Guides @ UF: LibSci: Journals

Archives, Special Collections, Digital Libraries, & Preservation

Archival Science
Covers all aspects of archival storage and interpretation.
Archives and Records
An international journal publishing research related to the study and interpretation of archives and records including new media and information technology.
Digital Libraries Perspectives
Keeps readers informed about digital libraries and library services applying digital technologies for supporting the data, information and knowledge life cycle.
International Journal on Digital Libraries
Aimed at advancing the theory & practice of acquisition, definition, organization, management, & dissemination of digital information via global networking.
Journal of Archival Organization
Addresses a broad range of issues of interest to the profession including archival management and staffing, archival technologies, the arrangement and description of records collection, collection growth and access, diversity and gender, grant-funding, and institutional support.
RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Cultural Heritage
Covers issues pertaining to special collections libraries & cultural heritage institutions, including emerging technologies, economic models for collecting, creation of strategic partnerships, etc.
World Digital Libraries
Presents original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance.

Assessment

Performance Measurement and Metrics
The international journal of library assessment, value and impact
Library Management
Reflects the latest research undertaken in academic, government and corporate institutions by reporting contemporary thought, whilst also exploring practical implications for those involved in teaching and practice.

Collections

ASLIB Journal of Information Management
Provides key insights into cutting-edge developments in research, practice and associated techniques at the creation, storage, usage, share, archival and destruction of information and data.
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Emphasizes full-length research and review articles, descriptions of new programs and technology relevant to cataloging and classification, considered speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic control for the future, and solicited book reviews.
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Last full-text availability is in 2017, vol. 55, issue 7; open-access text still available for later years
Collection and Curation
Provides well-researched and authoritative information on the rapidly-changing conceptions of what collection development is in libraries, archives, museums and galleries.
Journal of Library Resource Sharing
Provides an international forum for the presentation of pure and applied research results, discussion of best practices, and review of the literature regarding all aspects of library resource sharing.
Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services
Provides a forum for the international exchange of ideas and experiences among members of the library collection management, technical services, vendor and publishing communities throughout the world.
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From 2021, articles were submitted to the Journal of Library of Resource Sharing instead
Serials Librarian
Original articles selected through anonymous review, brief management-oriented articles and full-length research devoted to all major aspects of serials librarianship in academic, public, medical, law and other special libraries

Community Engagement & Belonging

Diversity and Inclusion Research: Open Access Multidisciplinary journal publishing high-quality research focused on improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at the individual, organizational, and societal level.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal Offers a platform for critical and rigorous exploration of equal opportunities concerns including gender, ethnicity, class, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, as well as other nascent forms of inequalities in the context of society, organizations and work.
Information & Culture Examines the social and cultural influences and impact of information and its associated technologies, broadly construed, on all areas of human endeavor.
Multicultural Perspectives Promotes the philosophy of social justice, equity, and inclusion; celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches the fabric of society; and encourages a range of material from academic to personal perspectives; poetry and art; articles of an academic nature illuminating the discussion of cultural pluralism and inclusion; articles and position papers reflecting a variety of disciplines; and reviews of film, art, and music that address or embody multicultural forms.
Public Services Quarterly Covers a broad spectrum of public service issues in academic libraries, presenting practical strategies for implementing new initiatives and research-based insights into effective practices; publishes research-based and theoretical articles as well as case studies that advance the understanding of public services, including reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other services to patrons.

History of Books, Libraries, and LIS

Library & Information History The journal of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals, and the only British periodical devoted exclusively to the history of libraries and librarianship and to the burgeoning field of information history.
The Library The journal of the Bibliographical Society; all aspects of descriptive, analytical, textual and historical bibliography come within its scope, including the history of the production, distribution and reception of books, both manuscript and printed; the history of collecting and of libraries; paper, printing types, book illustration, and binding; and the transmission of texts and their authenticity.

Reference & Research Assistance

Internet Reference Services Publishes research on reference librarianship in the digital age and related technology and innovations for user services, including instruction and usability
Public Services Quarterly Covers a broad spectrum of public service issues in academic libraries, presenting practical strategies for implementing new initiatives and research-based insights into effective practices; publishes research-based and theoretical articles as well as case studies that advance the understanding of public services, including reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other services to patrons.
The Reference Librarian Refereed journal on reference librarianship in the digital age and related technology and innovations for user services, including instruction and usability
Reference Services Review Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Reference & User Services Quarterly Refereed articles on all aspects of library service to adults, and reference service and collection development at every level for all types of libraries.
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Full-text availability until 2021; will be relaunched as RUSQ: A Journal of Reference and User Experience in 2024.

Scholarly Communication

The Journal of Electronic Publishing Open access journal that publishes research about contemporary scholarly and digital publishing issues and practices; aims to become a platform to rigorously interrogate the intellectual, political, and ethical implications of new forms of publishing, to closely monitor developments in the publishing industry, and to continuously reflect on the role of publishing and publishing institutions in the wider scholarly communication landscape.
Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy The research areas covered in JIFP include censorship, freedom of expression, and data collection and dissemination, all understood broadly. The Journal also welcomes contributions that describe the justifications of and descriptive stories behind the development of information policy, as well as critical perspectives on existing information policies.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication Covers topics in librarianship & publishing, including methods for dissemination of information, information exchange, curation of information, etc.
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The world’s leading law review exclusively devoted to the subject of copyright law
Publications International, peer-reviewed, fully open access journal that provides a home for research related to all aspects of scholarly publication and culture.
Publishing Research Quarterly Publishes significant research on or about books, the publishing and book distribution process, and the social, political, economic, and technological conditions that help shape this process.
Scholarly and Research Communication Emphasis is on dynamics of representation and changing organizational elements, including technologically mediated workflows, ownership, and legal structures.

Technology & Library Systems

Data Technologies and Applications Focuses on the management of digital information, mostly covering Information Science and Information System aspects. Covers all aspects of the data revolution brought about by the Internet and the World-Wide-Web.
Journal of Systems and Information Technology Provides an avenue for scholarly work focusing on applications of information technology, systems thinking and information analytics to research problems in built, business, cultural and natural environments.
Library Hi Tech Concerned with technology-assisted information systems that support libraries & cultural memory, education & the academy, health & medicine, and government & citizenship