SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
Archives and Museum Informatics is an international forum for exploring the
representation of knowledge and the management of information relating to
the world's cultural heritage. The journal aims to present timely and
technical contributions to cultural informatics, and includes theory, case
studies of implementations, and reviews of standards, print and electronic
publications, software, network sites and conferences.
Archives and Museum Informatics seeks articles which build commonality of
interests between museums, archives and libraries, and scholarship in the
arts and humanities. It balances the interests of documentation, education
and entertainment, and aims to strengthen practice in each domain through
the knowledge, understanding and application of inter-discliplinary
approaches.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are invited from researchers and professionals examining and
applying information technology to cultural heritage, including policy
makers, humanities scholars, archivists, information specialists,
electronic publishers, museum curators, collections managers and educators.
The journal is organized into the following sections:
- Essays and Opinions. Provocative and reflective opinions about the
current state or future development of cultural informatics
- Articles. Scholarly analyses that offer an original contribution to the field
- Case Studies. Rigourous outlines of the pros and cons of a particular
institutional approach or project, that focus on the rationale for
decision-making
- Reports. Updates on significant projects and initiatives
- Reviews. Summary evaluations of new resources, in all media
MATERIALS FOR REVIEW
Archives and Museum Informatics publishes a regular series of reviews of
print and electronic publications (distributed either on fixed media
[CD-ROM] or via the Internet). Submissions of titles or sites to review and
nominations of reviewers should be sent to Ms. J. Trant, Managing Editor.
MANUSCRIPTS
Please email completed manuscripts or abstracts of proposed papers to:
jtrant@archimuse.com. Attach the file to a message, including "ARMU" in the
Subject line. Include the author'(s) name(s), institution(s), article
title, abstract, keywords, author(s) vita(e), a list of illustrations and a
list of any attached files (and their formats) in the body of the email
message. Alternatively, electronic copy can be submitted on diskette,
mailed to:
Ms. Jennifer Trant
Managing Editor
Archives and Museum Informatics
5501 Walnut Street, # 203
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1455
USA
Manuscripts should be in RTF or a major wordprocessing file format, laid out for A4 or US Letter paper, with 1" margins. Please double-space all materials, including footnotes, endnotes, and references. Number the pages consecutively with the first page containing the title, the author(s), their affiliation(s), a short abstract of 100 to 250 words, and five to ten key words in alphabetical order. Since the abstract and the key words will be used to select appropriate reviewers, it is essential to make them as informative as possible. Quoted passages of more than 40 words should be set off from the text by indenting the left-hand margin, as a block quotation.
AUTHOR'S VITA
Manuscripts should be accompanied by a brief biography of the author (s) of
no more than 500 words.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Black and white illustrations are included without charge. Electronicsubmission of figures are accepted. Preferred file formats are TIFF (Tagged
Image File Format) and Encapsulated PostScript (resolution between 300 and
600 dpi), figures may also be submitted in JPEG, GIF or PICT format. File
names should not be longer than 8 characters. A printout of ALL figures
should be supplied with the hardcopy manuscript. Submit only clear
reproductions of artwork. Authors should retain original artwork until a
manuscript has been accepted in its final version. All figures must be in a
form suitable for reproduction (reduction). Original ink drawings or
laserprinter output reproduce best, but if they are not available,
same-sized glossies or matt photostats are acceptable. Photographs should
be in black and white on glossy paper. Computer prints are acceptable for
figures only if they are done on a high quality laserprinter.
FIGURES AND TABLES
Each figure and table should be mentioned in the text and should be
numbered consecutively; use Arabic numbers in order of appearance in the
text for figures, and Roman numbers for Tables.
SECTION HEADINGS
Headings should be typed as follows:
First level headings - Initial Capital Letters
Second level headings - ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
Third level headings - Initial Capital Letters
Fourth level headings - Initial Capital Letters
FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES
Please use footnotes only, created using the footnote function of your
wordprocessor. Do not use endnotes. Footnotes should be indicated by
consecutive superscript numbers (use an asterisk for the first footnote
referring to the title of the article) in the text. In tables, footnotes
are preferable to long explanatory material in either the heading or body
of the table. Such explanatory footnotes, identified by superscript
letters, should be placed immediately below the table.
REFERENCES
References to books should include the author's name; year of publication;
title in full, underlined or in italics; place of publication, publisher;
page numbers. For example:
Sartre, J.-P., Existentialism and Humanism (London: Methuen, 1948), 34-38.
References to essays in an edited collection should include the author's
name; year of publication; title of essay; editor's name; title of volume,
underlined or in italics; place of publication, publisher; first and last
page numbers. For example:
Chisholm, R.M., "Freedom and Action", in K. Lehrer (ed.), Freedom and
Determinism (New York: Random House, 1966), 11-44.
References to essays in conference proceedings should include the author's
name; year of publication; title of essay; editor's name; title of
proceedings underlined or in italics; place of conference, publisher and/or
organization from whom proceedings can be obtained; first and last page
numbers. For example:
Quine, W.V., "Three Grades of Modal Involvement", Proceedings of the XIth
International Congress of Philosophy, Vol. 14 (Amsterdam: North Holland
Publishing Co., 1953), 65-81.
References to articles in periodicals should include the author's name;
year of publication; title of article; full or abbreviated title of
periodical, underlined or in italics; volume; number where appropriate; and
first and last page numbers.
Singer, P., "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", Philosophy and Public
Affairs 7 (1972): 229-243.
References to technical reports or doctoral dissertations should include
the author's name; year of publication; title of article, underlined or in
italics; identifying number or description, department, institution, and
location of institution. For example:
Branquinho, J., Direct Reference, Cognitive Significance, and Fregean
Sense, PhD dissertation (Oxford: Oxford University, 1992).
References to electronic sources should include the author's name, title,
address, date, date of last revision, and date of consultation., following
the models given in:
CROSS-REFERENCING
OFFPRINTS
PAGE CHARGES AND COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
COPYRIGHT
PERMISSIONS
PEER REVIEW
STATEMENT OF EXCLUSIVE SUBMISSION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Harnack, A. and G. Kleppinger, "Beyond the MLA handbook: Documenting
Electronic sources on the Internet."
Please make optimal use of the cross-referencing features of your software
package. Do not cross-reference page numbers. Cross-references should refer
to:
- section number of a heading
- the number of a displayed equation
- the number of a table
- the number of a figure
- the number of an enunciation
- the name / year of a reference entry
Twenty-five offprints of each article will be provided free of charge.
Additional offprints can be ordered when proofs are returned to the
publisher.
No page charges are levied on authors or their institutions. Color
illustrations are published at the author's expense only.
Copyright will be established in the name of Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Authors will be asked to sign a Consent to Publish & Transfer of Copyright
upon acceptance of their manuscript for publication.
It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for a
quotation from unpublished material, or for all quotations in excess of 250
words in one extract or 500 words in total from any work still in
copyright, and for the reprinting of illustrations or tables or poems from
unpublished or copyrighted material.
All articles submitted for consideration in Archives and Museum Informatics
are subject to anonymous Peer Review. Each submission will be read by at
least two independent reviewers, whose comments will be made available to
the author. The decision to accept an article for publication will be made
by the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor based upon this review.
Publication may be contingent upon revisions to the article. In all cases,
the decision of the Editors is final.
The manuscript should be accompanied by the following statement: "This
paper has not been submitted elsewhere in identical or similar form, nor
will it be during the first three months after its submission to Archives
and Museum Informatics."
Additional information can be obtained from:
Ms. Drs. Dieke van Wijnen
Acquisitions Editor
Humanities & Social Sciences Division
Kluwer Academic Publishers
P.O. Box 17
3300 AA Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 78 6 392 264;
Fax: (31) 78 6 392 254
Email: DIEKE.vanWIJNEN@wkap.nl
Rev. 1997/03/27
J. Trant jtrant@archimuse.com
Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com
Archives & Museums Informatics
5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232-1455 fax + 1-412-683-7366
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