Author Guidelines
Library Herald is a peer-reviewed, hybrid (print & online on-demand) quarterly journal that publishes original research and reviews papers on the entire spectrum of library science, library education, and IT applied to library activities, services, and products. Major subject fields covered include information systems, knowledge management, collection building & management, information behavior & retrieval, Librarianship/library management, Library & information services, Records management & preservation, etc. Typescripts required for consideration in the Library Herald are:
Research papers (max length: 4000 words or 10 typed pages of A4 size, including figures and references) containing original research findings clearly and concisely.
Review articles (max length: 5500 words or 15 typed pages of A4 size, including figures and references) are expected to cover surveys, integrate, and critically examine new information accumulated in recent years in a particular subject field.
Submission
Article (s) should be submitted to the Editor, Library Herald, through designated e-mail (libraryherald@gmail.com) and a Word ® attachment or through the online platform as mentioned in the submission tab. The author(s) should obtain copyright clearance for materials used in the article. It will be assumed that submitting an article to this journal implies that all the foregoing conditions apply.
Article Processing Fee
A nominal processing charges (APC) will be charged for meeting the expenditure occurs on publishing, editorial, language editor, operational, peer-review, and other functional costs.
The processing fee for each article (solo or jointly) will be Rs. 6000 (Six Thousand) for the General Category, Rs. 4000 (Four Thousand) for DLA Life Members & 100 Dollars for foreign nationals. The APC will only apply to the paper (s) that have been accepted for publication. Articles published in a ‘Special Issue’ or a ‘Dedicated Issue’ will be exempted from APC. On a special case/request (s), the President of DLA may waive off the APC. The details of the APC payment are as:
Name - Delhi Library Association
Bank Name - Canara
Account No - 2846101000334
IFSC Code - CNRB0002846
SWIFT Code - CNRBINBBBFD(Foreign Authors)
Address - Community Centre, Naraina Vihar, Delhi-110028.
Review Process
Library Herald follows a double-blind and two-round independent peer-review process. LH makes full confidentiality among authors and reviewers and does not make biased decisions.
Language
All articles must be submitted in standard English (preferably British). Authors for whom English is a second language are encouraged to seek assistance in writing from a native speaker. Manuscripts written in poor English will not be sent for review.
Confidentiality
Library Herald considers the submitted manuscript and all communication with authors and referees confidential. Authors must also treat communication with LH as confidential
Plagiarism
As per the international standards and UGC norms, manuscripts with a similarity index of less than 10 percent will only be accepted. The author (s) must submit a plagiarism report checked by internationally accepted plagiarism detection software (PDS) along with the manuscript.
General Author Guidelines
Organization: The general organization 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 the introduction, main sections and sub-sections, and conclusion.
Each section of the article follows a hierarchical number pattern for the headings and sub-headings (1st level), with 0 being the number for the first section (usually introduction).
Footnotes to the text should be avoided, but where 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 several references. Where applicable, the authors shall obtain copyrights of other works in the text.
Reference Style
References should be indicated in the text by superscript numbers continuously and listed at the end, following the Indian Standard IS:2381-1978, in the same order as they appear in the text. Some examples of various types of documents are given below:
Books
SINGH (K P). Playing from the front: A story of unfolded acts of a Library and Information Science Teacher.2020. AKS Publishing House; Delhi. P520
Journal Article
VASHISHTH (C P). Rural information system initiatives in India. Library Herald. 45, 3; 2007; 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). Network architecture and system requirements for MALIBNET. Seminar on Library Networks in India; 12-13 August 1993. DRTC, Bangalore.
Dissertations/Thesis
SINGH (KP). Information seeking behaviour of agriculture scientists working in select ICAR institutions in Delhi and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana: A study. 2007. Guru Nanak Dev University (Thesis).
All correspondence should be addressed to Professor RAKESH KUMAR BHATT, MANAGING EDITOR, LIBRARY HERALD, Ranganathan Bhavan, ‘C’ Block, Community Centre, Near CGHS Dispensary, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi-110 028, India. E-mail: libraryherald@gmail.com, Website: www.dlaindia.in
