JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Information for Contributors

The Journal of Government Information provides a forum for the publication of scholarship on government policy, current practice, new developments, and history of the distribution, processing, and use of information at all levels of government. Unsolicited articles are particularly welcomed. These articles, as well as invited papers, are subject to the refereeing process.

The last issue of each year (Number 6), which is devoted to notable documents of the year, is designed as a selection tool and an alerting service for libraries and institutions interested in identifying and obtaining significant new official publications at all levels of government and in all countries.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JOURNAL

+ Covers all aspects of government information policy, handling, availability, and selection
+ Reports on problems, trends, and modern practices in the production, distribution, bibliographic control, processing, and use of government information
+ Presents valuable resource material to librarians, government information specialists, researchers, administrators, and government information users of all types
+ Illustrates how govemment-produced information is central to effective proble m solving at the federal, state, and local levels and in national and international affairs
+Clarifies those ideas and procedures which hold the greatest potential for improved utilization of government information
+ Reviews of monographs, documents, and databases
+ Listings of recent literature on government information
+ Presents the annual Bernard M. Fry Award for the best article on government information to appear in JGI.

EDITORIAL POLICY

1. The Editors will be pleased to receive contributions from all parts of the world. Manuscripts for publication should be sent to the Executive Editor responsible for his/her particular government area or to the Associate Editor or Editor-in- Chief.
2. The criterion for acceptance will be appropriateness to the field as described above, taking into account the merit of content and presentation.
3. Papers are submitted with the understanding that they have not been submitted for publication to any other joumal. A Transfer of Copyright form must be signed by all authors whose papers have been accepted for publication.
4. One set of page proofs will be sent to authors for correcting any omissions or errors.
5. 25 free reprints of an article will be sent to the senior author; additional reprints are available for a fee.
6. Book reviews offered should constitute critical appraisals of important published materials in the field.
7. 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; or (b) preliminary announcements of original work of importance warranting immediate publication.

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