About the Journal

Journal Title: Journal of New Librarianship
Journal Website: https://newlibs.org
Journal ISSN: 2471-3880
Publisher: Independent
Host & Distributor: University of Colorado Boulder, University Libraries
Contact Email: Claire Du Laney, Communications Editor, newlibsjournal@gmail.com
Country of Operation: United States of America
Date of first issue: 2016
Journal Archiving: Journal of New Librarianship content is preserved perpetually as part of the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network

Aim and Scope

JoNL is a free, open-access journal committed to equity, diversity, and plurality of opinions. In addition to making scholarship freely accessible to all readers, the journal publishes works created by authors from all backgrounds, drawn from all types of libraries and information centers. A central aim of the journal is to challenge long-held assumptions within the library and information science (LIS) field. To this end, authors are encouraged to submit works that meaningfully interrogate structures and practices to engender and advance a sense of equity, fairness, and justice within librarianship.

New librarianship commands a call to action and the JoNL provides an outlet that mixes both traditional and emerging forms of scholarly and professional communications that forge innovative paths shared and led by the LIS profession. Our goal is to provide a publishing venue for innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship that extends beyond the narrow scope of existing LIS journals.

Commitment to Diversity

JoNL is an open access journal committed to equity, diversity, and plurality of opinions. In addition to making scholarship freely accessible to all readers, the journal seeks to publish works created by authors from all backgrounds. A central aim of the journal is to challenge long-held assumptions within the profession, and authors are encouraged to submit works that examine and confront structures and practices within the profession that create inequality within librarianship.

Transparency and Open Access

• Copyright and Licensing Terms: Authors retain the rights to all material submitted to and/or published by the Journal of New Librarianship. Accepted submissions will be published under a CC-BY license unless the author requests a CC-0 license.
• Open Access Policy: JoNL is a fully open access journal with no fees or barriers to access. There is no embargo period, readers are not required to register to access content, and there are no charges to authors. Authors retain copyright and licensing rights to all preprints and final published materials, and may also add the published version of their JoNL work to other repositories of their choice.
• Author fees or article processing charges: There are no fees to publish in JoNL.