Scope

JLSC invites papers on the following topics as they relate to the intersection of librarianship and scholarly communication.

Authors are encouraged to emphasize the applied aspects of their research and findings for fellow library and information practitioners. Discussions of theoretical frameworks accompanied by practice-oriented recommendations or examples are encouraged, as are interdisciplinary and international perspectives and emerging models or innovations.

The list of topics below is not meant to be exhaustive but suggests the broad areas with which JLSC is concerned. For information on formatting manuscripts, please refer to the Section Policies. If you have questions, please contact the Editors.

  • Open Research/Open Science/Open Scholarship
    • Open research outputs (including open data, open code, open software, open source, etc.)
    • Using open research to address global issues of equity in scholarly communication
    • Roles for libraries and librarians in open research/open science/open scholarship
  • Open Access (OA)
    • OA outreach and advocacy
    • University/funder/government OA policies and mandates
    • Transformative/Read & Publish agreements/Article Processing Charges (APCs)
  • Open Infrastructure and Scholarly Communication
    • Repositories: national, institutional, disciplinary
    • Research data management and sharing
    • Interoperability, persistent identifiers (PIDs), metadata
  • Library as Publisher/Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Libraries
    • Diamond OA publishing
    • Emerging and alternative approaches to publishing
    • OERs
    • Open pedagogy
    • OER organizational/business models and policy
  • Copyright, Rights Retention and Open Licensing
    • Open licensing/Creative Commons licenses
    • Copyright implications in scholarly communication
    • Role for libraries in rights retention
    • Copyright literacy/education
  • Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Library
    • Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion/bibliodiversity
    • Indigenous Data Sovereignty and governance/applications
    • Indigenous research methodologies
  • Research Metrics/Impact
    • Bibliometrics/research impact
    • Responsible research assessment
    • Citation injustice
  • Scholarly Communication Services and Operations
    • Organizational/strategic planning/sustainability for scholarly communication services
    • Professional development and scholarly communication
    • Collaborative scholarly communication initiatives between libraries and other academic units (e.g., research offices)
    • Integrating OA/OER materials into library collections/enhancing discoverability
    • Instruction and information literacy on scholarly communications topics
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Impact and application for any topic above