Dear Sir/Madam, As you know the year 2011 marks the completion of 100 years of Library and Information Science Education in India. I am very glad to inform you that we are going to launch an ‘International Journal of Information Research’ on this occasion of centenary celebration of Library and Information Science education in India. I am glad to invite you to submit a paper for the ‘International Journal of Information Research (IJIR)’. The International Journal of Information Research is a fully peer-reviewed print as well as online open access scholarly journal that is going to be published quarterly by the ‘Scholarly Publishing and Open Access Resources (SPOAR)’. This is a print as well as an online open access journal for library, information and management (LIM) professionals. In this journal articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and news items, etc will be published. This journal covers all the current issues and practices in the field of library, information and management, e.g. information production; economics of information; information user’s needs and seeking patterns; information sources and services; information and knowledge management; library and information science education; curriculum framework; curriculum development; training, research and development in LIS education; digital library; technological advancement; collection development and management etc. This journal will keep professionals abreast of the current research and development in the field of library, information and management (LIM). SUBMISSION GUIDELINES a) Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts in .doc or .rtff format by email attachment to editorijir@gmail.com. Submissions should not be longer than 5,000 words including abstract, figures, tables, references and appendices. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be double-blind refereed by expert and members of the editorial board. The journal’s committee will remove personal details for the purpose of blind review process. b) The Journal’s committee may also decide for open review process. Therefore, for fast processing of peer-review, author can also send two reviewers name in their concerned specialised areas. But, it will be decided by the journal’s committee that nominee by authors would review the article or not. c) Manuscript should start with the title of paper, names of the authors and affiliations, the full address and E-mail ID with contact numbers. When the paper is published online there will be a link to the authors email address so that readers can contact you for further information. It is also required but not compulsory that author will submit his brief introduction for publication with article. d) Authors are requested to submit his manuscripts with abstracts of 250-300 words outlining the objectives, scope, methodology, key findings of the paper, and its implications with selected keywords. It is important that the abstracts should be clear, easily understandable, specific and in concise form. e) Manuscript reference style should be properly into APA (American Psychological Association) format. Fonts of the articles should be into twelve (12) points and in ‘Times New Roman’ style. f) Contributors should also provide at least three broad terms or keywords for search facility that highlight the topics covered by the paper. Within the journal website there will be a search facility to look for papers that have been published and the keywords will be used in conjunction with this. SCOPE AND COVERAGE Authors are requested to submit manuscript related to the trends and developments in the field of library and Information and management. The manuscript will be accepted for publication only on the basis of its originality, methodology and implications. The journal accepts academically robust papers, topical articles and case studies that contribute to the area of research in, and practice of information science. The journal publishes works in the categories: research papers, case studies, conference reports, view points and book reviews. Here are some sub-themes of the journal’s scope and coverage: Knowledge Management Information Seeking Behaviour Research Methodology Training and Research Information Literacy Information Literacy Skills Models of Information Literacy Digital and Hybrid Libraries Digital Collection and Preservation Collection Development and Management Electronic Publishing and Open Access Library Automation: Classification, Organizations, Catalogues Virtual Reference Services Databases and IR Techniques Human, Culture and Technology Drivers Institutional Repositories Knowledge Discovery Tools and Techniques Web Ontology Data Mining and Web Analysis Search Techniques and Page Ranking Web Resource Management and Semantic Web Metadata Harvesting and Web Resources Federated Search Standards and Protocols Knowledge, Architecture and Mapping Interoperability Issues Open Source Software Metadata and Social Networking Knowledge Networks User Assessment Tools and Techniques Intellectual Property Right, Copyright and Plagiarism Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Environment Usage Statistics Research and Performance Evaluation Citation Analysis Knowledge Dissemination Mechanism and Practices Open Access and Knowledge Dissemination Scholarly Communication, Grey Literature Institutional Repositories: Case Studies Knowledge Processing, Content Organization Role of Web in Information Dissemination Social Networking Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Library and Information Science Education LIS Curriculum Development Information Studies LIS Education: Problems and Issues Curriculum Framework Competency based Curriculum Research and Development Teaching Practice and Techniques Current Tends and Development Competencies, Skills and Knowledge etc and all areas of library and information science and management. EDITORIAL BOARD Many distinguished professor and experts is member of the editorial board from abroad and inland. Prof. A. S. Chandel Visiting Fellow & Chairman, Library Digitisation Project North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India Prof. (Mrs.) R. S. R. Varalaxmi, Department of Library and Information Science Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Prof. Jagtar Singh, Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Prof. S. P. Singh, Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi, Delhi, India Dr. Ismail Abdullahi, Associate Professor School of Library and Information Sciences North Carolina Central University, U.S.A. Prof. A. R. D. Prasad, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Bangalore, Karnataka, India Prof. K. C. Panda, Department of Library and Information Science Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India Dr. U. N. Singh, Librarian Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India Prof. Shabahat Husain, Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel Department of Library and Information Science, Kalyani University, Kalyani, West Bengal, India Dr. S. N. Singh, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India Dr. V. Sreenivasulu, Librarian Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar Senior Science & Technology Librarian King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Filiberto Felipe Martinez-Arellano, University Center for Library Science Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Prof. P. Panigrahi, Department of Library and Information Science University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Mrs Madely du Preez, Lecturer Department of Library and Information Science University of South Africa, Pretoria Prof. Yan Ma, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies University of Rhode Island, Kingston, U.S.A. Prof. N. R. Satyanarayana Department of Library and Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Dr. Ann Shumelda Okerson, Associate Director, Yale University Library Collections & International Programs & Director of the NERL Consortium, New Haven, U.S.A. Dr. Aditya Tripathi, Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Dr. Naresh Agarwal, Assistant Professor Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science The Fenway, Boston. U.S.A. The Journal’s issue will come in June, 2011 so far authors are requested to submit his research paper for publication. Authors will get a print copy of the published journal. Last date of submission of article is 28th May, 2011. Contact for more information: Dr. Akhilesh KS Yadav Contact No.: +91-8059096265 (Mob.) Email ID: akhilksy@gmail.com ==================================== Best Regards Prof. H. N. Prasad, Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.) PIN -221 005 (India) Contact No. +91- 9415336709 (Mob.) Email ID: hnprasad.bhu@gmail.com http://www.bhu.ac.in/dlis/ ==================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.