EDITORIAL POLICY
1. The Editors will be pleased to receive invited and unsolicited manuscripts, in English, from all parts of the world, that emphasize government information policies, resources, services, or practices.
2. Manuscripts for publication should be sent to: the Editor, Associate Editor, or a member of the Editorial Board at the following addresses:
ASSOCIATE
EDITOR
Charles R. McClure
School of Information Studies
Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-4100
3. Invited papers, as well as unsolicited articles, are subject to the refereeing process. All papers are sent out anonymously to members of the Editorial Board and perhaps to other readers as well. The Editor relies heavily on their judgments, although he is not bound by them.
4. The criterion for acceptance will be appropriateness to the field, taking into account the merit of content and presentation.
5. Submission of a manuscript clearly implies commitment to publish in this journal. Previously published papers and papers under review by another journal are unacceptable.
6. Letters to the Editor should not exceed 400 words in length and may be: (a) comments or criticisms of articles recently published in the journal; and (b) announcements of developments and issues warranting the immediate attention of readers.
7. Since the number of titles published each year of potential value to our readers is quite large, only a few can be formally reviewed. Persons wishing to write reviews or to suggest titles are invited to contact: John A. Shuler, Reviews Editor. Publishers, likewise, are requested to forward announcements of new and forthcoming titles that may interest our readers. Books submitted to the publisher will not be accepted.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
2. To ensure anonymity in the review of manuscripts, keep identifying material out of the manuscript. Attach a cover page giving authorship, institutional affiliation, and a biographical statement, and provide only the title as identification on the manuscript and abstract.
3. The manuscript must be typed, double-spaced (including indented material, notes, and references) on 81/2 by 11 inch white opaque paper using one side only. Lines must not exceed 6 inches. Margins must be a minimum of 1 inch.
4. Type each table on a separate page. Insert location note at the proper place in text, e.g., 'Table 2 about here."
5. Figures must be camera ready, preferably drawn in India ink. Original or glossy print of each figure will be required if the manuscript is accepted.
6. Cited notes and references must be sequentially numbered in the manuscript and gathered at the end under the heading "Notes and References." These should be typed double-spaced and conform to the University of Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition.
7. When citing electronic sources use as an example:
Thomas J. Pritzker, An Early Fragment from Central Nepal. N.D.
Online. Ingress Communications. Available:
http://www.ingress.com/astanart/~pritzker.html (June 8, 1995).
For other
examples, see "Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation." Available:
http://www.uvm.edu/~xliu/reference/mla.html.
8. Upon acceptance of the paper, authors should supply the Editor with a hardcopy of the manuscript and an IBM compatible computer disk with all text files spell-checked and stripped of any embedded graphics (equations, graphs, charts, line drawings, or illutrations). This text file must be marked as to the placement of all graphics. All text files must be saved as WordPerfect, MS Word, or ASCII.
9. Figures (graphs, charts, line drwings, or illustrations) must be camer ready, preferable drawn in India ink. Original or glossy print of each figure will be required if the manuscript is accepted. If this is not possible, please send the Editor a separate graphics file as either an encapsulated postscript (eps) or tagged image file format (tiff).
