{"id":2499,"date":"2024-04-27T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/?page_id=2499"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:16:35","slug":"libreas-library-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/is-publications\/is-professional-and-trade-publications\/libreas-library-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBREAS: Library Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Publication analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>LIBREAS: Library Ideas<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISSN<\/strong>: 1860-7950<sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>LIBREAS<\/em> Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: the site is written mostly in German; if not fluent, use a translator to view content. Google Chrome is the easiest browser to use to translate content.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>LIBREAS: Library Ideas<\/em>, is an open access online journal that deals with contemporary issues in LIS.<sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The site began as a student project intended in part to bolster the presence of the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Germany. The staff eventually graduated and entered a professional career and desired \u201can interface between the young savages and the old hands,\u201d a public place to exchange ideas and information between old and young, academic, and professional. It is a journal that the writers want to read themselves.<sup class=\"footnote\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS new professionals, and the public audience, with particular attention to Germany and Europe.<sup class=\"footnote\">4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Published at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, by LIBREAS-Verein.<sup class=\"footnote\">5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No formal peer-review process; content is reviewed by the publication\u2019s editors.<sup class=\"footnote\">6<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Type:<\/strong>\u00a0An LIS professional publication, although some articles are scholarly.<sup class=\"footnote\">7<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Online. You may also follow\u00a0<em>LIBREAS<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/libreas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/libreas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>.<sup class=\"footnote\">8<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Content:<\/strong>\u00a0Editorials; articles and essays under topics like Theory, Practice, and Projects, about LIS-related news &amp; events, and LIS-content book reviews. Some issues also include podcasts and photo galleries.<sup class=\"footnote\">9<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Irregularly.<sup class=\"footnote\">10<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Submission Guidelines\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.wordpress.com\/category\/libreas-call-for-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call for Papers<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\">Author Guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0Articles and essays related to any aspect of LIS.<sup class=\"footnote\">11<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Send a short sketch of your idea or abstract via email to the editors: redaktion@libreas.eu.<sup class=\"footnote\">12<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Information presented with a fresh, often wry perspective.\u00a0<em>LIBREAS<\/em>\u00a0is open, fresh, and also controversial, in order to leave room for development, to recognize niches in order to unfold trends out of them.<sup class=\"footnote\">13<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0None specified: but citations should be uniform and formatting should be minimal, as anything beyond structural formatting is lost in the conversion to an online format. Essays should be written in MS Word, LibreOffice or OpenOffice Writer, with a German and English abstract.<sup class=\"footnote\">14<\/sup><\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion: Evaluation of publication\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h4>\n<p>This is a wonderful site that aims to bridge generations and LIS academics and professionals with a touch of humor and humility. The articles are interesting and well-written and apply to LIS practitioners across the globe, not just from Germany. From a 2012 issue\u2019s editorial, LIBREAS editors see themselves as part of a culture of communication in the library and information science and library practice.<sup class=\"footnote\">15<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Audience analysis<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the publication\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Not available. The journal is an open access, online publication.<sup class=\"footnote\">16<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>LIBREAS<\/em>\u00a0is published at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Germany so many contributors and editors are from Germany. Written in German (easily translatable using a Google Chrome browser or add-on on other browsers) and partly in English, the journal references U.S. and world culture frequently, so writers from other countries should not feel intimidated.<sup class=\"footnote\">17<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Editors and writers consist of scientists and library scholars, LIS professionals and students, academic and otherwise. Anyone with an interest in the information profession.<sup class=\"footnote\">18<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><em>LIBREAS<\/em> aims to continue a discourse and keep LIS relevant in academic and professional circles, but also in the community at large. (Community being initially specific to Berlin, but encompassing the entire online world reading this journal).<sup class=\"footnote\">19<\/sup>\u00a0They also encourage open access journals in the LIS field as a way of promoting more discourse. From\u00a0<em>LIBREAS 21<\/em>: It \u201cis important to us that a large number of colleagues bring to the library and information science debate that they also demand accountability and transparency in decisions on libraries and library infrastructure that, if necessary, call for more level of debate. And not just in the\u00a0<em>LIBREAS<\/em>, but also in all other publications and forms.\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\">20<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Strong, but authors should not assume that readers will have a working knowledge of complicated LIS terminology. As it is an open access journal, the information is easily available to anyone.<sup class=\"footnote\">21<\/sup><\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n<p><em>LIBREAS<\/em>\u00a0was created from an idea of forging old and new LIS ideas to create a dialogue amongst LIS professionals and academics. It is passionate, but not overwhelmingly so; and articles are interesting, usually with a philosophical or larger world-view slant that will appeal to LIS and non-LIS readers alike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<div id=\"footnotes-6478\" class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-1\">\u00a0<em>LIBREAS: Library Ideas,\u00a0<\/em>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, accessed May 9, 2020,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-2\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-3\">B. Kaden, M. Kindling, and M. Schulz, personal communication, 12 April 2013<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-4\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-5\">SerialsSolutions. (2020). Libreas: Library ideas.\u00a0<em>Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"Ulrich's Periodicals Directory\" href=\"http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-6\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-7\">SerialsSolutions. (2020). Libreas. Library ideas.\u00a0<em>Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"Ulrich's Periodicals Directory\" href=\"http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-8\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-9\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-10\">SerialsSolutions. (2020). Libreas. Library ideas.\u00a0<em>Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"Ulrich's Periodicals Directory\" href=\"http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org\/title\/1403884346140\/611030\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-11\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-12\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-13\">B. Kaden, M. Kindling, and M. Schulz, personal communication, 12 April 2013<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-14\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-15\">editorial LIBREAS. (2020). Failure in the writing workshop: From the editors of\u00a0<em>LIBREAS. Library Ideas<\/em>.\u00a0<em>LIBREAS: Library Ideas<\/em>, 20. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Editorial\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/ausgabe20\/texte\/04redaktion01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/ausgabe20\/texte\/04redaktion01.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-16\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2016).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-17\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-18\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-19\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Author Guides\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/authorguides\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-20\">Vierkant, P. (2012). Visualizing open access.\u00a0<em>LIBREAS. Library Ideas, 21<\/em>. Retrieved from\u00a0<a title=\"LIBREAS Article\" href=\"http:\/\/libreas.eu\/ausgabe21\/texte\/05vierkant.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/libreas.eu\/ausgabe21\/texte\/05vierkant.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"fn-6478-21\">LIBREAS. Library Ideas. (2020).\u00a0<em>AutorInnenhinweise<\/em>. 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