ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


Ja n u a ry 1994 /  2 7

C & R L N e w s su b m issio n  g u id e lin e s

Editorial purpose
College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News') 
publishes articles written by practitioners ad­
dressing philosophy and techniques of day-to- 
day m anagem ent o f academic library services 
and collections. C&RL News provides current 
information relating to issues, activities, and per­
sonalities o f the higher education and research 
library field. User education, technology, pro­
fessional education, preservation, governm ent 
actions that affect libraries, public relations, 
preservation, acquisitions o f special collections, 
grants to libraries, reports on meetings, prod­
ucts, and the business o f ACRL are covered in 
C&RL News.

Established in 1966, C&RL News is the offi­
cial news magazine and publication of record 
o f the Association o f College and Research Li­
braries (ACRL). It maintains a record of selected 
actions and policy statem ents of the associa­
tion and publishes timely reports on the activi­
ties o f ACRL and its units. It is published 11 
times per year.

The editor bears full responsibility for the 
content of each issue of C&RL News and selects 
material for publication based on the follow­
ing criteria. The editor also reserves the right 
to make appropriate revisions in material selected 
for publication in order to standardize style or im­
prove clarity (except official ACRL documents).

Note: Formal, theoretical, or research-ori­
ented articles inappropriate for C&RL News will 
be forwarded to the editor of College & Research 
Libraries for review.

Instructions to authors
1. Style. Articles should be of a practical na­
ture and written in an informal, accurate, and 
inform ative m anner. M anuscripts subm itted 
should be original and usually not published 
elsew here (although an item published in an 
institutional new sletter may be considered). 
Footnotes, charts, and tables should be kept to 
a minimum.

2. L ength. News notes may be 150-350 
words; reports of meetings for the “Conference 
Circuit” should b e 750-1,000 words; essays for 
“The Way I See It” should be 750 words; ar­
ticles should be no  more than 2,000 words.

3. C o n te n t Material selected should fall into 
one o f the following categories:

a. Reports on a project, program, or service deal­
ing with a topic relevant to academic librarianship 
(e.g., “Historical ecology: LSU’s electronic imaging 
laboratory,” September 1993).

b. Reports for the “Conference Circuit” that 
summarize the key points/highlights o f a re­
cent conference, w orkshop, or m eeting of in­
terest to academic or research librarians (e.g., 
“Rethinking reference: Smashing icons at Berke­
ley,” (May 1993).

c. Essays for “The Way I See It” that of­
fer re a so n e d  a n d  inform ed sp e c u la tio n  or 
c o m m e n t o n  a re le v a n t to p ic  (e .g ., “The 
myths su rro u n d in g  faculty status for librar­
ian s,” N ovem ber 1993).

d. S tandards, gu id elin es, o r re c o m m e n ­
dations o f an ACRL com m ittee or o th er of­
ficial ACRL group (e.g., “Standards for e th ­
ical conduct for Rare Book, . . .” (April 1993)

e. C&RL News may occasionally print re­
quests for the donation o f books or materials 
to libraries, especially foreign libraries, which 
have suffered extensive loss through fire, hurricane, 
or natural disaster. Other libraries soliciting contri­
butions for other reasons will be referred to the 
rates for classified advertising in C&RL News.

4. Subm itting y o u r m an u scrip t. Authors 
should submit two copies, double-spaced, fol­
lowing The Chicago M a n u a l o f  Style, 14th ed. 
(Note: A letter o f inquiry may precede submis­
sion of the article.) If the m anuscript is pre­
pared on a w ord processor, please supply an 
electronic version o f the m anuscript—as a text 
file in an IBM com patible format, preferably in 
WordPerfect 5.1 or ASCII. Note: Please label disks 
with your name, phone, e-mail address, and 
filename. Manuscripts and inquiries may also be 
submitted via the Internet: U38398@uicvm.uic.edu.

Submit camera-ready artwork for all illustrations. 
Accompany each with a number and a brief, mean­
ingful caption. On the back of each photo include: 
a brief caption, credits (if appropriate), and your 
name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

Ed. note: These guidelines w ere reviewed 
by the C&RL News Editorial Board at the 1992 
A n nual C o n fe re n c e  in San F ran cisco  a n d  
adopted by it in the fall of 1992. ■

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