Guidelines for Contributors
The LIRT Newsletter is not a refereed journal.
Articles are accepted or rejected based on the judgment of the editors
who consult, when necessary, with the newsletter committee and LIRT's executive
board which also functions as the newsletter's editorial board.
Content
While the LIRT Newsletter exists primarily
to inform members about activities of the roundtable, the newsletter committee
actively seeks and welcomes contributions that address library instruction
in any library setting public, school, academic or special.
In the past, the newsletter has heightened
awareness of instruction-related literature, provided practical tips for
library instructors, offered aids for dealing with instructional technology,
alerted readers to regional and state activities related to library instruction,
and allowed practitioners the opportunity to showcase their successful
instructional programs and to express opinions about the place of instruction
in libraries. Authors may wish to browse previous issues on the web
<http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/library/lirt/lirt.html>
to see the range of content appropriate for the newsletter.
Article Types Accepted
Although any submission related to library
instruction will be considered for publication, the committee is eager
to encourage articles of the following kinds:
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Teaching technique articles introduce
a technique and show how it can be used in a library instruction setting.
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Successful assignment articles examine
a library assignment and show how its success might be replicated in a
different environment.
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Technologies in teaching articles explain
a creative use of technology in the library classroom.
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Review articles provide a summary and
evaluation of a book, software, or hardware product that may be of interest
to library instructors.
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Focus on Academic/Public/School/Special
Libraries articles focus on instruction issues that may be of particular
interest to librarians doing instruction in a particular kind of library.
Bibliographic and Editorial Style
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All LIRT News articles should
be practical and useful. Our contributors use a journalistic, sometimes
humorous, tone.
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Occasionally, feature articles can extend
to one thousand words or more, but a more typical length is 500-800 words.
Authors should be guided by what they have to say rather than an arbitrary
word length.
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All articles are subject to editing for length,
style, and content.
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LIRT News follows the Modern Language
Association Handbook, 5th edition for all matters of capitalization,
punctuation, and bibliographic style. Authors whose articles include
references to printed or Internet resources are urged to observe the conventions
set forth in that book and on the MLA web site <http://www.mla.org/>.
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition is the newsletter's
authority for spelling.
Procedure for Submitting Articles
Articles should be sent via electronic mail
to the editor of the newsletter: Carol_Carson@baylor.edu
Those who do not have access to email
may submit typescripts to the following address:
Carol L. Schuetz
Jesse H. Jones Libraries,
Baylor University
PO Box 97146
Waco, TX 76798
Phone: (254) 710-4410
When an article is to include photographs
or graphics, send the text directly to the editor via email (Carol_Carson@baylor.edu),
but send the graphics in either electronic or print format to the production
editor:
Jana Ronan, Production Editor, LIRT
News
Humanities and Social Science Reference,
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida, POB 117001
Gainesville, FL 32611-7001
352-392-4919 (phone) 352-392-7261 (fax)
jronan@ufl.edu
Advertising
Free ads are available for LIRT committees
and for groups such as the Instruction Section of the ACRL who wish to
advertise events of interest to the LIRT News readership. The editors,
newsletter committee, and LIRT News Editorial Board (LIRT Executive Board)
will decide which organizations qualify for free ads on a case-by-case
basis.
Advertising copy should be sent directly
to the production editor who will consult with the advertiser about
graphics and design; however, camera-ready copy is appreciated when possible.
Paid advertising may be arranged under
special circumstances. Contact the editor for more details.
Rev. 29 June 1998. Page rev. March 5, 2001.
To report problems, please
contact the LIRT News Production editor at
jronan@ufl.edu
LIRT News