Journal Guide

Knowledge management is a term that has worked its way into the mainstream of both academic and business arenas since it was first coined in the 1980s. Interest has increased rapidly during the last decade and shows no signs of abating. The current state of the knowledge management field is that it encompasses four overlapping areas:*Managing knowledge (creating/acquiring, sharing, retaining, storing, using, updating, retiring)*Organisational learning*Intellectual capital*Knowledge economicsWithin (and across) these, knowledge management has to address issues relating to technology, people, culture and systems.Perhaps as a consequence of this diversity, the knowledge management literature is at present fragmented. Many of the most influential articles on knowledge management appear in journals in fields as diverse as information systems, general management, strategy, organisational sociology or human resources. The literature also often, somewhat misleadingly, presents the subject as split. Current examples of these "splits", which should rather be debates, include those between the "codification" and "collaboration" schools of thought, and between "Western" (meaning North American) and "Eastern" (meaning Japanese) approaches. The intention for this journal is not only to accommodate these and other perspectives, but also to seek common ground between them.

Language Resources and Evaluation is the first publication devoted to the acquisition, creation, annotation, and use of language resources, together with methods for evaluation of resources, technologies, and applications. Language resources include language data and descriptions in machine readable form used to assist and augment language processing applications, such as written or spoken corpora and lexica, multimodal resources, grammars, terminology or domain specific databases and dictionaries, ontologies, multimedia databases, etc., as well as basic software tools for their acquisition, preparation, annotation, management, customization, and use. Evaluation of language resources concerns assessing the state-of-the-art for a given technology, comparing different approaches to a given problem, assessing the availability of resources and technologies for a given application, benchmarking, and assessing system usability and user satisfaction. NEW IN 2009: indexed in the ISI / Science Citation Index

Discover why Library Journal has recommended this journal for law libraries! An important forum for daily problems and issues, Legal Reference Services Quarterly will assist you in your day-to-day work as it has been helping other law librarians and members of the legal profession for over a decade. You will find articles that are serious, humorous, critical, or simply helpful to the working librarian. Annotated subject bibliographies, overviews of legal literature, reviews of commonly used tools, and the inclusion of reference problems unique to corporate law libraries, judicial libraries, and academic collections will keep you up-to-date on the continuously expanding volume of legal materials and their use in legal research. Every issue contains at least one article that you will want to annotate and keep at your desk! Numerous articles have already had a significant impact in the legal reference community. Articles on LEXIS and WESTLAW have also been among the most cited and reflect the journal's interest in featuring new bibliographic databases. Legal Reference Services Quarterly offers all of the best resources to help you give patrons important and relevant materials for their research and professional needs. Special thematic issues of the journal have covered such topics as: federal regulatory research-selected agency knowledge paths law library collection development in the digital age teamwork and collaboration in libraries-tools for theory and practice public services issues with rare and archival law materials teaching legal research and providing access to electronic resources emerging solutions in reference services-implications for libraries in the new millennium law librarians abroad the political economy of legal information symposium of law publishers the legal bibliography-tradition, transitions, and trends practical approaches to legal research Peer Review Policy: All review papers in Legal Reference Services Quarterly have undergone editorial screening and peer review.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services provides a forumfor the international exchange of ideas and experiences among members of thelibrary collection management, technical services, vendor and publishingcommunities throughout the world. It is a comprehensive publicationdesigned to bring together many of the specializations within the broadareas of library collection management and technical services including, butby no means limited to, acquisition of books and serials in academic,public, school and special libraries; cataloging and authority control;outsourcing of technical services operations; electronic publications; giftsand exchanges; microforms and other nonprint media, such as electronicjournals; document delivery; networking, resource sharing and access; andpertinent library automation projects. In reflecting the broad, practicaland theoretical foundations of the discipline, LCATS publishes articlesbased on the practical work experiences of librarians, vendors andpublishers as well as research reports and papers on theory.In 2002, Elsevier launched Library Connect, a new initiative bringing together many of Elsevier's library-focused efforts. For more information about this initiative and to read or subscribe to the complimentary Library Connect Newsletter, please visit Library Connect.

Library Hi Tech is concerned with technology-assisted information systems that support libraries & cultural memory, education & the academy, health & medicine, and government & citizenship.

Library Hi Tech News publishes articles of varying lengths, reports from relevant conferences, and case studies of how technology is used in the library.

Library Management publishes articles of interest to senior library managers and academics.

eLRTS, the searchable, digital version of Library Resources & Technical Services is now accessible at alcts.metapress.com. ALCTS members and LRTS subscribers will receive instructions for accessing the journal. Library Resources & Technical Services ( LRTS) is a peer-reviewed journal that takes a critical approach to the questions and challenges facing librarians and libraries with regard to: Collections Scholarly communication Preservation (including digitization) Acquisitions (including licensing and economic aspects of acquisitions) Continuing resources Cataloging (including descriptive metadata, authority control, subject analysis, and classification) LRTS publishes both research papers and thoughtful explorations of operational issues that have value and implications for other libraries. In addition, LRTS publishes editorials, book reviews, letters to the editor, and the annual report of the president of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.

Library Trends, issued quarterly and edited by Boyd Rayward and Alistair Black, explores critical trends in professional librarianship, including practical applications, thorough analyses, and literature reviews. Both practicing librarians and educators use Library Trends as an essential tool in their professional development and continuing education. Each issue is devoted to a single aspect of professional activity or interest. In-depth, thoughtful articles explore important facets of the issue topic. Every year, Library Trends provides breadth, covering a wide variety of themes, from special libraries to emerging technologies. An invaluable resource to practicing librarians and educators, the journal is an important tool that is utilized for professional development and continuing education.

Library & Archival Security is a multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to all aspects of security in libraries, archives and other information centers. A peer-reviewed and refereed journal, Library & Archival Security is devoted to providing information on all aspects of security in libraries, archives, and other information centers, including physical security; data and communications security; disaster preparedness and recovery; and studies of related social, legal, and ethical issues. The Journal accepts original research and theoretical papers that address a wide variety of topics in archival security, including but not limited to patron privacy, theft detection and prevention, inventory methods, security systems and equipment, safety in libraries, legal and societal issues, challenges posed by digital collections and the Internet, the security and integrity of electronic records, networks and communications, and more. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.