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portal: Libraries and the Academy 3.3 (2003) 544-547



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Purpose

portal: Libraries and the Academy, an international refereed quarterly journal, publishes articles that focus on all aspects of librarianship, knowledge management, and information services and studies within higher education. portal articles are intended for a broad academic audience.

portal explores how technology is affecting librarianship and scholarship, as well as the role of libraries in meeting institutional missions. The information revolution presents numerous challenges to librarians, faculty, and administrators in areas including archiving, copyright, and technology-enhanced learning. portal covers these and many other topics as they relate to the rapidly changing needs of academics and the roles of libraries and librarians. portal provides an unbiased outlet for issues that have not been addressed in other venues.

Each issue includes peer-reviewed articles on subjects such as library administration, information technology, new forms of support for research and teaching, and information policy. Reviews of newly published books in areas of librarianship and higher education, as well as reviews of computer and database resources are featured. Other continuing features address technological issues, research, standards, and policy and strategic planning.

portal is available in the Project Muse collection, <http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/ journals/pla/>, and as a paper publication.

Mentoring

Major journals in most disciplines pride themselves on their high rejection rates, rationalizing that a high rejection rate signifies a strong commitment to and compelling evidence of quality. Nothing could be more wasteful of the scarce resources for library research than to replicate a system that encourages authors to create a finished product that is judged and summarily rejected.

portal board, mentors, and editors are committed to help authors from the moment they decide to engage in research to the moment when they elect to submit the finished product either to portal or to some other journal. We foster a supportive and confidential environment for authors. Mentors are available to consult with authors about topic identification and selection, about issues around statistical sampling and survey design, and about crafting the article itself. We believe that early intervention enables aspiring authors to complete strong projects that are likely to be accepted for publication by an independent set of referees.

Submit inquiries and requests for mentoring to: Gloriana St. Clair, gstclair@andrew.cmu.edu [End Page 544]

Manuscript Requirements

We prefer electronic submission of manuscripts, as attachments in email, links to URLs, or on PC compatible disk. Word, WordPerfect, HTML or PDF are acceptable formats. Author' s full name, affiliation, mailing address, email, fax and phone must accompany any manuscript submission. We will acknowledge receipt of all materials submitted.

Article manuscripts are typically twenty pages double-spaced, but are acceptable twice as long or even longer (article may be divided between two issues), or half as long. The manuscript must be neither previously published nor submitted elsewhere simultaneously.

  • Include an abstract of no more than fifty words highlighting the scope, methodology, and conclusions of the paper.
  • Prepare references as endnotes, in the humanities style (see below).
  • Include headings and subheadings to make your paper more readable.
  • Avoid overuse of the passive voice.
  • Use standard United States spelling.
  • Spell out acronyms and abbreviations when first used in the text.

Tables, Figures and Illustrations

  • Figures should be coherent in grayscale, as the paper version of portal does not include color.
  • Submit tables, etc. in Excel, PowerPoint, jpeg, mpeg or tiff.
  • Submit all tables, etc. as individual files, separate from the article manuscript.
  • Number each in sequence, using Arabic numerals.
  • Clearly identify each table or figure, etc. with a caption.
  • Indicate in the text approximately where each table of figure should be placed.

References

  • Endnotes in the humanities style are required. For example:

    John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, The Social Life of Information (Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Boston, 2000), 45.
    Gloriana St. Clair, "Through portal," portal: Libraries and the Academy 1, 1 (January 2001): 1-2.
    Brinley Franklin and Danuta Nitecki, "ARL New Measures: User Satisfaction White Paper" (April 6, 1999). Available: <http://www.arl.org/stats/program/ satisfaction.pdf> [July 25, 2001].

  • Prepare endnotes...

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