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Cathie Jackson and Jane SeckerJournal of Information Literacy
Publication without tears: tips for aspiring authors
Introduction to the Journal of Information LiteracyWhere and what to publishThe peer review processHow your paper will be assessedThe publication process
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ScopeJIL is an international, peer- reviewed journal that aims to
investigate information literacy in all its forms to address the interests of diverse IL communities of practice. To this end it publishes articles from both established and new authors in this field
JIL welcomes contributions that push the boundaries of IL beyond the educational setting and examine this phenomenon as a continuum between those involved in its development and delivery and those benefiting from its provision
2007 –Two issues a year (June, December)
Gold open access journalFree to view, free to publish
JIL readership survey 2011 (121 responses)
69%
17%
7%
4% 2%
Library staff
LIS staff and students
Management
L&T Support staff
Other
72%
13%
3%
3%1% 8%
University
FE college
School
Research organisation
Business
Government
JIL readership survey 2011 (122 responses)
Editor-in-Chief: Jane Secker
Managing Editor: Cathie Jackson
Book review editor: Martin Wolf
JIL editors
Read the author guidelines!Is your topic within scope of the journal?
JIL focuses on information literacy NOT library skills, libraries or teaching in general
Peer-reviewed article or shorter project report?Read previously published articles in JIL
Writing for a journal
Need to be original – are you just telling a familiar story?Refer to the literature and place the work within a wider
contextEvidence any claims madeFollow academic convention in structure of the paperHave been carefully proof-read before submission,
especially if English is not your first languageAre anonymised for peer review
Articles for peer review:
Relevance to JIL – within our scope?Originality and interest to our audience – useful
contribution to knowledge or good practice?Title and abstract – appropriate wording and length and
informative?Methodology – appropriate?Use of literature and referencing – good analysis of
literature? Good referencing or signs of plagiarism?Clarity of expression and structure – clear exposition of
argument? Logical structure? Spell out acronyms, avoid jargon!
JIL reviewers’ criteria
Your turn
Peer reviewers recommend:Accept for publication without amendment (almost
never!)Revisions requiredMajor revisions required followed by peer reviewResubmit elsewhereDecline submission
Make a list of all the actions needed of you. Can you address them? If so, how?
If you can’t, discuss this with the editors –say whyRevise the paper and resubmit it, with a covering letter detailing
how you have addressed each commentIf there were comments you didn’t implement, because you
couldn’t or because you disagreed with them, note them and say why (you may want to discuss with us earlier in revision process)
Remember that addressing these comments may unearth other suggested changes – several rounds of revisions may be required
What to do with reviewer comments
Once accepted, the paper is passed to copyediting
JIL copyeditors
Liz McCarthy Sharon Lawler Helen Bader
Use the required templateIn JIL, this also means
Use Arial 11pt for body text (if using the template, this should be default)
Number all section headings using the multilevel list optionFormat headings as per the style sheet
Format your references using the journal’s required styleFor JIL that means the Harvard style as used by Cardiff UniversityRemember to convert your EndNote references to text
Ensure all in-text citations are given a full reference at the end, and that all references are cited in the text
Our copyeditors’ advice
Define all acronyms and abbreviations at first useEnsure all diagrams and images are copyright free and
acknowledge their source
And specifically for JIL:Use British spellingsAvoid footnotes – either incorporate information into the text or
list non-cited information and websites under Resources and cited sources under References
List author name, affiliation and email address for each author, in the order given in the metadata, on the article loaded for copyediting
Our copyeditors’ advice [2]
Once it is publishedCelebrate!Let everyone knowLink using the DOIAdd it to your repository,
acknowledging first published in JIL
Gordon, Rachel Singer. 2004. The Librarian's Guide to Writing for Publication. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.
HEA-ICS. 2007. Writing for publication http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/events/displayevent.php?id=187
JIL Author Guidelines. http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Library Success Wiki: Publishing and speaking. http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Speaking
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