MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY
& INFORMATION SCIENCE
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science was first published bi-annually
in 1996. It is currently being published beginning 2009 three times a year in April,
August and December by the Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of
Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya. The journal
publishes original research articles in the field of library and information science (LIS) as
well related domains that encapsulate information and knowledge. It also encourages
contribution about professional policies, practices, principles and progress in the LIS
fields. The journal aims to provide a forum for communications amongst LIS
professionals especially within the Asia Pacific region, to introduce new concepts,
methodologies, systems and technology. Between 1996 and 2008 the journal was
published both in print and electronic. From 2009 onwards only the electronic version
will be
made
available. The
electronic version is available at,
http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my or at http://www.myjurnal.my/public/browse-journalview.php?id=55.
Indexation Status
The journal is being indexed and abstracted by Social Science Citation Index (ISI),
SCOPUS, LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts), Library Literature, LISTA and
Journal of Academic librarianship. Based on JCR 2011: Impact Factor 0.381, Ranked
60/82, Quartile 3.
Scope
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The scope of publication includes the following topics:
Authorship studies
Bibliometrics
Catalogs, cataloging and classification
Citation studies
Collection development
Communication behaviour
Computer applications in information science
Computer assisted instructions
Cooperation and collaboration
Cybermetrics
Decision Support Systems
Digital libraries
E-Commerce
Electronic publishing
Expert system in IS
Indexes, indexing and abstracting
Information management
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Information professionals and librarians
Information resources
Information retrieval
Information services
Information Systems and Databases
Information use, need and seeking behaviour
Informetrics
Internet studies
Journal studies
Knowledge management
Legal issues in IS
Library buildings
Library science
Library systems
Management of information environments
Multimedia information system
Performance measurement and evaluation
Reference services
Research methods
Scientometrics
User studies
Submission of Manuscripts
1. Manuscript should preferably be 2,500-6,000 words in length.
2. The font type required is Calibri, 11pt. .
3. The first page of the manuscript must contain the following information: Title of the
article Name(s) and affiliation of author(s) Complete address, including telephone
and fax numbers and e-mail address. The second page of the manuscript should
contain only the title of the article, an abstract, keywords and subsequently the text
of the article.
4. The abstract should be about 150-250 words and to include, the purpose of the
paper, the scope, the objectives, the methodology and approach, the findings, the
practical applications and significance.
5. The keywords should be informative and adds to the existing information available
in the title and abstracts.
6. Main section headings in the manuscript must be capitalized and bold and subheadings under the main headings should be bold and in upper-lower case.
7. Figures, charts and diagrams should be kept to a minimum. And intergrated within
the text. They should be in either of these format, MS powerpoint, tif, jif, jpeg, bmp
and sized to fit within a 15cm wide page.
Format
1. All manuscripts should be submitted as a word document, double line spacing and
1.5 left and right margins. Articles can be sent as attached documents to the editors,
abrizah@um.edu.my or zainab@um.edu.my. Authors may also submit their articles
through EJUM, where the online version of this journal is published at,
http:ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my. Submission through this method requires the author
to register as an author.
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All articles are subjected to double blind reviewing process. Authors should receive
information about the status of their articles within three months.
Papers that are amended accordingly will be published in the earliest issue possible.
Accuracy
It is the responsibility of the author to check the accuracy of all data, statements and
references.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to the journal have not been
published, accepted for publication, nor simultaneously submitted for publication
elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the author(s) agree that copyright for the article
is transferred to the publisher, if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication.
Style
1. The style of the manuscript should follow The Chicago Manual of Style.
2. References should be cited in the text using the ‘name and date style’, Summers
(1993) or (Summers, 1993).
3. References at the end of the article should be listed in alphabetical order and
examples are indicated below:
Journal article: Summers, F. William. 1993. The concept of the indispensable public
library. Public Libraries, Vol.32, no.4: 212-215.
Conference article: Ranson, Claire. 1995. Cartography in children’s literature. Paper
presented at the 24th International Association of School Librarianship Conference,
July 1995, at Worcester, England.
Book: Gwizdka, J. and M. Chignell. 1999. Towards information retrieval measures for
evaluation of Web search engines. Toronto: University of Toronto.
Ohtsuka, T., K. Eguchi and H. Yamana. 2004. An evaluation method of Web search
engines based on users’ sense. Tokyo: National Institute of Informatics.
Book chapter: Vinkler, P. 1990. Bibliometric analysis of publication activity of a
scientific research institute, In: L. Egghe, R. Rousseau, eds. Informatrics. Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science Publishers: 309-334.
Web resources: Tenopir, Carol. 2002. Educating tomorrow’s information
professionals
today.
Info
Today,
Vol.10,
no.7.
Available
at:
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul02/tenopir.htm.
Wang, Z. 2001. Information systems and evaluations: precision and recall graphs.
Avaialble
at:
http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/~ir/Projects/Sum01/FinalProjectsSum/zhangWang/Zhang
Wang-finalprojecthandin/List.htm.
Tables, Figures and Illustrations
Tables, figures and illustrations should be integrated within the text of the article.
Address
Manuscripts, requests for further information and other correspondence should be sent
to:
The Editors,
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science,
Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya,
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel.
(03) 79676300 or 79676311
Fax: (03) 79579249
e-mail: zainab@um.edu.my; abrizah@um.edu.my; kiran@um.edu.my