Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Municipal World<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 0027-35891<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0Municipal World<\/em> Home<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong> Municipal World<\/em>\u00a0is a magazine \u201cdevoted to promoting effective municipal government.\u201d2<\/sup>\u00a0Founded in 1891, it is the oldest continuously published monthly municipal magazine in the world.3<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cEach month, Municipal World examines the issues that impact communities: new federal and provincial policies and legislation; new theories about economic development and renewal; new strategies and emerging best practices from communities like yours across the nation.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0This publication is aimed at elected and appointed officials involved in municipal government interested in providing effective service to their constituents.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Municipal World, Inc., Ontario, Canada.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0No.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0Civilian publication for those involved in the municipal sector.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print, with current issue TOC, keyword, and article search available online at their website. Digital editions of\u00a0Municipal World Magazine<\/em> are also available, but to subscribers only.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:<\/strong>\u00a0According to their website, \u201carticles addressing the pressing problems of the municipal sector\u201d and regular features concerning the environment, governance, management, and procurement. Contents also include upcoming events, Canadian Municipal Code, professional directory, job board, and sources for forms and supplies.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Monthly.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:<\/strong>\u00a0Editorial Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cMunicipal World<\/em> welcomes contributed articles from individuals working in the municipal sector or aligned to the field. Submissions may be considered for our online feature articles, print\/digital editions, or special themed publications.\u201d11<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cThe scope of potential topics for article submissions is very wide; submissions can focus on any subject area that will be of interest to senior municipal administrators and local government elected officials and in Canada. We do have several \u2018theme\u2019 issues throughout the year, which may be relevant for something you are contemplating. Contact the Editor for more information.\u201d12<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cMost articles published in\u00a0Municipal World<\/em> are in the range of 1,200 to 2,000 words. As a rule of thumb, 1,400-1,800 words is ideal. However, exceptions can be made at the editor\u2019s discretion to accommodate longer or shorter articles. Our best advice: brevity enhances the prospect of publication.\u201d13<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong> \u201cThe editor ultimately decides upon the content of the publication, including your article, and reserves the right to reject any submission, or to edit your submission for length, content that may have been covered in a previous article, inappropriate information for the interest of our readership, or style.\u201d14<\/sup><\/p>\n \u201cAs topics for each issue are selected on a \u2018what\u2019s hot\u2019 basis, we cannot guarantee a definite date for publication of articles. Periodically, we schedule special feature issues. For example human resources, heritage, technology, environment, or economic development. These factors also determine our selection of articles.\u201d15<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong> As noted in style guide entry, publication prefers \u201cstreamlined and straightforward\u201d writing. \u00a0Authors are encouraged to \u201cpresent convincing documentation to prove the point\u201d and nothing else.16<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong> No style guide specified. This guidance provided: \u201cOur preferred style is streamlined and straightforward, to minimize legal and technical jargon, and to spell out all acronyms on the first reference. Use the simplest word that makes the point. For example: \u201cuse\u201d instead of \u201cutilize\u201d; \u201crain\u201d instead of \u201cprecipitation event.\u201d Articles should be as specific as possible, and use active voice, rather than passive voice. Articles written in the first person (e.g., using \u201cI\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d throughout) are generally inappropriate\u2026Do not include personal opinions and organizational position statements. Rather, present convincing documentation to prove the point.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n This magazine, like others of its kind, offers great potential for increasing the visibility of Canadian public libraries with the government administrators who fund and support them (or not). As library leader\u00a0Ken Haycock pointed out\u00a0in a blog post<\/a>, public librarians have much to gain by writing for such publications \u201cto ensure that their celebrations and concerns are front and center with those who make decisions affecting their future.\u201d18<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong> The website draws an audience of more than 53,000, the weekly newsletter has more than 18,000 subscribers, and the publication has more than 19,000 social media followers.19<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Canada. Given the geographic location, English speaking authors from outside Canada would be best served respecting the Canadian spelling of English words. While municipal governments throughout the world bear similarities, contributors should have an understanding of issues specific to Canadian municipal government.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0As appointed and elected officials in Canadian government and others working in municipal government, readers would share a strong sense of service to their community and are likely proud of being a Canadian. Readers will likely possess education beyond high school, often a professional degree in law, accounting, engineering, architecture, planning, or management. Workplace likely a government agency or entity. Interest would likely be broad, any topic that effects their community and constituents including: election process, environmental concerns, provision of social services, and changes in legislation.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Knowledge of LIS subject matter will vary widely and authors should not assume any LIS background. As professor emeritus and former director at San Jose School of Library and Information Science Ken Haycock often reminded SLIS students, our LIS degree could support a number of job titles and careers beyond \u201clibrarian;\u201d librarians, information professionals, and individuals with LIS degrees, due to the economy and the ever changing LIS field, are finding themselves in leadership positions in civil service.<\/p>\n Given that the readership of\u00a0Municipal World<\/em>\u00a0is, by and large, an educated group committed to serving the public, they would likely have an understanding of the needs of other organizations, such as libraries, that serve the public. LIS authors could utilize this common understanding and promote the value of libraries when writing for\u00a0Municipal World<\/em>, as long as they also ensure the topic of their article is relevant and their authoritative voice is well grounded in experience.\u00a0Authors will need to ensure they establish their link to the municipal government world, their authority on the article topic as well as the relevance to the readership of this publication.<\/p>\n Last updated:\u00a0<\/strong>November 21, 2020<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Municipal World ISSN: 0027-35891 Website:\u00a0Municipal World Home Purpose, objective, or mission: Municipal World\u00a0is a magazine \u201cdevoted to promoting effective municipal government.\u201d2\u00a0Founded in 1891, it is the oldest continuously published monthly municipal magazine in the world.3 \u201cEach month, Municipal World examines the issues that impact communities: new federal and provincial policies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2017,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2655","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2655","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=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3348,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2655\/revisions\/3348"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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