KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management (KJLIM), ISSN: 2348-0858, a peer reviewed scholarly print journal in English intended for publishing research results in the field of Library and Information Science. KJLIM publishes papers that focus on all areas of library and information science.

Submission of papers: Original contributions in the form of articles, best practices and case studies in all areas of librarianship are invited from librarians, information scientists, and academicians. The contributions should consistently focus on the results of research, reports of significant developments in working practice and stimulating discussions which are of immense importance to the library and information profession.

Papers should include name of the author, designation, affiliation, title of the article with a signed declaration that the theme is of his own, and the paper has not been published anywhere. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically in MS-Word format in Times New Roman 11 size font, double space as e-mail “attachment”. Authors are required to go through the Author Guidelines for details regarding the format and style of the manuscript.

E-mail address for paper submission: [email protected] / [email protected]

 

KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management (KJLIM) seeks to receive manuscripts with the understanding that they have not been previously published in or submitted to other journals. These Authors Guidelines are published to help authors to prepare and submit articles to a standard format that will be accepted by KJLIM.

Review Process: Manuscripts are acknowledged by e-mail to the corresponding authors upon their receipt. The manuscript is read and examined for conformity to the Authors Guidelines by one of the editors. The editor calls upon qualified reviewers to evaluate the submitted article. After this evaluation process, the editor receives the comments from the peer reviewers regarding the suitability of the submission and the editorial decision is communicated to the corresponding author.

The Editorial Board reserves all the rights to accept, alter or reject the articles without any prior intimation. The Editorial Board accepts no responsibility of the statements and opinions expressed by the contributors.

Copyright and permission: The copyright of articles accepted for KJLIM rests with the publisher(s). The author has to submit signed copyright declaration form in the prescribed format after acceptance of the papers.

Format and style of articles: Articles should contain a brief and informative title. An informative abstract of not more than 250 words is required for all articles. After the abstract, author(s) should provide a minimum of six keywords.

Illustrations: Tables and Figures: Illustrations (tables and figures) should be embedded within the text. All illustrations should be cited in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc or Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.

Citations in the text: KJLIM follows APA style. All references should be cited in the text mentioning the last name of the author and year of publication between parentheses. In case of two authors, both should be mentioned. When there are three or more authors, mention only the first author followed by et al., and the year. See examples:

• One author: (Panda, 2010).
• Two-authors: (Sukla & Kaula, 1987)
• Three or more authors: papers by three or more authors are cited by the first author followed by et al., and the date: (Kaula et al., 2003).
• Two or more references with the same author and the same year: (Koltay, 2013a; 2013b; 2013c).

Citations in the reference section

At the end of the article, in the reference section the literature should be arranged in alphabetical order. If there is the occurrence of two or more works by the same author, they should be in chronological order.

Editorial Advisory Board
Prof. Tibor Koltay, Professor, DILS Szent Istvan University, Hungary
Prof. Jose Antonio Cordon Garcia, Professor, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Dr. H. Anil Kumar, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Ahmedabad, India
Edgar Crook, Assistant Director, Information Governance, Australian Sports Commission, Australia
Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Ex-Professor, DLIS, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Prof. G. Sujatha, Head, University Library, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Dr. Chandrakant Swain, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, India