About the Journal

The Bulletin of Library & Information Science is envisioned as a scholarly platform for the dissemination of research, professional knowledge, and innovative practices in library and information science. The publication aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas among librarians, information professionals, researchers, educators, knowledge managers, and scholars working across the rapidly evolving information environment.

The journal focuses on contemporary developments in libraries, information services, information organization, digital resources, information technologies, and knowledge management. It encourages research that addresses both theoretical and practical challenges facing libraries and information institutions in academic, public, special, school, research, and digital environments.

The journal seeks to promote evidence-based professional practice and interdisciplinary research, particularly where library and information science intersects with information technology, data science, digital humanities, education, communication, and knowledge management. It welcomes contributions that provide original insights, methodological innovation, practical applications, or critical analysis of emerging issues in the information profession.

Scope

The Bulletin of Library & Information Science covers research and scholarly work in library and information science, including but not limited to:

  • Library Management and Administration: strategic planning, leadership, organizational management, budgeting, human-resource management, and library assessment.
  • Information Services: reference services, information literacy, user education, current-awareness services, and information-seeking behavior.
  • Digital Libraries: digital repositories, digitization, digital preservation, electronic libraries, and access to digital information resources.
  • Library and Information Technology: library automation, integrated library systems, discovery systems, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging technologies.
  • Knowledge Management: knowledge creation, sharing, organization, transfer, and application within libraries and information organizations.
  • Information Organization: cataloguing, classification, metadata, indexing, thesauri, authority control, and bibliographic control.
  • Information Retrieval: search systems, information retrieval techniques, databases, search behavior, and information discovery.
  • Bibliometrics and Scientometrics: citation analysis, research evaluation, scholarly communication, research impact, and science mapping.
  • Research Data Management: data curation, research repositories, data preservation, open data, and research-data services.
  • Scholarly Communication: open access, institutional repositories, publishing models, research dissemination, and scholarly publishing.
  • Archives and Records Management: archival description, records management, preservation, digital archives, and institutional memory.
  • Library User Studies: user satisfaction, user behavior, needs assessment, service quality, and library-use patterns.
  • Information Literacy: digital literacy, media literacy, research skills, information competencies, and lifelong learning.
  • Academic and Research Libraries: services, resources, research support, collection development, and changing roles of academic libraries.
  • Public, School, and Special Libraries: specialized information services, community engagement, educational support, and sector-specific library practices.
  • Collection Development: print and electronic collections, acquisition, resource evaluation, subscription management, and collection assessment.
  • Preservation and Conservation: preservation of print and digital materials, conservation techniques, disaster management, and digital preservation.
  • Information Ethics and Policy: privacy, intellectual property, copyright, information access, research ethics, and freedom of information.
  • Emerging Trends: artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, blockchain, Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality, and other technologies affecting information services.
  • Library Education and Professional Development: LIS education, curriculum development, professional competencies, continuing education, and workforce development.

The journal may accept original research articles, review papers, case studies, conceptual papers, technical papers, and scholarly communications, provided that submissions meet the journal's methodological and scholarly standards.

Peer Review Policy: Manuscripts submitted to the Bulletin of Library & Information Science undergo an initial editorial assessment followed by peer review by qualified specialists in the relevant area of library and information science. Manuscripts are evaluated for originality, scholarly significance, methodological rigor, relevance, clarity, and ethical standards. The journal seeks to maintain an impartial, transparent, and rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality and integrity of published research.