Submission Guideline

Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://www.ijirm.com.ng to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Global Review of Library and Information Science and developed in line with the Author guide as contained in the Instruction for Authors segment will be reviewed.

As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere. Please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines).

Submission Centre

Information required for completing submission

Checklist: What to Include

Submitting Your Paper

Third party submissions

Information on Progress of your article

Further information

Submission Centre

Visit https://www.ijirm.com.ng to login and submit your article online.

An author will be required to register with the journal before submitting papers for publication. Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. 

 Information required for completing your submission

You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).

Submitting Your Paper

Submit only original articles that have not appeared elsewhere, and which are not currently submitted elsewhere. Please be careful to cite sources that are used in the article, and to identify direct quotations using quotation marks or a blockquote. All manuscripts are checked using Turnitin software before they are sent for peer review.

Submit articles at: https://www.ijirm.com.ng This journal uses Editorial Manager to manage the peer-review process. If you havent submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in Editorial Manager. Please read the guidelines above and then submit your paper following the Guideline for authors.

Please note that by submitting your paper to Global Review of Library and Information Science, you are agreeing to originality checks during the peer-review and production processes.

On acceptance, we recommend that you keep a copy of your Accepted Manuscript.

Third party submissions

Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:

·        Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input

·        Identify any entities that paid for this assistance

·        Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party.

·        Where appropriate, the Editor of Global Review of Library and Information Science reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselve

Information on Progress of your article

The Production Editor of IJIRM will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author via our editing portal or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.

All inquiries should be sent to:

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. A. J. C. Mole

Department of Library and Information Science

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Phone: +2348063276347

E-mail: austin.mole@unn.edu.ng