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Authors wishing to submit articles for the South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science should follow the instructions outlined below:
Original contributions should be in English and may take the form of scholarly articles, review articles, practical library work, short communications, book reviews or letters to the editor. Items that have been published elsewhere should be submitted only with permission of the original publisher, and this should be clearly indicated.
Contributions from new researchers and authors will be encouraged in this journal.
Articles should be 5000 to 7000 words in length. Articles reporting practice or new techniques of a practical nature can be shorter.
Book reviews should be 1000 to 1200 words.
Letters should comment on topics covered in the journal or related professional matters. Author(s) names and addresses will be published.
Articles
All articles will be peer-reviewed.
The title should be brief (preferably no longer than 15 words) but should contain enough information for reliable information retrieval.
An abstract (not longer than 190 words) must be provided.
Keywords: In order to assist in the indexing of the journal, a maximum of 5 keywords should be provided.
Tables
These should be used sparingly, and should not duplicate information presented in the text. Each should be numbered sequentially, using Arabic numerals, as they appear in the text and be submitted separately from the text document, on a separate page. A brief, descriptive title of 10-15 words should be provided for each. The tables must be referred to in the text, and their position of insertion indicated.
Units of measurement Metric (SI) units must be used. Time should be in terms of the 24-hour clock.
Figures
Each figure (graph, line, drawing, etc.) should be submitted on a separate page, and should be numbered sequentially. Letters and other symbols must be easily legible after reduction. Freehand or typewritten lettering is not acceptable. A brief, descriptive caption for each should be included. Each figure should be referred to in the text and its position indicated.
Photographs should be numbered in the same series as Figures. Photographs should be submitted as scanned images, which are saved in .jpeg or .gif format
References
References in the text should be formatted according to the Harvard Style, for example, (Bullington & Smith 1998: 85) or 'Bullington and Smith (1998: 85) established that…'
All references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the article, e.g.
Books
Dick, AL.2002. The philosophy, politics and economics of information. Pretoria: Unisa Press
Journals
Onyancha, BO. 2006. Empowering the South African community's AIDs intervention workforce: an informetric study of HIV/AIDs research projects, with special reference to masters and doctoral dissertations and theses. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 72(1):56-71
Electronic journals
BULLINGTON, J.S. and Smith, P. 1998. Tips for new librarians: what to know in the first year of a tenure-track position. Research Libraries News, 59(2):85-88. [Online] Available: www.abc.co.za/Research/News 59-2.htm [site accessed 25 March 2007].
Conferences
Ingwersen, P. 2000. The cognitive information structures in information retrieval. In: Wormel, I (ed.). Proceedings of the 1st ProLISSA conference. 24-25 October 2000. Pretoria: Center for Information Development, 205-219.
Titles of periodicals should not be abbreviated. Entries should be in the language of source (not necessarily that of the manuscript. Acknowledgement of sources of support, technical assistance, and intellectual contributions not associated with authorship must be made.
Format
Manuscripts should be written in South African/UK English. Text should be in Arial, double-spaced, and 2.5 cm margins on all sides. The font size should be 12-point.
Upper case should only be used for the first letter of sentences or words, except for acronyms and initials, which should always be spelt in capitals.
Acronyms should be spelt out at their first occurrence in the text.
Abbreviations should be easily recognized. Contractions (e.g. Ms, Dr) should be given without points.
Quotes should be enclosed in single quotation marks ('). Quotes within quotes should be enclosed in double quotation marks. Quotes of more than 25 words should be setout as a separate, indented paragraph.
Dates should be written 1990s (i.e. no apostrophe), and not 'nineties' or 90's.
Titles of CD-ROMS, books, journals, computer programs, and online resources should be italicized.
Submission
Articles must be submitted on computer disk. The following particulars must appear on the disk label: author's surname, name of computer program used, and file name (e.g. LIB10.DOC). Submissions should be produced in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, or Power Point. Text files should be submitted as Microsoft Word documents (Version 6 or later) (Windows 95 or later). A hard copy of the text and two copies of all Figures (the originals plus one copy) are required. Use A4-size paper, 1.5 line spacing and margins of 30 mm for the paper copies of the manuscript. The author(s) must ensure that the manuscript is grammatically correct.
A separate covering letter should be included indicating: article title, author name(s), email address(es), telephone number and fax numbers of all authors (these particulars will not be published), names of all attached files, the program names and Windows version used.
Please Note
© Copyright 2007 by the Library and Information Association of South Africa. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, including electronic, magnetic or other means, without prior written permission of the copyright holder.
The opinions expressed are not necessarily endorsed by the editorial bodies, publishers, printers or LIASA.
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