Weave: Journal of Library User Experience

Aims & Scope

Weave: Journal of Library User Experience is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for library user experience (UX) professionals. The primary focus for this journal is the practice of UX in the library setting. However, there is a lot of important work in UX happening outside libraries, and people working in libraries need to understand the broader UX picture as well if they are going to do the best work possible. Weave should be a forum where people can do that, so the editors strive for a balance of theoretical and practical material. We want discussions of specific techniques and how to do them, but we also want to see discussions of why we are doing what we are doing and debates on the best way to do it. Weave is not just about the web. In some quarters UX is still viewed narrowly as analyzing web metrics and web usability testing. Those are great things and necessary to practicing UX, but UX has extended far beyond the web and so should our conversation. We should be talking about applying UX in physical spaces and in any other context where it might be useful. Weave is experimental. User experience as a field is still evolving in libraries. Because of that, aside from the grounding principles in this document, and the rules that govern the actual editorial and peer-review process, we try not to have too many rules. We try things. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Those of us involved in creating and running Weave would like to take some risks with this journal, and try some things that might be unorthodox. Weave values diversity, inclusion, and equity-centered design. We recognize systemic inequities in academic publishing and are developing more inclusive editorial practices. We require inclusive language from authors through our style guide and support author name changes (see our ethical publishing guidelines ). We're also exploring open peer review, the ability for authors to disclose pronouns, and ways to advance the work of marginalized scholars. Weave believes that user experience must be inclusive of the experiences of all users, and we are actively building an editorial staff that reflects that diversity. To this end we specifically encourage people of color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities to apply for Weave positions. Perspectives from all users and practitioners enrich the journal.

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