, staffing, space, organizational behavior and leadership, and collection development and management.\u201d7<\/sup>\u00a0The journal advises authors to include a literature review and provides a link to guidelines.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0uses Routledge\u2019s Submission Portal to manage manuscripts. Manuscripts \u201cundergo editorial screening and peer review by anonymous reviewers.\u201d9<\/sup>\u00a0Taylor & Francis provides an Author Services website that gives a helpful overview of the publishing process.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a scholarly journal dealing with technical aspects of LIS geared toward professional technical operations of a library. As such, articles are technical and scholarly in tone. LIS-specific terms are used with the underlying assumption that the reader is familiar with them.\u00a0While the language and tone are technical and scholarly, articles must also be interesting and readable.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,<\/em>\u00a06th edition.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0is geared towards LIS professionals, especially those whose interests lie in the technical operations of libraries. For authors and researchers whose manuscripts are geared toward current and future trends in collection methods, technical services, OCLC, metadata, document delivery, among other subjects, this journal is ideal for submission. Articles have addressed interlibrary loan, ebook cataloging and management, low-cost textbooks, and technology-specific studies and reviews; there is a wide variety of librarian roles represented.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Data not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a print and online journal published in the United States. Although it does have appeal for international librarians due to its technical nature,\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0is geared toward American libraries and uses American English.\u00a0Editorial board members are from U.S. universities and libraries.12<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0This journal is geared toward LIS professionals in the technical field who are interested in the latest trends.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are most likely to be LIS professionals and, given the technical nature of this journal, will be highly knowledgeable of LIS terminology and practice.<\/p>\n Readers of\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0are LIS professionals who are highly interested in the latest technical information and research. Readers are interested in cutting-edge technology and how it is being implemented in libraries and information centers. Writers who follow trends and understand how the technology of libraries is evolving would be the best bet for this journal.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0March 21, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly ISSN:\u00a00731-7131 (print), 1555-3337 (online) Website:\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly – Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Technical Services Quarterly\u00a0is \u201cdedicated to providing a forum for the presentation of current developments and future trends concerning the technical operations of libraries and information centers.\u201d Its purpose is to keep readers informed of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2013,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2242","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=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3429,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2242\/revisions\/3429"}],"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=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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