Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1094-9046 (Print) and 2163-5234 (Online)1<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> Knowledge Quest<\/em> Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em>\u00a0supports the American Association of School Librarians\u2019 mission to empower leaders \u201cto transform teaching and learning.\u201d2<\/sup>\u00a0The journal is devoted to offering substantive information to assist building-level school librarians, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school libraries and school library services.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBuilding-level school librarians, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school library programs and services.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0American Library Association.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS professional news.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Per their site, \u201cArticles address the integration of theory and practice in school librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant disciplines.\u201d9<\/sup>\u00a0Emerging trends, literacy, co-teaching, leadership, and makerspaces are some encouraged topics.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Bimonthly, September through June.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Write for KQ<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Scroll down to the link to the PDF Author Guidelines.)<\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Knowledge Quest\u00a0<\/em>seeks\u00a0\u201coriginal, unpublished manuscripts that address the integration of theory and practice in school librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant disciplines.\u201d The editors are not interested in \u201cbasic primers\u201d on the role of school librarians or press releases and vendor news.12<\/sup>\u00a0Articles should be 2500 words or less.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles may be emailed to the editor14<\/sup>\u00a0or through an online submission form.15<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cUnsolicited manuscripts undergo blind review by the Knowledge Quest editorial advisory board. The process takes approximately 3-4 weeks. When the review is completed, the author will be notified of the outcome.\u201d16<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Professional. Through well-written articles, the journal provides information in a helpful and supportive manner.17<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/em> (16th ed.)18<\/sup><\/p>\n Although this publication has numerous readers, over half of its readership is comprised of elementary school, middle school, and high school librarians.19<\/sup>\u00a0The fact that its content does not apply to all aspects of library science limits the reader base and therefore, the scope of articles covered. Professionals working in school libraries are encouraged to submit their work for review.\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em>\u00a0desires to be part of the library community and provide support for members of this community through its articles and reviews. Publishing in this journal represents the authors\u2019 dedication to the school library community.20<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0The publication is distributed to 7,000 members and and additional 150 readers. The online component reports over 1,200 visits per day.21<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0This magazine is a publication of the American Association of School Librarians. The material provided in the magazine is designed to support the curriculum in United States public and private schools. The print version of the magazine can be shipped anywhere, but the typical readers reside and work in the United States. Readers can also access the journal via the online component\u00a0KQ<\/em>\u00a0Web and this website can be accessed world wide over the internet.22<\/sup>\u00a0This magazine is presented in English and uses terminology relevant to elementary and secondary school librarians. As a publication of the AASL, the magazine has the same vision statement as the organization. This vision statement highlights the magazine\u2019s and the association\u2019s goal to support and embrace cultural and ethnic diversity.23<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:\u00a0<\/strong>The readers of the magazine are comprised of professionals and supervisors working in library media centers. Readers can be expected to embrace and be familiar with the ethics and values present in school library programs today. By subscribing to the magazine, readers are demonstrating their stance as advocates of literacy and supporters of intellectual freedom. Media specialists are closely related to teachers as they are active members of the learning community. These individuals are well aware of the resources available to them and are always working towards learning new ways to use these resources in better and more productive ways. Most of the readers work in elementary and secondary school libraries both public and nonpublic schools, and will be interested in issues and programs such as library funding, student achievement, student internet use, literacy, intellectual freedom, and technology that effect or involve the readers.\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em>\u00a0is interested in producing a quality publication that presents ideas in a friendly and inclusive manner.24<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0With 87% of readers reporting possession of a Master\u2019s degree, it is probable that many have LIS degrees.\u00a0Readers can be expected to know about school curriculum and are knowledgeable about the technologies and issues relevant to school media centers today.25<\/sup><\/p>\n Since\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em>\u00a0is a publication of the AASL, the readers expect that the publication will have the same guidelines and requirements characterized by an AASL publication. The readers expect the magazine to publish works which are balanced, relevant to the field, accurate, and up-to-date on issues pertinent to school libraries. 78% of readers report that\u00a0Knowledge Quest<\/em> is \u201cessential professional reading,\u201d so authors should expect to produce content that meets that description.26<\/sup><\/p>\n Last updated:\u00a0<\/strong>June 21, 2019<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Knowledge Quest ISSN: 1094-9046 (Print) and 2163-5234 (Online)1 Website: Knowledge Quest Homepage Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Knowledge Quest\u00a0supports the American Association of School Librarians\u2019 mission to empower leaders \u201cto transform teaching and learning.\u201d2\u00a0The journal is devoted to offering substantive information to assist building-level school librarians, supervisors, library educators, and other decision […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2015,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2483","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=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2483\/revisions\/3287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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