Editorial
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-01-2018-0010 |
| Pages | 190-192 |
| Published date | 03 April 2018 |
| Date | 03 April 2018 |
| Author | Jiangping Chen,Marie Bloechle,Beth Thomsett-Scott,Eileen Breen |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet |
Editorial
The Electronic Library: New scope and writing suggestions
The Electronic Library (TEL,www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/el) is a peer-reviewed
journal founded in 1983 by Dr David Raitt. TEL previously published articles in the broad
areas of the application of technology in information environments, covering many aspects
of digital libraries(http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/interviews/tel.htm).
In Emerald’s effort to broaden the impact of its library studies and information and
knowledge management journal publications, the scope of TEL has been refocused on the
organization of information. Specifically, TEL’s strapline has changed to “digital
information organizationand use”.
This editorial endeavours to explain to TEL authors and readers TEL’s new aims and
scope. Also provided are the editors’observations and suggestions to potential authors on
how to write scholarly articlesfor TEL.
New aims and scope for The Electronic Library
You may have noticed that the TEL home page (http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/
products/journals/journals.htm?id=el) specifiesits aims and scope as follows:
The Electronic Library (TEL) publishes digital information research. It is particularly interested in
information organization for knowledge creation, discovery, access, and sharing. Information
behaviour research in this context is also welcomed. All types of digital objects are included; for
example, data, records, documents, and files.
After the above statements, the page provides a list of contexts or areas in which
information organizationis conducted:
“The journal welcomes submissions on:
Personal digital archiving;
Digital ‘life’;
The cultural record;
Scholarly communication;
Social media interaction and analysis;
Health communication;
Geographical information;
Big data;
Security and governance;
Language and lexicons; and
Classification and coding”.
The Editor-in-Chief applies the above aims and scope to judge each manuscript that is
submitted prior to peer review. Out-of-scope submissions are rejected. It is recommended
that TEL authors carefully consider the appropriateness of their manuscript based on the
above aims and scope beforesubmitting their work to TEL.
EL
36,2
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TheElectronic Library
Vol.36 No. 2, 2018
pp. 190-192
© Emerald Publishing Limited
0264-0473
DOI 10.1108/EL-01-2018-0010
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