ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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C&RL N ew s subm ission g u id e lin e s

Editorial purpose
College & R esearch  L ib raries News (C&RL News')
publishes articles written by practitioners ad­
dressing philosophy and techniques o f day-to-
day management of academic library services
and collections. C&RL News provides current
information relating to issues, activities, and per­
sonalities of the higher education and research
library field. User education, technology, pro­
fessional education, preservation, government
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 o f record
o f the Association o f College and Research Li­
braries (ACRL). It maintains a record o f selected
actions and policy statements o f 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 o f each issue o f 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
improve 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 C ollege & R esearch
L ib raries for review.

Instructions to authors
1. Style. Articles should be practical and

written in an informal, accurate, and informa­
tive manner. Manuscripts should be original and
usually not published elsewhere (although an
item published in an institutional newsletter may
be considered). Footnotes, charts, and tables
should be kept to a minimum.

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

3. C ontent. Material selected should fall into
one o f the following categories:

a. Reports on a project, program, or service 
 dealing with a topic relevant to academic librari

anship (e.g., “Historical ecology: LSU’s electronic 
 imaging laboratory,” September 1993).
 b. Reports for “C onference Circuit” that 
 summarize the highlights o f a recent con fer­

e n ce, w orkshop, or m eeting o f interest to 
 academ ic or research librarians (e.g ., “Re­

thinking reference: Smashing icons at B er­
 k e le y ,” May 1993).
 c. Essays for “The Way I See It” that offer 
 reasoned and informed speculation or com ­

ment on a relevant topic (e.g., “The myths sur­
 rounding faculty status for librarians,” Novem­

ber 1993).
d. Standards, guidelines, or recommenda­

 tions o f an ACRL committee or other official 
ACRL group (e.g., “Standards for ethical con­

 duct for Rare Book April 1993)
e. C&RL News m ay occasionally print requests 

for the donation o f books or materials to librar­
 ies, especially foreign libraries, which have suf­

fered 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. Submitting m anuscripts. Authors should 
 submit two copies, double-spaced, following 
 The C h icag o M a n u a l o f  Style, 14th ed. to C&RL 

News Editor, American Library Association, 50 
E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. (Note: A letter of 

 inquiry may precede submission of the article.) 
 If the manuscript is prepared on a word pro­

cessor, please supply an electronic version of 
the manuscript— as a text file in an IBM com ­
patible format, preferably in WordPerfect 5.1 or 

 ASCII. Note: Please label 3 ½ ” disks with your 
name, phone number, e-mail, and filename. 

 Manuscripts and inquiries may also be submit­
 ted via the Internet: mary.ellen.davis@ala.org.
 Submit camera-ready artwork for all illustra­
 tions. Accompany each with a number and a 

brief, meaningful caption. On the back of each 
 photograph include: a brief caption, credits (if 
 appropriate), and your name, address, phone 
 number, and e-mail.

Ed. note: These guidelines were reviewed 
by the C&RL News Editorial Board at the 1992 

 Annual C o n feren ce in San Fran cisco and 
adopted by it in the fall of 1992.

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