Instructions for Authors

Purpose: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship publishes substantive content of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share successful initiatives and innovative ideas, and to publish peer-reviewed or board-accepted papers, including case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, web/bibliographies, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Through its columns ISTL also publishes reviews, opinions, and best practices. ISTL is committed to Open Acess and allows authors to retain copyright for maximum distribution of accepted articles.

Please contact one of the following people for more information:

Please query the editor (aduda@istl.org) before submitting an article.

ISTL is now accepting articles on all topics for all issues. Upcoming issues and deadlines are listed below.

• Articles
• Refereed Articles
• Book Reviews
• Electronic Resources Reviews
• Webliographies
• Opinions

By submitting a paper to this journal, the author acknowledges:

• The author holds the copyright. The author gives ISTL permission to publish the article, archive it, distribute it, receive attribution for the citation, and migrate the work to other formats.
• The author is liable for any violations of copyright. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the use of any copyrighted information, including images, in their articles.
• The paper may be republished elsewhere or translated with the permission of the author; it must state that it was originally published in ISTL and include the ISTL URL.
• External links to ISTL and to individual articles are welcome as long as no charge is made for access to this material.
• The author states that this is original work, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by another journal.