Focus and Scope

Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting.

Urban Library Journal, formerly known as Urban Academic Librarian, also invites submissions in broader areas such as public higher education, urban studies, multiculturalism, library and educational services to immigrants, preservation of public higher education, and universal access to World Wide Web resources.

Topics for columns and special issues will also be entertained.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Reports From the Field

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

General Review

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Book Reviews

Editors

• Louise Fluk

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

Urban Library Journal is published twice a year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...