Submissions

 

Author Guidelines

Follow these guidelines and procedures for preparing manuscripts for Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS):

  • Original manuscripts: Submit original, unpublished manuscripts only. Do not submit manuscripts that are being considered for publication in other venues. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of statements included. Identify papers presented at a conference with the conference name in an acknowledgement at the beginning of the paper. Papers of 5,000 to 10,000 words are preferred.
  • Style: Write the paper in a grammatically correct, simple, readable style. Use active voice to the extent possible. Avoid jargon, anthropomorphism, and informal vocabulary. The first use of acronyms must be accompanied by their full spelled-out form. Verify the spelling and accuracy of all names in an appropriate source. Consult The Chicago Manual of Style 17th ed. (Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 2017) for capitalization, abbreviations, use of numbers, tables, captions, and elements of bibliographic style.
  • Anonymous submission: Ensure that no identifying information (including author name and affiliation or library name) is included in the body or information of any file submitted.
  • Title: Give the article a brief title; if the title does not fully describe the content of the article, add a brief subtitle.
  • Abstract: Provide a brief, informative abstract.
  • Format: Double space the manuscript. Use Times New Roman 11 point font. Do not use centering; left justify everything. Do not use bold. Use standard word processing software on an IBM-compatible or Macintosh computer. The preferred word processor is Microsoft Word, but files prepared with most major word processors can be accommodated.
  • References and documentation: Papers published in LRTS follow The Chicago Manual of Style style called “Notes and Bibliography,” also sometimes known as the humanities style (see chapter 14). Bibliographic reference should be consecutively numbered throughout the manuscript, using Arabic numerals, and treated as endnotes. Authors should use the automatic endnoting feature in word processing programs. Do not provide a separate bibliography. Full publication details are given in the endnote for the first mention of any work cited. Verify each citation very carefully. Consult recent issues of LRTS for examples.
  • References to online databases, websites, electronic journal articles, and other online sources: Use standard format for citing print resources and conclude the reference with the data accessed and the URL, e.g, Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office, “MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Field 008” (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2004), accessed May 8, 2005, www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbd008s.html#mrcb008b. If the source URL begins with www, do not use http://
  • Tables: Follow the examples and suggestions in chapter 3 of The Chicago Manual of Style in designing tables. Submit each table as a separate file; do not insert illustrative matter in the text. Indicate the preferred placement in the text with an instruction in square brackets, i.e., [insert table 1 here]. Provide each table with a brief, meaningful caption. Number each table consecutively. Each column in a table should have a heading. Table footnotes and sources, if any, should be typed double-spaced beneath the table.
  • Figures (illustrations and screen capture): Follow the examples and suggestions in chapter 13 of The Chicago Manual of Style in working with illustrations. Provide electronic files (.tif, .eps, or .pdf). Resolution for all illustrations must be 300 dpi or higher. Submit each figure as a separate file; do not insert illustrative matter in the text. Indicate the preferred placement in the text with an instruction in square brackets. Provide each figure table with a brief, meaningful caption. Number each figure consecutively.

Manuscript Submission

Submit manuscripts and supplemental materials through the online Open Journal Systems' submission system. A paper copy is not necessary. Authors are first asked to register. Upon registration the author will immediately receive a notification e-mail containing his or her username and password and can then “LOGIN” to the system. The author will be directed through the process to enter information about the paper (author/s, title, abstract, etc.) and to upload the files (manuscript, figures, tables, appendixes).

 

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Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after it has been accepted for publication. Sharing can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

 

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