IFLA Journal – Notes for Contributors

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Aims and Scope

IFLA Journal is a peer reviewed journal which publishes original articles, IFLA conference papers, and news of current IFLA activities. Content is selected to reflect the variety of the international information profession, ranging from freedom of access to information, knowledge management, services to the visually impaired and intellectual property.

Writing for the IFLA Journal

Contributions to the journal may include: original articles and features; news and information about current and forthcoming activities and events in the field of library and information services; announcements of new publications, products or services; information about education and training opportunities, fellowships, honours and awards; personal news; obituaries; letters to the Editor.

Articles and features

Articles and features are normally published only in English. Authors whose first language is not English should not be inhibited from submitting contributions in English because of this; the correction of minor grammatical and linguistic errors in English is considered to be an integral part of the editorial process.

Articles and features should normally be between 3000 and 7000 words in length. Articles must be original contributions which have not been published elsewhere, and which are not under consideration elsewhere.

Article should be accompanied by an English-language abstract of not more than 150 words, five or six keywords, a brief statement of the professional qualifications and experience of the author(s), including current official designation and full address and contact details, and a recent photograph (not a passport photo) of each of the authors suitable for publication.

Authors are expected to check their work carefully before submitting it, particularly with regard to factual accuracy, completeness and consistency. They should provide sufficient background information to enable readers unfamiliar with the activity or country being described to understand it easily. Acronyms and abbreviations should be spelled out in full the first time they are used.

Other contributions

The primary language of publication for contributions other than articles and features is English, but such contributions may be published in the other working languages of IFLA - French, German, Russian or Spanish - if appropriate.

Illustrative material

Contributors are encouraged to submit photographs and other illustrations to accompany their contributions. They should be submitted either in TIF format (300 dpi minimum) or in hard copy as positive prints or transparencies and be clearly captioned and credited to the originator. Please note that colour images will be published in colour online and black and white in print. You can find further guidance on the submission of artwork on the publisher's website.

Bibliographical references

References should follow the full form stipulated in ISO 690-1987, Documentation - Bibliographic references - Content, form and structure, using either the numeric or the Harvard method of citation in the text. Lists of references should appear at the end of a contribution, not as footnotes.

All contributors are required to sign a Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement' granting to IFLA the exclusive licence to publish. Copyright remains with the author(s). Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright clearance for the publication of any copyrighted material (including illustrative material) which may be included in their contribution.

Format

All contributions should, whenever possible, be submitted in standard electronic formats, as email attachments. The preferred format for textual matter is MS Word. Contributors who are unable to submit their work in electronic format should supply textual matter in clearly typewritten manuscript.

Publication

All unsolicited articles are refereed anonymously by members of the Editorial Committee, whose decision with regard to the publication of any article or feature is final. Other contributions are published at the discretion of the Editor, if necessary after consultation with the Editorial Committee. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and authors should expect to have reviewer's comments within approximately 6 weeks of submission.

Authors of articles, features and reviews will receive one complimentary copy of the issue in which their work appears and are given controlled online access to a pdf file of their article, in addition to one year's free personal subscription to the print edition of IFLA Journal.

Submission

All contributions (except advertisements), in whatever format, should be addressed to:

The Editor of IFLA Journal,
Stephen Parker,
Apt. 1C, Edificio Rosa dos Ventos,
Rua Rosa Parracho no. 27,
Bairro do Rosario,
2750-778 Cascais,
Portugal
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Last update: 5 October 2012