LIS Research - Journals

A highly selective list of journals I find interesting and/or useful for what I teach. Many are available in full text in the Simmons e-resources list.

Directories

Electronic Journals in Librarianship & Information Science
Full Text Electronic Journal Finder: Simmons implementation of Serials Solutions e-journal access tool.

Journals

Ariadne: Lots of very practical articles on new projects, reports on conferences, and so on. Full text online.
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science: Issues have a theme which is often of subject analysis interest. Full text online.
Cataloguing & Classification Quarterly
Cites & Insights: Walt Crawford always has something interesting to say in his one-man journal.
CLIR Issues: A publication of the Council on Library and Information Resources, with much content on digital libraries. Full text online.
Code4Lib Journal
Computers in Libraries
D-Lib Magazine: The professional e-journal in the area of digital libraries. Full text online.
Digital Document Quarterly: Mostly written by H.M. Gladney, but interesting links to other readings and sites. Full text online.
DLF Newsletter: From the Digital Library Federation. Full text online.
Electronic Library
First Monday: Peer-reviewed. Full text online.
The Indexer
Information Processing & Management
Information Research: Full text online.
Information Retrieval
Information Technology & Libraries
Information Today
International Journal on Digital Libraries
Internet Research
Journal of Digital Information: Peer-reviewed, full text online. Fine journal, usually with themed issues.
Journal of Digital Information Management: Peer-reviewed, full text online.
Journal of Documentation
Journal of Internet Cataloging: Vanished for a while, resurfaced as Journal of Library Metadata.
Journal of Library Metadata: A continuation of Journal of Internet Cataloging.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology: Full text online for ASIS members.
Knowledge Organisation: Official journal of ISKO.
Library & Information Science Research: I co-edit this with Peter Hernon.
Library Hi Tech
Library Resources & Technical Services
LJ Digital: Digital Libraries: Online archives of Roy Tennant's column - select "Digital Libraries" from the "browse sections" dropdown list on the left hand.
RLG DigiNews: Research Libraries Group e-newsletter. Full text online.
Technical Services Quarterly
Transformations: Liberal Arts in the Digital Age: Full text online. More philosophical/sociological than technical.

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