Perspectives & Practices is a collection of first-person narratives that incorporate an experience, process, project, or trend report related to an aspect of technical services.
Potential topics include:
acquisitions
cataloging and metadata
serials and electronic resources (including open access resources)
collection management
digital archives
leadership and management in technical services
Authors may describe a project with a particular challenge, provide a first-hand account of a conference or training session, outline a process followed in their work, or report on a trend in the field of technical services.
The text should be engaging and personal while remaining professional. This is not a scholarly article and does not need an abstract or bibliography. If citations are used, however, we ask that you comply with the Chicago Manual of Style author-date format. Authors are encouraged to include links or references for further reading and exploration of the topics they engage in. Submissions should fall between 1000 and 2500 words; conference or training write-ups and trend reports may be fewer than 1000 words. Submissions should not have been previously published.
Brief reviews of 200-500 words on open source and proprietary software, library management systems, and other tools and resources implemented and utilized to support acquiring, maintaining, and providing access to information resources. Reviews should address available features and tested applications as well as potential drawbacks or missing functionalities.
Deadlines
Unsolicited submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. However, for consideration for a particular issue, please submit by the following dates:
January issue – by Sept. 1
April issue – by Dec. 1
August issue – by Apr. 1
October issue – by June 1
Submission Instructions
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On the Submissions page click “Make a New Submission” in the blue box.
In the Submission form that opens:
select the type of submission you are making from the "Section" dropdown
review and acknowledge the submission checklist
upload your files
add details about your submission
NOTE:
If there are multiple authors, only one needs to complete the submission process.
Costs
Atla Open Press is committed to a peer-reviewed open access publication model without article processing charges, article submission charges, or other author fees.
Authors of submissions to the "Perspectives & Practices" and "Reviews" sections grant Atla an exclusive right of first publication, display, and distribution, while retaining all other rights.
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