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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

IJLIS Journal: Indonesian Journal of Library and Information Science (IJLIS) only accepts manuscripts written in Indonesian and English. Please take a moment to read our guidelines below as part of the shipping process to ensure your paper complies with journal requirements.

The author must first download the journal template here because it can help follow the journal layout. The manuscript has never been published before or has been considered in another journal. Script file in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. Regarding bibliography/references, the journal applies the APA Style.

a) General Manuscript Guidelines

Manuscripts are scientific papers that have never been published in other publications, both print and online. Manuscripts do not contain elements of plagiarism. The editorial board will immediately reject the text that indicates plagiarism. Submission and publication process is free, without additional fees. Manuscripts that have been written under the IJLIS guidelines: Library and Information Science (in MS Word format, use this article template) must be submitted via the Online Submission System using the Open Journal System (OJS). Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal template will be returned to the author prior to the review process. Manuscripts can be written in Indonesian or English with academic standard languages. See the journal template.

b) Guidelines for Text of Body Texts

Title of the manuscript: The title must be informative and written briefly and clearly. It cannot be a variety of interpretations. It must be right with the problem to be discussed. Technical writing can be seen in the journal template

Introduction: Introduction must contain (brief and sequential) general background and literature review (state of the art) as the basis of new research questions, statements from new scientific articles, major research problems, and hypotheses. At the end of the introduction, the purpose of writing the article must be stated. In the format of scientific articles, it is not permissible to write references as in the research report. They must be represented in the literature review to show new brands of scientific articles.

Literary review: contains systematic descriptions of previous studies that are relevant to the study. This section explains the strengths and limitations of previous research which can be material for the argument that current work is done to improve or develop previous research. This section also contains basic theories, basic concepts, and principles needed to solve problems related to research. The literature review can be in the form of qualitative descriptions, mathematical models, concepts, or tools related to research. All sources cited in the study must be clearly written in the reference list.

Research Methods: This method is applied to solve problems, including analytical methods. The method used in problem-solving.

Result and Discussion: This part may not write the word  “result and discussion” , directly written the subtitles. This part consists of the research results and how they are discussed. The results obtained from the research have to be supported by sufficient data.  The research results and the discovery must be the answers, or the research hypothesis stated previously in the introduction part. The following components should be covered in the discussion.

Conclusions: Conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and the research discoveries. The concluding remark should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal. 
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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