Guidelines for Authors

About LIS Links Newsletter

LIS Links Newsletter, ISSN: 2454-3462 (http://newsletter.lislinks.com), is a peer-reviewed open access e-journal (online only) in Library and Information Science, launched in 2015. It is published annually. All the contents of the journal are released under a CC-BY licence and are made available on its website. The copyright of the published articles is retained by the respective author(s). At this moment, the journal is indexed by Google Scholar. A copy of the journal is also distributed electronically, free of charge, to the email inboxes of the 30,000+ LIS Links members (http://www.lislinks.com/profiles/members/).

LIS Links Newsletter publishes original, innovative, and quality technical and research papers on any areas of Library and Information Science and its peripheral areas like digital humanities, archival and museum studies, and such others that are analytical, argumentative (persuasive), compare and contrast, cause and effect, definition, interpretative, experimental, problem solving, survey, report, and review types. It is currently published by Dr. Kankana Baishya on behalf of LIS Links and is currently funded by Dr. Badan Barman. Its editor, members of the editorial board, and reviewers support the journal by devoting their time and energy, which is voluntary in nature. LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) is a social networking site for library and information science professionals in India that has been serving the LIS community since February 26, 2008.

Flow of the Article in LIS Links Newsletter

The article at "LIS Links Newsletter" goes through the following steps:

a) Submission of the Article by Author(s): The authors need to submit their papers as a single MS Word document that includes text, tables, and figures in appropriate places through the article submission link.

b) Similarity Check by the Manager: The article received will be checked to see whether it follows the guidelines set by the LIS Links Newsletter or not. If it follows the guidelines, it will be checked for similarity by using Google Originality Check / DrillBit / Ouriginal / Turnitin. Only those papers that followed the guidelines set by the LIS Links Newsletter and similarity reported below 7% (in Google Originality Check), 9% (in DrillBit and Ouriginal), and 10% (in Turnitin) will be considered for review. The time period for this activity may take a maximum of 7 working days. If needed, the manager will ask the author(s) to re-submit the article within 7 days of communication.

c) Primary Review by the Reviewer: The reviewer will evaluate the quality, accuracy, and relevance of the submitted manuscripts. They will be responsible for providing constructive feedback on the paper to help the author resolve weaknesses in the work and make a recommendation to the manager about whether to accept, reject, or request changes to the article. They should also respect the intellectual independence of the author.

d) Secondary Review by the Editor: Secondary review by the journal editors will check the suitability or relevancy of the paper for the LIS Links Newsletter and its originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution to the subject. This activity must need to be carried out within next 7 working days and if needed, the editor will ask the author(s) to re-submit the article within 7 days of communication.

e) Primary Modification by the Assistant Editor: The assistant editor will be responsible for making grammatical corrections to the content of the article using any standard software package. This activity will take another 7 working days.

f) Secondary Modification by the Associate Editor: The associate editor will carry out sentence-by-sentence corrections in the content and references included in the article. This activity will take another 7 working days.

g) Formatting of the Article by the Publisher: The publisher will be responsible for making the necessary formatting changes to the article as per the LIS Links Newsletter style.

h) Time Lag for Publication: The article will be accepted / rejected for publication within 30 days from the date of submission. Otherwise, the author(s) can submit it to any other publication even without taking permission from the editor or publisher of the LIS Links Newsletter.

Note: The editor, associate editor, assistant editor, manager, and publisher will have the autonomy to modify the article with or without the consent of the author(s).

Guidelines for Authors of LIS Links Newsletter

i) The article must be in MS Word A4 paper format, and Times New Roman, 12 font size only, is used.
ii) All pages need to be without page numbers, header text, or footer text.
iii) All the author’s name, designation, mobile number, email address, and full official address must be given within the article itself.
iv) The title of the article must be written in Title Case.
v) The article needs to include a structured abstract that includes sub-headings like "purpose, "design/methodology/approach, findings, research limitations, practical implications, and originality/value". Kindly consult a previous article here: http://file.lislinks.com/newsletter/lislinks-newsletter-vol-1-no-1-p-2-10.pdf
vi) A minimum of five keywords need to be given under the heading "Keywords".
vii) The length of the article must be within 5000 words (a maximum of 10 pages in length), including charts, graphs, tables, annexures, etc.
viii) In preparing references as well as in-text citations, the APA citation style (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html) needs to be strictly followed.
ix) Before submitting your article, check it with basic grammar-checking software like QuillBot (https://quillbot.com/grammar-check) or other free and paid software.
x) The paper sent for publication needs to be original, and it should not have been published elsewhere fully or partially or submitted for publication elsewhere fully or partially simultaneously.
xi) The author(s) need to grant permission to LIS Links Newsletter to make necessary changes in the title and content of the paper if required while it is being considered for publication.
xii) The author(s) also need to grant permission to LIS Links Newsletter to release the contents of the article under the CC BY licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
xiii) All the authors need to see and agree to the submitted version of the paper and their inclusion as co-authors.