Instructions To Authors
The editors invite original, scholarly articles and research papers within the broad field of Library and Information Science for publication in Library Herald. Articles, etc. that have not been published previously or submitted elsewhere, and that are not under review for another publication in any medium (e.g., printed journal, conference proceedings, electronic or optical medium) should be submitted to the Editor, Library Herald. All submissions should preferably be through email (library@h gemarial.lcodm) along with Word ® attachment. In addition, hard copy through post should be accompanied by a CD-R containing the soft copy of the paper. The author(s) should obtain copyright clearance for materials used in the article. It will be assumed that submission of an article to this journal implies that all the foregoing conditions are applicable. Please read and download from http:/www.freewebs.comlibraryherald.LibHer_Copyright.pdf copyright assignment form, complete it in all respects and send it to the Editor by post.
Peer Review: All contributions submitted will be subjected to peer review. To allow anonymous refereeing, please submit author(s) identification, affiliation, e-mail etc. in a separate page (not in the main text of the article).
Format: Papers (4000 words normally, 5000 words in exceptional cases), short communications (1500-3000 words) on new ideas/new areas of work/innovations/action research/ongoing investigations/conference and seminar and workshop outcomes, and book reviews (800-1500 words) should be neatly typed on one side of A4 size paper with double spacing and a wide margin to the left.
Organisation: The general organisation of research papers should be as follows: the nature and scope of the study should be stated first, then the details of methods, materials, tools, procedures and/or equipments used: followed by findings, discussion and conclusion. Appendices may be used to amplify details where appropriate. Scholarly papers should have an abstract of about 300 words before introduction, Key terms, main sections and sub-sections, and conclusion.
Each section of the article should follow a hierarchical number pattern for the headings and sub-headings (1st level), with 0 being the number for the first section (usually introduction). Tables and Figures should be typed in separate sheets and their position in the text should be indicated clearly. Please supply camera-ready copy of all figures (normally in high resolution GIF or JPEG), as these shall not normally be redrawn.
Footnotes to the text should be avoided, but wherever used, should be numbered consecutively and presented as endnotes.
Citations of other works should be limited to those strictly necessary for arguments. Short quotations should be included in the text within inverted commas (“ ”) and quotations of more than 30 words should be placed in a separate paragraph indented from the main body of the text. However, all quotations should be accompanied by precise references indicating number of the reference. The authors, wherever applicable, shall obtain copyrights of others’ works in the text.
Please visit website of Library Herald at http://www.freeweb.com/libraryherald References should be indicated in the text by superscript numbers continuously and listed at the end, following the Indian Standard 1S:2381-1978, in the same order as they appear in the text. Some examples of various types of documents are given below:
Books: Mookerjee (Subodh Kumar) (1969). Development of libraries and library science in India. 1969. World Press; Calcutta.
Journal Articles: Vashishth (C P) (2007). Rural inf system initiatives in India. Library Herald. 45(3): 191-204.
Book Chapters: Patil (D B). Karnataka state university libraries network (Kaulibnet), In Vashishth (C P), Ed. Computerisation and library networks. 1990. ILA; Delhi. Pp 363-372.
Conference Papers: Raghavan (J) and Vijayalakshmi (S) (1993). Network architecture and system requirements for Malibnet. Seminar on Library Networks in India; 12-13 August, 1993. DRTC, Bangalore
Dissertations: SUNIL KUMAR (2003). Rural library and community resource centres (RLCRCs) in India with special reference to states having library legislation: Problems and prospects. 2003. Gwalior, Jiwaji University (Unpublished PhD Thesis).