ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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CARL News submission guidelines

Editorial purpo se
College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) 
publishes articles written by practitioners ad­
dressing philosophy and techniques of 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 of special collections, 
grants to libraries, reports on meetings, prod­
ucts, and the business of ACRL are covered in 
C&RL News.

Established in 1966, C&RL News is the offi­
cial news magazine and publication of record 
of the Association of College and Research Li­
braries (ACRL). It maintains a record of selected 
actions and policy statements of the associa­
tion and publishes timely reports on the activi­
ties of ACRL and its units. It is published 11 
times p er 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  au th o rs
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 
elsewhere (although an item published in an 
institutional new sletter may be considered). 
Footnotes, charts, and tables should be kept to 
a minimum.

2. Length. News notes may be 150-350 
words; reports of meetings for the “Conference 
Circuit” should be 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. Content. 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 li- 
brarianship (e.g., “Academic reference service 
over electronic mail,” November 1992).

b. Reports for the “Conference Circuit” de­
partm ent that summarize the key points/high- 
lights o f a recent conference, w orkshop, or 
meeting of interest to academic or research li­
brarians (e.g., “The très grande bibliothèque 
and the library of the future,” June 1992).

c. Essays for “The Way I See It” that offer 
reasoned and informed speculation or comment 
on a relevant topic (e.g., “Food for Thought,” 
December 1991).

d. Standards, guidelines, or recommenda­
tions of an ACRL committee or other official 
ACRL group (e.g., “Model Statement for the 
Screening and Appointment of Academic Librar­
ians Using a Search Committee,” November 1992).

e. C&RL News may occasionally print re­
quests for the donation of 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 you r m anuscript. Authors 
should submit two copies, double-spaced, fol­
lowing The Chicago M a n u a l o f Style, 13th ed. 
(Note: A letter of inquiry may precede submis­
sion of the article.) If the manuscript is pre­
pared on a w ord processor, please supply an 
electronic version o f the manuscript— as a text 
file in an IBM compatible format, preferably in 
WordPerfect 5.1 or ASCII. Note: Please label disks 
with your name, phone number, 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 photograph 
include: a brief caption, credits (if appropriate), and 
your name, address, and telephone number.

Ed. note: These guidelines w ere reviewed 
by the C&RL News Editorial Board at the 1992 
A nnual C o n fere n ce in San F rancisco an d  
adopted by it in the fall of 1992. ■

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