Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Facet Publishing<\/em><\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0Facet Publishing<\/em> | Home Page<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong>\u00a0Facet Publishing is \u201cFacet Publishing, the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of\u00a0CILIP: the library and information association<\/a>, is the leading publisher of books for library, information and heritage professionals worldwide.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong> \u201cWe publish a range of titles for practitioners, researchers and students with authorship from some of the leading minds in the field.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n Owner:<\/strong> CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Are published books peer reviewed?<\/strong> \u201cAll new book proposals undergo a full single blind peer review process in order to fully evaluate and develop the content we commission.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Types of books published:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS professional books, textbooks, series and eBooks.<\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and electronic, though not all titles are available in both formats.<\/p>\n Topics covered:<\/strong> Over thirty LIS subjects are published by Facet, including subject headings such as Archives, e-Learning, Research Data Management, and Copyright, Information Law, and Ethics.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Number of titles published per year:<\/strong> According to Facet Publishing\u2019s 2020-2021 Catalogue, they published almost 20 new products in 2020 and will be publishing another 11 in 2021, along with numerous new editions of older works.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Resources for Authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of submissions accepted: \u201c<\/strong>We welcome new book proposals for textbooks, professional books and monographs in LIS, knowledge management, data science, archives, cultural heritage and digital humanities.\u201d7<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:\u00a0<\/strong>Click to go to the\u00a0Authors Resources<\/a>\u00a0page, where you can download \u201cBook Proposal Form\u201d. You will need to complete the form as completely as possible, including details about the book, intended audience, subject areas, and a biography.\u00a0 Send completed form to:\u00a0info@facetpublishing.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0None listed, but consider that Facet publishes for students and professionals already well versed in the LIS field.<\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0Use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), 16th edition, as your primary style guide.\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style Home<\/a><\/p>\n Click this link to find style guide information:\u00a0How to Supply your Book to Facet Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n Style tips<\/p>\n Bibliographic references (for more information see our Guide to Referencing)<\/p>\n Facet publishes across a wide array of LIS topics, making them a publisher to strongly consider no matter what your subject field may be. Potential authors should keep in mind that Facet requests very detailed information from each book proposal, so authors should have a clear idea of their marketability and relevance. Authors should be sure to carefully read the book submission guidelines to ensure that all questions have been addressed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong> Based in the United Kingdom, but Facet has agents and representatives around the world. \u201cOur business has a long-standing global profile. We market and sell books all over the world and the Facet brand is recognised as the home of quality content for the information professions.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0Facet is the bookseller for\u00a0CILIP<\/a>, a library and science information association in the U.K., though they emphasize that their publications extend into the international LIS world. They have representatives and agents in countries all over the world, making publications available to a world wide audience.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of Facet publications are information professionals. Facet\u2019s bestselling publications include titles such as\u00a0Managing Records: A handbook of principles and practice<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Practical Cataloging<\/i>, so it can be assumed that their readers have more than a casual knowledge of LIS subject matter.<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers are students, academics and professionals with a strong knowledge or strong interest in LIS subject matter.<\/p>\n Facet publishes for an audience in and outside of the United Kingdom. Their works range from LIS textbooks to simple \u2018No-nonsense\u2019 guides about topics such as archives and legal issues in Web 2.0, showing that Facet\u2019s readers vary in their knowledge on contemporary LIS topics. This span in readership could make Facet a viable publisher for potential authors across many different subjects.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0March 1, 2021<\/p>\n Publisher analysis About the publisher Name:\u00a0Facet Publishing Website:\u00a0Facet Publishing | Home Page Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Facet Publishing is \u201cFacet Publishing, the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of\u00a0CILIP: the library and information association, is the leading publisher of books for library, information and heritage professionals worldwide.\u201d1 Target audience: \u201cWe publish a range of titles for practitioners, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718","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=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3376,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions\/3376"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publisher\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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\nacronym\/abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter, the acronym\/abbreviation
\nwill suffice. Do not begin a sentence with an acronym\/abbreviation.
\ni.e. and e.g. should not be followed by a comma.<\/li>\n
\nsome journals but should not be used in running text.<\/li>\n
\nrequire punctuation at the end of each line. Ensure the list agrees grammatically
\nwith the preceding sentence. Consider numbered lists for longer points.<\/li>\n
\ncapitalise \u2018library\u2019 and \u2018librarian\u2019 unless a particular library or librarian is referred
\nto, e.g. Bodley\u2019s Librarian or The London Library.<\/li>\n
\nquotations within quotations. Quotations of more than 60 words should start
\non a new line and be indented. Do not alter quotations to house style.
\nReference to appear at the end of the quote in brackets: (Smith, 1998).<\/li>\n
\ntable captions. No oxford comma before final \u2018and\u2019 or \u2018or\u2019 in lists.<\/li>\n\n
\nwish to use any other style please discuss this with your commissioning editor.<\/li>\n
\nmonographs and chapter-end for contributed volumes.<\/li>\n
\nif necessary) should be given in the text e.g. (Smith, 1998, 34\u20138).<\/li>\n
\nsurname at the end of a monograph before the index, or at the end of each
\nchapter in a contributed volume.”8<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConclusion: Evaluation of publisher\u2019s potential for LIS authors<\/h3>\n
Audience analysis<\/h2>\n
\nAbout the publisher\u2019s readers<\/h3>\n
Conclusion: Analysis of reader characteristics and their potential impact on authors<\/h3>\n
\nReferences<\/h4>\n
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