About the Journal

We practice what we preach: open access (CC-BY license) with no embargoes, because information wants to be free. Authors retain copyright while ensuring global reach for their work.

Scope & Focus

• Digital Transformation: Linked data, AI-assisted classification, and combating algorithmic bias in search systems

• Community Praxis: Library-as-classroom models, radical accessibility, and serving marginalized populations

• Preservation Paradoxes: Saving born-digital content, conserving 21st-century ephemera, and the ethics of deaccessioning

• Information Warfare: Disinformation defense, privacy literacy programs, and libraries as truth sanctuaries

• Collection Development 2.0: Patron-driven acquisition, streaming media licensing, and the zombie afterlife of print collections

Why This Journal?

• "Maker Culture" Section: Blueprints for successful library hackerspaces/media labs

• Librarian Field Notes: Unfiltered case studies.

• No Paywalls, No Pretense: Written by working professionals for professionals

• Tech Reviews You Can Trust: Vendor-neutral evaluations of library SaaS and hardware

Peer Review With Context

• Practitioner-Reviewed: Referees actually work in libraries, not just academia

• Negative Results Welcome: Failed initiatives often teach more than successes

• Open Peer Review Option: For authors wanting transparent dialogue