ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


40 / C&RL News ■ January 2002

College & Research Libraries news

C&RL News submission guidelines

E d ito ria l p u r p o s e
College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) 
publishes articles, reports, and essays written by 
practitioners addressing philosophy and tech­
niques of day-to-day m anagem ent of academic 
library services and collections. C&RL News pro­
vides current information relating to issues, ac­
tivities, and personalities of the higher education 
and academ ic/research library field. User educa­
tion, technology, professional education, preser­
vation, government actions that affect libraries, 
public relations, acquisitions of special collections, 
grants to libraries, reports on meetings, products, 
and the business of ACRL are covered in C&RL 
News. Established in 1966, C&RL News is the offi­
cial newsm agazine and publication of record of 
the Association of College and Research Libraries 
(ACRL). It maintains a record of selected actions 
and policy statements of the association and p u b ­
lishes timely reports on the activities of ACRL and 
its units. It is published 11 times per year.

C o n te n t
The editor bears all responsibility for the content 
of each issue of C&RL News and selects all m ate­
rial for publication. 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 docu­
ments). Note: Formal, theoretical, or research-ori­
ented articles inappropriate for C&RL News will 
be forwarded to the editor of College & Research 
Libraries for consideration.

Material selected should fall into one of the 
following categories:

1. Articles on a project, program, or service 
d e a lin g  w ith  a to p ic  re le v a n t to a ca d em ic  
librarianship (e.g., “Academic librarians as advi­
sors,” October 2000).

2. Reports for “Conference Circuit” that sum ­
marize the highlights and significance of a recent 
conference, workshop, or m eeting of interest to 
academic or research librarians (e g., “The Asso­
ciated Colleges of the Midwest,” May 2001).

3. Essays for “The Way I See It” that offer rea­
soned and informed speculation or comm ent on 
relevant topics (e.g., “Print book bibliographies 
on the Web,” March 2001).

4. Topics for the “Internet Resources” column. 
Submit a topic idea and brief information about 
the com piler’s know ledge of the proposed topic. 
Compilers w hose topics are selected will receive 
specific manuscript preparation information (e.g., 
“Resources for library assessment,” January 2001).

5. Essays for “Focus on Libraries” that describe 
new  or innovative services or facilities (“Sharing 
the w ealth,” April 2001).

6. Essays that explore the ACRL President's 
theme. The them e for 2001-2002 is “ACRL: The 
Learning Community for Excellence in Academic 
Libraries.”

7. Hum orous essays and cartoons related to 
issues of academic librarianship and higher e du­
cation (e.g., “Field guide to library managers,” April 
1999).

8. Essays for the “Scholarly Communication” 
column (“portal,” May 2001).

9. Standards, guidelines, or recom mendations 
of an ACRL committee or other official ACRL group 
(e g., “Objectives for information literacy instruc­
tion,” April 2001).

10. Requests for the donation of books or m a­
terials to libraries. C&RL News may occasionally 
initiate requests for the donation of books or m a­
terials to libraries, especially foreign libraries, 
which have suffered extensive loss through fire, 
hurricane, or natural disaster. Other libraries so­
liciting contributions for other reasons will be re­
ferred to the rates for classified advertising in C&RL 
News.

I n s tr u c tio n s  to  a u th o r s
7. Style. Articles should be practical and written 
in an informal, accurate, and inform ative m an ­
ner and follow The Chicago M a n u a l o f  Style, 
14th ed.

Manuscripts should be original and not pu b ­
lished elsewhere. (Exceptions may be m ade for 
items previously published in institutional new s­
letters.) Footnotes, charts, and tables should be 
kept to a minimum.

2. Length. News notes may b e 150-350 words; 
reports of m eetings for the “Conference Circuit” 
should be 750-1,000 words; essays for “The Way 
I See It” should be 750-1,000 words; articles should 
be no more than 2,000 words.

3. G raphics. W h e n e v e r p o ss ib le , p h o t o ­
graphs, illustrations, images from Web sites, etc., 
should accom pany article subm issions. Authors 
are responsible for obtaining perm ission to use 
graphic materials. Submit cam era-ready artw ork 
for all illustrations. O n the back of each p h o to ­
graph include a brief caption, credits (if a p p ro ­
priate) and your nam e, address, p h o n e  num ­
ber, a nd e-mail.

4. Subm itting manuscripts. Manuscripts must 
be su b m itte d  e le ctro n ica lly  to the e d ito r at 
sorphan@ala.org. (Note: An e-mail note of inquiry 
may precede submission of the article.)

E d . n o t e :  These guidelines were adopted by 
the C&RL News Editorial Board at the 2001 An­
nual Conference in San Francisco. ■

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