Feature overview

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a Haworth Press publication edited by Christopher Millson-Martula, serves busy librarians in need of practical information that enhances service to students and faculty in college libraries and larger undergraduate libraries.

"Internet Insider," a column feature of College & Undergraduate Libraries, seeks manuscripts that discuss issues affecting college and undergraduate libraries' work with the Internet.

Topics for "Internet Insider" must be of a practical nature, addressing issues of interest to practicing academic librarians in their daily work involving the Internet and the Web. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• inventive uses of courseware
• practical aspects of digitization for Internet access
• Internet aids for collection management, cataloging, reference work, etc.
• creative use of the Web for increased job productivity, accuracy, etc.
• implementation of Web-based instruction methods
• freely available full-text resources on the Internet useful to academic librarians
• innovative perspectives on Web site design and maintenance
• evaluating information quality on the Internet

Please note that "Internet Insider" articles are not peer-reviewed, an important factor for some authors seeking promotion and/or tenure.

Brief proposals are requested for the initial consideration of a topic. Proposals should include a few sentences covering the general subject, why the subject is considered to be of interest to academic librarians, and the anticipated main point or points of the article. Please send your proposal via e-mail to beashmor@samford.edu. Please note that acceptance of a proposal does not imply acceptance of the subsequent article, which will be considered against other articles submitted.

Instructions for authors

First:  

• The best thing to do is examine a fairly recent issue. A sample issue is available online at http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/SampleText/J106.pdf. Submissions should follow the format of published articles as closely as possible.

Length:  

• Because "Internet Insider" is a column (as opposed to the peer-reviewed portions of the journal), length can be as short as 500 words, and as long as 1500 words or so.

Style:  

• As mentioned above, examine a recent issue of College & Undergraduate Libraries, formatting the submission to match the look of the articles in the journal.
  
  
• Use simple, down-to-earth communication. Avoid language such as the following: a functional analysis methodology for developing user-based objectives.
  
  
• Avoid colloquialisms and contractions.
  
  
• Use the third person. Instead of "we decided to reconsider our approach to this problem," say, "the library decided to reconsider its approach to this problem" -- or something similar.
  
  
• Italicize the first instance of software titles. Do not italicize thereafter.
  
  
• Indent all paragraphs. Omit blank lines between paragraphs.
  
  
• Section headings should be in all caps, centered, bolded, and italicized.
  
  
• References, citations, and general style of manuscripts should follow the Chicago Manual of Style's author-date system as described in the 15th edition. References should be double-spaced and placed in alphabetical order. (See manuscript preparation, below.)

Manuscript preparation:

• Margins: Leave at least a one-inch margin on all four sides.
  
  
• Spacing: Double-space the entire article, including references.
  
  
• Title page: Include a title page with the title, full authorship, and an ABSTRACT of about 100 words. Below the abstract provide 3-10 KEYWORDS (for index purposes), and an introductory footnote with author's academic degrees, professional titles, affiliations, mailing addresses, and any desired acknowledgment of research support or other credit.
  
  
• References: No footnotes. At the end of the article, in a section called REFERENCES, provide a single list of endnotes and/or citations according to Documentation 2: Author-Date Citations and Reference Lists, chapter 16 of the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (1993). Documentation 2 is also sometimes called the "scientific" style, as opposed to the "humanities" style of Documentation 1. Online examples of Documentation 2 may be found on the Web pages below:
  • http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html
  
  
• Proofread the article carefully and repeatedly before submission.
  
  
• Submission method: E-mailed attachments in common word processing formats--e.g., Word, WordPerfect, RTF--are welcomed and preferred. If you physically mail your submission, use clean, white 8.5" x 11" paper, and include a 3.5" diskette containing the file.

Contact information

Questions or comments are welcomed by the "Internet Insider" feature editor:

Beth Ashmore
Cataloger
Samford University Library
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
Phone: 205-726-2038
Fax: 205-726-2642
E-mail: beashmor@samford.edu
Web: http://www.researchinglibrarian.com/home/resume.htm

Last modified: 15-May-2006 CDT
URL: http://www.researchinglibrarian.com/internetinsider/
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