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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

  1. The manuscript should be prepared in proper format and sequence, it should be contain Title, author (s) name, Author (s) address and email-id, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Study area and Objectives, Review of literature, Material and methods, Result and discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if necessary), References. The soft copy of the paper in M.S. Word (Times New Roman style at 12 pt.) and original drawing of maps will only be accepted. This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity.  To help with this preparation please ensure the following when submitting to Library Waves:
  • Submit the Title Page containing the Authors details and Blinded Manuscript with no author details as 2 separate files.
  • Title page should include the title, authors' names and affiliations, and a complete address for the corresponding author including e-mail address.
  • Blinded manuscript needs to remove names and affiliations under the title within the manuscript and there are other steps that need to be taken to ensure the manuscript is correctly prepared for double-blind peer review.
  • Cite papers published by the Author in the text as follows:  ‘[Anonymous, 2007]’. For blinding in the reference list:  ‘[Anonymous 2007] Details omitted for double-blind reviewing.’ Do not eliminate essential self-references or other references but limit self-references only to papers that are relevant for those reviewing the submitted paper. Remove references to funding sources. Do not include acknowledgments
  1. Remove any identifying information, including author names, from file names and ensure document properties are also anonymized.
  2. Authors are requested to use APA (American Psychological Association) reference patterns for reference. Examples of basic reference formats:

Journal Articles:

Ani, O. E. & Ahiauzu, B. (2008). Towards effective development of electronic information resources in Nigerian University Libraries. Library Management, 29(6/7), 504 – 514.

Authored Book: 

Dhiman, A.K. & Rani, Yashoda. (2012). Manual of Digital Libraries. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications.

Chapters in an Edited Boook:
Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis

Details are available at http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

The soft copy of the research paper submit to the email-id: editorlibrarywaves@gmail.com

Submit the “Certificate of Originality” within a month after the submission of research paper through the Registered/ Speed Post.

Research paper should not exceed the limit of 5000 words.

For any queries/ assistance please feel free to contact Chief Editor through the email on email-id: editorlibrarywaves@gmail.com

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Review Policy adopted for submitted manuscripts
We follow double-blind peer-reviewing for all the manuscripts submitted by authors without any
discrimination. Reviewers are allowed to take a maximum of 3 weeks’ time for completing the
review of the paper. In case the reviewed paper is not received within the stipulated period, a
reminder is sent to the reviewer allowing an additional one week time for reviewing. A paper is sent to two reviewers selected by the Editorial Board amongst the confidential panel of
reviewers. After receiving the review report of the reviewer, the authors are accordingly
intimated. The authors are expected to make modifications/revisions of their manuscript within
the shortest period of time as suggested by the reviewers. After the final review reports authors
are intimated about the acceptance of their manuscript by the Editor-in-Chief.
In case the author’s manuscript is not found suitable for publication by the Editorial
Board the authors will be intimated by the Editor-in-chief soon after receiving the manuscript or
after the preliminary comments of the reviewer.
Guidelines for Reviewers
 The editorial position is a voluntary service towards the academic community.
 The main responsibility of an Editor is to review minimum of four manuscripts in one year
performing unbiased reviews. They are also supposed to provide timely suggestions for
the enhancement of the Journal standards.
 A reviewer may contact Editorial Board, in case of any ambiguity, conflict of interests,
academic inability to review the paper or in case of any dilemma in review decisions.
 The reviewer must maintain a high level of integrity, honesty and impartiality in their
conduct. Any fabricated or misleading information must not be entertained.
 Editorial integrity and independence are observed to ensure impartial decisions without
any academic, commercial or political influence.
Coverage
The journal broadly covers the discipline of Library and Information Science including
peripheral subject areas like Information Technology, Research Methodology, Communication,
Management, Intellectual Property Rights ... Etc. The Journal also includes interdisciplinary
research and significant contributions having a greater impact on the broader Library and
Information Science discipline.

Journal Ethics Policy
The journal accepts only the original work of the author(s) which has not earlier been published fully or
partially. The Journal follows a double-blind review process for all papers submitted for
publication. Information contained in a particular paper or piece of work including its citations,
which is provided to a reviewer for review, must not be disclosed until the paper is published.
Strict confidentiality should be maintained with respect to the intellectual efforts made by both
author and reviewer. All the submitted papers are required to qualify plagiarism test and review
process in an unbiased manner.

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.