Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Library Hi Tech News<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0741-90581<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Library Hi Tech News<\/em> Overview<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe journal reports on practical uses of IT in libraries and what\u2019s coming next in terms of technology development for academic and public libraries.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong> Library and information science professionals, and anyone with a reason to use LIS services\/technologies in their own professional workplace.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS Professional and Trade Publications.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online.<\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles of varying lengths, reporting on LIS conferences, and case studies on how tech is used in the library.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Regular content includes technology profiles from libraries around the world; feature articles; in-depth conference reviews and reports; new and noteworthy updates for librarians; and a calendar of relevant upcoming events.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a010 issues per year.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines: <\/strong>Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Extensive list found under\u00a0Article Classification<\/a>9<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Submissions are made through\u00a0ScholarOne Manuscripts<\/a>, an online submission system. You need to register, create your account, and then will be able to go through the submission process to upload your article. Upload files as a Word document of 1000-3000 words.\u00a0All submissions are reviewed by the\u00a0Library Hi Tech News<\/em>\u00a0editors, who make the final decision on publication.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Informal, but informative. Speaks to readers in a knowledgeable, conversational tone that provides great information on new technologies without making the articles dull or so technical that readers are overwhelmed or tune out.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvard style formatting.12<\/sup><\/p>\n The list of content submissions is vast and touches on a variety of LIS subjects. This is an excellent place to start your LIS publishing.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Library Hi Tech News<\/em>\u2018s editorial objectives note that \u201cpublishing your article in LHTN can be a \u201cplace to start,\u201d analogous to a \u201cposter session in print,\u201d and does not preclude publishing a more fulsome piece in a peer-reviewed journal at a later date.\u201d14<\/sup>\u00a0A peer-reviewed journal related to this newsletter is\u00a0Library Hi Tech<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Not available.<\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0International in scope, with the primary editors of the publication based out of U.S. colleges and universities.15<\/sup>\u00a0Submissions need to adhere to the Worldwide English language rights, and Emerald provides resources for making sure papers are written in grammatically correct standard English, for authors for whom English is not their first language.16<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Published in the U.K., readers and writers for this publication are LIS professionals and students interested in new and emerging technologies, and new uses for established technologies. The journal is part of the\u00a0Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)<\/a>, \u201ca forum for editors and publishers of peer-reviewed journals to discuss publication ethics.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Strong, as the publication is aimed at LIS professionals and students with an interest in LIS technologies.18<\/sup><\/p>\n This is a wonderful publication for LIS new professionals and students, as readers and authors. The authors are seeking submissions covering such a variety of interesting topics, and seem to be open to submissions on anything that is even remotely related to technologies that can be used in libraries and the LIS field. All issues that most students, not just LIS, can speak to, and particularly relevant for those in LIS programs currently using and evaluating these technologies, personally, professionally, and through LIS studies. There are also more technical issues covered, like open source library management systems, global development for libraries, profiles of LIS professionals, and relevant conference updates. A great place to jump in and write for.19<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Library Hi Tech News ISSN: 0741-90581 Website:\u00a0Library Hi Tech News Overview Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0\u201cThe journal reports on practical uses of IT in libraries and what\u2019s coming next in terms of technology development for academic and public libraries.\u201d2 Target audience: Library and information science professionals, and anyone with a reason […]<\/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-2491","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2491","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=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3282,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2491\/revisions\/3282"}],"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=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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