As announced earlier, traditional conference proceedings will not be published and authors are not requested to send full papers but only prepare a presentation. However, authors who choose to prepare a full-text manuscript will have a chance to publish their papers in the scholarly open-access journal
the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (CJILS/RCSIB) (SJR, Q3; JCR, Q3). Authors who decide to submit their papers for consideration for publication in CJILS are invited to submit their manuscripts to the journals
electronic management system by
June 1, 2025 (choose the option "LIDA 25").
Important deadlines:
- Submission of full-texts to LIDA 2025 electronic management system: June 1, 2025
- Notification of acceptance of full-text manuscripts for publication: September 15, 2025
- Publication date:2025/2026
All papers should be full-length articles between 5.000-8.000 words (research articles) or 5.000-10.000 words (review articles), excluding the references.
Reviews of submitted articles will be double-blind. The papers NOT meeting the reviewers’ standards will not be published.
Note that the manuscript should be uploaded as one file with tables and figures included. This file should be a Word document.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Organization of the paper and style of presentation
Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to consult a professional English language editing service or a native English speaker prior to submission.
The submission should include the following documents:
- The anonymized manuscript.
- A cover letter describing how your work fits into the journal's scope and how it contributes to the field.
- A contact information sheet containing the names, email addresses, affiliations, and ORCID ID (if available) of all authors of the manuscripts.
Revised or final manuscript submission
CJILS has specific formatting and style requirements for revised and final manuscript submissions. Files must be provided in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF format (not PDF) with the following requirements:
- Equations should be in MathType (not images).
- Figure labels and lettering should be legible once figures are reproduced at their publication sizes.
- Tables should appear inline and be formatted as tables. No colours should be used in tables.
CITATION STYLE
The CJILS uses
APA citation style.
For more information about the preparation of the manuscript, please consult the
CJILS's webpage.