About the Journal
Jalingo International Journal of Library and Information Science (JIJLIS), from the Department of Library and Information Science, Taraba State University is a peer-review scholarly journal aimed at encouraging Library and Information Science Educators, Academic Librarians, Researchers, and Postgraduates toward conducting empirical and conceptual research in the fields of Library and Information Science, Digital Scholarship, Information and Knowledge Management, Information and Communication Technologies, Information Resource Management, Archives and Records Management, Education Technologies, and other related fields. It is published bi-annually (April and October).
Notice to Contributors:
Jalingo International Journal of Library and Information Science (JIJLIS is based on double blind peer review process, whereby any article(s) submitted for publishing is reviewed by two anonymous reviewers. The comments of the reviewers shall be sent to the author(s) for necessary action. Revisions are reviewed by the editors to determine if the revision adequately deals with the concerns of the reviewers regarding the initial draft. Reviewers are experts in their fields and are sourced globally by the editorial committee. The Editorial Committee has responsibility for all final decisions regarding manuscripts and the review process. Opinion expressed in articles published in this Journal are those of authors. Materials appearing in the Journal must not be reprinted in whole or in part without permission in writing. Contributors are liable for any article that has been published elsewhere. Authors carry their full responsibility themselves regarding the opinions of their articles. The Journal is requesting authors to submit well researched manuscripts for assessment and possible publishing. Authors are to note that their manuscripts would be subjected to plagiarism checks before acceptance. Submissions must be original, not yet published and not submitted to or under review by any journal or publication body.
Guidelines to Author(s):
In the preparation of the manuscripts, the following conditions must be adhered to:
- Manuscripts should be typed on A4 paper using 12point font size in double line spacing. The manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages, figures and tables’ inclusive extra pages and photographs will attract additional charges.
- Title and abstract must be on the first page. The paper title, author(s) name(s) and address should be bolded and centred.
- Abstract should not exceed 200 words and must be written in italics style
- A brief introduction of the works or write-up is needed and should contain, aim of the work or write-up, review of relevant literature, contribution to knowledge and problems encountered
- The latest American Psychological Association (APA), 7th ed. style of referencing method will be highly preferred.
- For presentation of figures and tables, line drawings are prepared and the figures and tables numbering should be in Arabic numerical.
- The manuscripts will be sent to the author(s) after assessment for correction
- After the correction of the reviewed manuscript, both the reviewed manuscript and corrected copies should be sent back to the editor.
- For an accepted manuscript, it is assumed that authors have surrendered copyright of the manuscripts to the journal
- Any manuscripts published or accepted for publication in another journal will not be accepted.
- Manuscripts are to be submitted in softcopies through the following email address: jalingoijlis@gmail.com
- Authors are expected to pay the sum of N5,000 non-refundable assessment fee.
- After acceptance of manuscripts, authors will be required to pay the sum of N20,000 non-refundable fee before their papers are published.
- Authors must avoid any form of plagiarism
- Authors will be entitled to only one hard copy of the journal (when hard copies are produced). Any extra copy will attract additional fee of N5,000 only.
- All payments should be made through the following account details:
Account Name: Department of Library & Information Science
Account Number: 1027383295
Bank: UBA
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