About the Journal

Aims and Scope

Since 1991, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes substantive content of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share successful initiatives and innovative ideas, and to publish peer-reviewed or board-accepted papers, including case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Through its columns ISTL also publishes web/bibliographies, reviews, opinions, and best practices. ISTL is a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Science and Technology Section (ACRL/STS).

Publication Schedule and Submission Deadlines

As of Winter 2025, ISTL switched to a continuous/rolling publication with issues published in winter, spring, summer and fall. Previously, ISTL was a quarterly publication. This publication schedule may be modified. ISTL accepts submissions on an ongoing basis.

Open Access

ISTL is a fully open access journal. All content is published under a Creative Commons license, usually a CC BY NC license. There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs) or publication fees for authors. While authors of articles and columns in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship retain the copyright to their work through the CC BY NC license, readers may share and adapt the material within the articles. See our Author's Agreement for details.

Special Issues

ISTL occasionally publishes special issues on focused topics of interest. Special issues may or may not have guest editors. Special issues' articles follow the same peer review process as other ISTL refereed articles. The Co-Editors-in-Chief maintain responsibility over the entire journal (including special issues) and oversee the work of any guest editors.

Archiving

ISTL is archived through the University of Alberta Libraries Open Journal Systems via the PKP Preservation Network (PN).

Indexing

ISTL is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Library Literature, and Scopus.