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Practical Academic Librarianship

Special Libraries Association (SLA) · United States

eISSN1947-0037

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources. Topics: academic libraries

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgSpecial Libraries Association (SLA)

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Special Libraries Association (SLA)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1947-0037

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Games and MediaDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementData Quality and ManagementCopyright and Intellectual PropertyLibrary Collection Development and Digital ResourcesResearch Data Management PracticesLibrary Science and AdministrationWikis in Education and CollaborationWeb and Library Services

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