AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Papers should be submitted strictly based on the guidelines given below and send to jbaslibrary@gmail.com as an email attachment along with REGISTRATION FEE. Papers will be accepted for publication only after reviewed by the editorial committee. 

Format: MS-Word – docx.

Page layout: Page size: A4, Column: Single, Line Space: 1.5 lines.

Font:Times New Roman, Size: 12.

Title: Title should be specific to the topic and in title case. Font: Times New Roman, Size: 14, Bold.

Author: Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12, Bold.

Author Affiliation: Should be given immediately below the author and above the abstract. Font: Times New Roman, Size: 10.

Abstract: Maximum 500 words – highlighting the significance of the research, scope, methodology, and conclusion of the paper.

Keyword: Up to 5 words. Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12, Italics. Keywords should be separated by a semicolon and space.

Length of paper: Maximum 5 pages

Paragraph: Paragraph heading should be in caps and must be numbered consecutively in Arab numerals.Eg: 1, 2, 3, 3.1, 3.1.2, 3.2, 3.3, 4, 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.2, 5

Table and Figures: Must be numbered consecutively in Roman numerals Eg: Table (Table I, Table II, Table III) and Figure (Fig. I, Fig. II, Fig. III)

Photos/Charts/Graphs/Line Drawings: Should be given in jpeg format (only if necessary) in appropriate places with at least 300 dpi resolution and 10 cm wide

Sample Entry

DMAIC Concept to Reaching Out to Users to Satisfy through E-Services in Libraries: a Study

M. Jannath Najeemunnnisa Beegum¹, Imtiaz Basha2, K.Kannan³ and S.K. Ashok Kumar⁴

1. Librarian, JBAS College for Women, Chennai, E-mail: jannathjeelani@yahoo.com

2. Ph.D scholar, DLIS, M.S.University, Tirunelveli, kushimtaz@gmail.com

3. Ph.D scholar, DLIS, M.S.University, Tirunelveli, drlkkannan@gmail.com

4. Deputy Librarian, the Tamil Nadu, Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. E-mai: asoksk@yahoo.com

References (How to cite)

Citations must be numbered continuously in Arab numerals and should be based on APA reference style.

Examples

Book

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Article in a journal

Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology,55(30), 893-896

Article from an Online Periodical

Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A list apart: For people who make websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Article from an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned

Brownlie, D. (2007). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283. doi:10.1108/03090560710821161

Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 8. Retrieved from http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

The author should ensure that the article is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors.All permissions that may be required to reproduce illustrations or previously published materials or to cite unpublished data or personal communications should accompany the manuscript in writing. Major changes are rarely permitted after an article has been accepted. Authors are advised not to submit the downloaded papers. The Publisher/Editorial Board reserves the right of addition, deletion, alteration and rejection of the articles without any prior intimation to the author(s).

A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented / published elsewhere.

(download author declaration form)

 Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the editorial committee regarding the acceptance of the paper for presentation will be final.Co-authors need to pay the registration fee separately. In case of the same author publishing more than one paper, she or he has to pay the registration fee according to the number of papers. Please note that the papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. Best papers of the conference may be published in SALIS Journals.