Nov 03 2007

Guidelines

Published by rachel

If you are interested in contributing an article, book review, or web review to Info Career Trends, first take a look at the upcoming themes to see if your idea fits into one of these topics. If you have an idea for a theme not listed here, please email editor@LISjobs.com to make your suggestion. Info Career Trends focuses on issues relevant to practicing librarians, and is not interested in heavily theoretical or academic treatments. Please use active voice, and consider how your topic will be of use to working information professionals.

Current needs are:

  • Practical, “how-to” articles - suggestions for how librarians can contribute to their own professional development or how managers can help develop their employees.
  • First-person articles discussing how the author has taken action to develop his or her career — providing models others in similar situations can follow.
  • Book/web site reviews — resources to help librarians grow as professionals.

Before sending an entire manuscript, please query via email to editor@LISjobs.com. In your query, briefly describe your idea for an article, how you intend to approach the subject, and why you’re a good person to write about it.

Completed manuscripts should be 1000-1500 words in length. Book reviews should be around 150-200 words. Since Info Career Trends is an online-only publication, much longer articles are not currently acceptable. The newsletter is non-academic — footnotes are rarely warranted, and style is somewhat informal. Before submitting an article, be sure to consult previous issues, available online in the Info Career Trends archive or at the blog, to help give you a feel for the newsletter’s style and needs. Article deadlines are generally the first Friday of the month before the relevant issue.

Submit your manuscript via email, preferably in plain text (as an attachment or within the body of the message). Submissions are also accepted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or in .rtf format. Please single space after periods and other punctuation, and use headers to break up sections of your text. Include a short biographical statement with your submission.

Info Career Trends asks for one-time electronic rights (email and web, including permission to archive your article online and distribute it via RSS); the copyright and reprint rights for your article remain with you. The newsletter does not pay contributors, but will include short biographical information and a link to your web page or other online resource for librarians.

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