About the Journal
Focus and Scope
ITL publishes research papers in all fields of Library and Information Science and related research areas. The journal welcomes papers covering original research, reviews, guidelines, editorial, opinion and commentary, case reports in the following but not limited to these areas of librarianship:
Information Technology and Libraries
Integrated library systems
Metadata
Digital preservation
Digital archives
Social media and libraries
Reference and information services
Lending and Interlibrary loan service
Reprography
Consortia
Networking and networks in libraries
Electronic resources
Acquisition
User education and information literacy
User studies
Technology-related skills
Intranets, extranets, websites
Mobile applications and services
Organisation of knowledge
Systems security, etc.
Scholarly Communication
Bibliometrics, informetrics and Altmetrics
Open access and open science
The big data and data science
Knowledge management
Indigenous knowledge
Libraries in the cyberspace
Serial management
Institutional repositories
Peer Review Process
ITL adopts the double-blind peer review mechanism. The reviewers do not have any information about the authors and authors do not know the reviewers. Hence, papers are sent to the reviewers as anonymous authors by removing any information including authors’ affiliations. All papers are first screened by the editor and those found worthy are sent out for peer review process, while paper outside the scope of the journal or do not meet the author guidelines are rejected at the screening stage and authors notified immediately. On the recommendation of the reviewers, manuscripts are accepted, rejected, or sent back to the authors for revision and resubmission. In cases where the feedback is varied or less substantial, the editor-in-chief may either closely review the submission and reconcile the feedback or seek a third reviewer
Manuscript submission
Manuscript submitted to ITL should be original and not under consideration for publication nor have been published in other journal. It should be submitted in Word format via the online submission system of the journal and should be prepared in accordance with guidelines for authors.
The journal welcomes papers covering original research, reviews, guidelines, editorial, opinion and commentary, case reports. Submitted manuscript shall have a maximum length of 6,000 words, which includes title, author(s) and affiliations, abstract, and references list.
Manuscript must be written in English. Contributors who are not native speakers of English should ensure that their papers are edited by English Language specialists to clean up poor expressions before submission of their manuscripts.
** Plagiarism policy: The journal does not support the use of the author or other’s intellectual property without acknowledging it. Any published paper discovered to have plagiarism issues will be retracted from the journal site.
Contributors are permitted to self-archive post prints of their articles.
The content of the journal is freely accessible for anyone to read and re-use
Structure of the manuscript
The submitted manuscript should have the following components:
1. Title
The title should be specific, clear and mirrors the content of the manuscript and should not exceed 21 words
2. Author(s) and Affiliations
Name(s) (surname last) of the author(s), position, institutional affiliation, e-mail should be included.
3. Abstract
There should be an informative abstract. It should state the purpose of the work,methods (design, population and study setting, sample, data collection instruments, methods and analysis) results, discussion, implications, key conclusion and recommendations.
4. Key words
Include 6-8 keywords arranged alphabetically
5. Introduction
The introduction should spell out the scope, context and what to expect for the paper. It should begin with general information on the topic and progress to specific. The author should define and explain relevant concepts that are germane to the understanding of the paper. Related theoretical and empirical literature should be cited. Gap in existing research which the study will fill should be identified. Research question or problem and should be formulated and hypothesis tested should be stated, especially for research paper. The last sentence of the introduction should highlight the layout of the remaining part of the paper.
6. Methods
The methods and procedures adopted in the research should be clearly described and explained. Detailed information on the research design, population, sample and sampling techniques, data collection instruments and methods, methods of data analysis and presentation should be provided.
7. Results and discussion
The finding derived from the methods and procedures are reported in this section using tables and figures. The results should be presented logically according to the research questions and hypotheses. Tables and figures must be numbered independently. Arabic numerals should be used for labelling of Tables (e.g. Table 1: Factors militating against adoption of social media) and should appear on top of the table, while Roman numerals should be used for Figures (e.g.Figure I: Factors militating against adoption of social media) and should appear under the figure. Authors should make reference to tables and figures that have been included in this section of the paper.The results should be interpreted, explained and evaluated accordingly. Relevant literature should be cited to corroborate or otherwise of the findings. The results and discussion should be done together.
9. Conclusion
The author should summarise key findings of the research in the light of earlier stated purpose. The conclusion should state the important contribution the research/paper has made to knowledge and make recommendations which should be derived from key findings for practice, policy and further research.
10. Acknowledgements
This is a credits section where the authors should express gratitude to persons and organisations that assisted with the research or preparation of the paper.
11. References
Sources cited should be complete and in line with the 6th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style. They should contain full bibliographic details and journal titles should not be abbreviated. For multiple citations for the same author in the same year, use a, b, c immediately following year of publication. Reference in the body of the text should be made by citing the author’s surname and year of publication (e.g. Adewale, 2008). At the end of the manuscript should be a reference list arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the authors. Book and journal titles should be italicized. Quick guide on APA style can be can be found here
Endnotes and footnotes are not allowed.
