Dear LIS Links Members,

I am happy to inform you all that a new service is introduced for the members. It is the LIS Links Newsletter.

I am attaching the details of this Newsletter but before that, I would like to explain the philosophy behind it. It is an endeavour from the part of the LIS Links founder Dr. Badan Barman where we, the members can take active part in fulfilling the mission: to make aware of the issues both globally and more importantly, locally. It will be a medium of rapid communication of innovative ideas of the members of LisLinks fraternity in the form of technical/research articles which may be fundamental or applied or translational in nature.  I shall come up with more details shortly as this is the time for our members to learn about the new initiative.

I earnestly appeal to all the LIS Links members to be frank & open to express their suggestions which the editorial board invites.  

With all the best from the editorial Team

Siddhartha S. Ray

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Editorial Board

Editor: Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Associate Editor: Badan Barman

Assistant Editor: Kankana Baishya

Member: Manjunath K S, Munesh Kumar

 

                                    Contents

Editorial Column

Research Article

LIS News

Upcoming Events

Job Vacancies

Book Reviews

Call for Articles

New PhD Awardees

New Appointments

Happy Retired Life

Obituary

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Call for Papers: LIS Links Newsletter

 

Original papers based on any research and such others in the field of Library and Information Science are invited from the academic community for the LIS Links Newsletter.

 

Author’s Guidelines

Unique:Articles submitted to the newsletter should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form, or be under consideration for publication with another journal/magazine.

Length:The total length of the paper should not normally exceed 5000 words (maximum of 10 pages in length) including charts, graphs, tables, annexure etc.

Basic Formatting: All pages should be without page number, header text and footer text. Kindly use A4 size, Times New Roman, 12 font size only.

Submission Deadline: The research article can be submitted anytime.

Sending the Paper:Kindly send your paper as a single MS Word document that includes text, tables and figures in appropriate places as email attachment to newsletter@lislinks.com.

You are also kindly requested to send all the figures as separate attached file for inclusion in the web version.

Flow of Article:The article at "LIS Links Newsletter”goes through the following steps

a) Submission of the article by author (s)

b) Primary review by the member of the editorial board.

c) Check for plagiarism by using standard software package by the Assistant Editor.

d) Review by the Associate Editor.

e) Editing by language editor

f) Sending the article to the author for consent

g) Receiving the consent from the author

h) After clarification (if any)/modification (if any) paper will be accepted for publication by the Editor.

Time Lag for Publication: The article will be considered for publication within two month from the date of submission. Otherwise the author(s) can submit it to any other publication even without taking permission from the editorial board.

Publication Date:Authors will be communicated about the status of their papers within thirty days of submission. The article will be considered for publication within two month from the date of submission.

Paper Acceptance: All submissions will be peer-reviewed using criteria of originality, accuracy and quality of contribution in the field. The final decision for publication is made by the Editorupon recommendation of Editorial Board.

Newsletter Funding: The newsletter is currently supported by some voluntary members from the LIS Links community.

Subscription Rate: The LIS Links Newsletter is published online only and distributed to all the LIS Links members free of cost.

Subscription Form: Anyone who want to receive the LIS Links Newsletter need to become a member of the LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) online community.

Publisher: LIS Links Newsletter is published by LIS Links.

 

 

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Format of a Paper

Title of the Paper

 

First Author Name

Designation, Institutional Affiliation, Address

Email

Co-Authors & their affiliations & e-mails

(Please put * after the name of Corresponding Author even if he/she is the First Author)

 

Abstract

Purpose:

Design/methodology/approach:

Findings:

Research Limitations:

Practical Implications:

Originality/value:

Keywords:

Paper Type:

 

1. Introduction

2. Literature Search/Review

3. Research Problems

4. Aims and Objectives

5. Hypothesis

6. Findings: Methods, Results, Analysis, Discussion

7. Limitations

Others

9. Conclusion and Recommendation

 

References / Citation Style: Authors are kindly requested to follow APA citation style strictly.

Acknowledgement: If any

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Forwarding Letter

 

To

The Editor

LIS Links Newsletter

 

 

Subject:          Submission of Manuscript for LIS Links Newsletter

                        Paper Title:

                       

Dear Editor,

            With reference to above, please find my submission of a paper for possible publications in LIS Links Newsletter.

            I have read the “Author’s Guideline” of the newsletter. I hereby declared that the content of this paper is prepared accordingly. The paper send for publication is original and it has been neither published elsewhere fully or partially nor submitted for publication fully or partially elsewhere simultaneously.

            I also affirm that the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the paper and their inclusion of name(s) as co-author(s).

 

Signature of the First/Corresponding Author:

Name of the First/Corresponding Author:

Affiliation:

Address:

Email:

Mobile:

 

 

 

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Copyright Transfer Agreement

 

I (We) confirm that the enclosed article entitled:

 

Author 1 (In case of multiple authors, repeat the following field for each author)

Name:

Institution:

Address:

Mobile:

Email:

 

has not previously been published in whole or in part, is not currently being considered elsewhere for publication.

            I/we also grant permission to LIS Links Newsletter for making necessary changes in the title and content of the paper, if required while being considered for publication.

            I/we acknowledge that it is a condition of acceptance by the LIS Links Newsletter to release the contents under CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

  

Signature

(This form is to be signed by the

First/Corresponding Author on the behalf of all the authors)