Focus and Scope

Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that addresses issues faced by librarians. 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. Endnotes accepts research and practitioner-based articles written by students and early-career librarians. The aim of Endnotes is to work with new authors to produce quality scholarly articles.

Section Policies

Peer Review Process

The Endnotes Committee will review all submitted manuscripts based on a double-blind, peer-review process.

When you submit your article, you will receive an email confirmation of receipt. You will receive another email when your article has been assigned to reviewers. The amount of time it takes to assign your article to reviewers will vary.

The reviewers will evaluate and score your manuscript on:

• Clarity and coherence of writing.
• Relevance to audience (library students and professionals).
• Appropriate methodology.
• Overall strength of the argument, methodology and knowledge of the literature (if relevant), conclusions, and references.

The viewers will also provide other feedback as needed, and minor comments on style and grammar. Based on the reviews, one of four decisions will be made for your article:

• Publish as is
• Publish after revisions have been made
• Resubmit after revisions have been made
• Reject paper

Submissions, whether they be an abstract, idea, or manuscript, generally will receive an initial response back from the editors within one month. Submissions of abstracts or ideas are typically given three months to complete a manuscript and submit for peer review. Typically, manuscripts are returned to authors within a month of having been assigned to a reviewer. Articles requiring revisions will be returned with a referee report and suggestions for revisions. Authors are typically given two to four weeks to revise their submitted manuscripts. Those requiring more substantial revisions will be deferred to future issues of the journal.

Publication Frequency

Endnotes will publish one issue each year with additional issues if there is interest. Special theme issues are also welcomed based on suggestions to the Editor.

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.