AUTHOR GUIDELINES

The guidelines below provide the essential information you need to prepare and submit your scientific and professional articles in a form that will enable us to most efficiently process yoursubmission. Please read these guidelines carefully and familiarize yourself with the style and editorial policy of our journal by examining its online version. It is important to check that your contribution fits well into the thematic and formal structure of the journal before you submit it. You are also advised to indicate the column of the journal your article is intended for (see The Journal Structure). If you have any queries, please contact us.

Čitalište is published semi-annually, in May and November and publishes original papers that have not been published previously: original scientific papers, reviews, technical papers as well as peer reviews and reviews of new and recently published books and periodicals related to library and information science. Authors are responsible for the copyright of the submitted papers and contributions. Čitalište is an open access journal. The published articles will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution– NonCommercial 4.0 International license. Journal Čitalište: The Scientific Journal on Theory and Practice of Librarianship does not charge authors or any third party for publication. Both manuscript submission and processing services, and article publishing services are free of charge. There are no hidden costs whatsoever. All the submitted manuscripts are subject to a preliminarily review by the section editors, and the editor-in-chief decides which of them are to be sent to external reviewing. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees in a double-blind procedure, which means that authors remain unknown to reviewers and vice versa.

To prevent plagiarism the manuscripts are submitted to a plagiarism detection process using iThenticate/CrossRef. The results obtained are verified by the Editorial Board in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Papers should not exceed 12.000 characters (with spaces), written in Cyrillic (excluding the necessary terms and abbreviations, as well as papers of authors whose mother tongue is not Serbian), equipped with footnotes, bibliography, title, key words and summary. Contributions to the Theme column are not limited in length, and in consultation with the Editor in Chief, it is possible to publish a text that has more than 12.000 characters in other columns, too. English translation of the title, abstract and key words should be submitted along with the contribution. If author considers it necessary, the title, abstract and key words may be submitted in another language besides English. These elements are required in all columns except Show-window.

The author's name: Specifies the full names and surnames of (all) authors and their e-mail addresses.

Name of the author’s institution (affiliation): Full and official name and address of theinstitution in which the author is employed, as well as the name of the institution where the work was carried out, are required for each author. For complex organizations full hierarchy of names should be specified, top down (for example, the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Sociology, Belgrade). At least one of organizations within the hierarchy must be a legal entity. If there is more authors, some of them coming from the same institution, it must be specified, by special marks or otherwise, from which of the above institution each of the authors comes. Affiliation should be written immediately after the name of the author. The function and the title of the author is not to be mentioned.

The title should describe the content of the article as accurately as possible. It should be self-explanatory and not excessively long. It is in the interest of the journal and the author to use words suitable for indexing and searching. If such words are not present in the title, it is desirable to add a subtitle.

Abstract, of up to 150 words, should emphasize the importance of the topic, the initial hypothesis, research goal, methodology applied and results obtained. It is in the interest of the author that his summary contains terms frequently used for indexing and search of articles. Summary is given after the header (title, names of the authors, etc.), and before the key words. The article must have summaries in Serbian and English, but can be also provided with a summary in another foreign language. It is necessary that abstract in English (and other foreign language) is given in extended form - as a summary. Length of the summary can be up to 1/10 of the length of the article. Summary is given at the end of the article, after the Bibliography section.

Keywords are terms or phrases that most concisely describe the content of the article for the purposes of indexing and searching. Keywords must be relevant to the topic and content of the paper. A good choice of keywords is a prerequisite for proper indexing of the paper in reference periodicals and databases. Number of keywords may not exceed 10. Key words should be given in Serbian and the languages in which the summaries are provided. They should be placed immediately after the summaries, i.e. abstracts.

Notes (footnotes) are placed at the bottom of the text commented. They may contain important details, additional explanations, notes on sources used (e.g. scientific publications, manuals, etc.), but can not be a substitute for the cited references.

It is the responsibility of the authors to specify the title and code label of the research project within which the work was created, as well as the full title of the funding institution. In case a submitted manuscript has been presented at a conference in the form of an oral presentation (under the same or similar title), detailed information about the conference shall be provided in the same place.

Authors are required to properly cite sources that have significantly influenced their research and their manuscript. Parts of the manuscript, including text, equations, pictures and tables that are taken verbatim from other works must be clearly marked, e.g. by quotation marks accompanied by their location in the original document (page number), or, if more extensive, given in a separate paragraph.

Reviews (reviews, surveys) for the Show-window column are not limited in length only when itcomes to the scientific reviews. All the other reviews of monographic publications should not exceed 6000 characters (1000 words). Expert - specialist in a particular area, in addition to the basic summary of the publication, may give his own evaluation of the work, point out to its advantages and disadvantages, estimate the contribution of publication regarding to the existing literature, underscore the importance of the work for the development of a certain area.

List of references (literature): Full references of each quotation (in-text citation) must be listed in the separate section (Literature or References) in a uniform manner, according to the citation style used by the journal. References are listed alphabetically and should not be translated into the language of the article. References section should list only quoted/cited, and not all sources used for the preparation of a manuscript.

For composing a reference list use Chicago Style (Notes and Bibliography). See: www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html.

It is desirable that the text provide illustrations and photos, sent in separate files, as attachments. They need to be in format and resolution suitable for printing (jpg format and resolution no less than 300 dpi for 10 cm of width is recommended). If necessary, provide tables, charts and similar graphics, as separate attachments. If you have any queries, please contact us.

Authors retain copyright of the published papers and grant to the publisher the non-exclusive right to publish the article, to be cited as its original publisher in case of reuse, and to distribute it in all forms and media.The published articles will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution– NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). It is allowed to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, to remix, transform, and build upon it for non-commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the license is provided and it is indicated if changes were made.

Authors are permitted to deposit publisher's version (PDF) of their work in an institutional repository, subject-based repository, author's personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.), and/or departmental website at any time after publication.

Full bibliographic information (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) about the original publication must be provided and links must be made to the article's DOI and the license.

All papers and other contributions should be submitted in digital form, via e-mail address of the journal goran@biblioteka-pancevo.org.rs (personal e-mail addresses of the editors and the members of the Editorial Staff, to which you can also send contributions, can be found in the Impressum). The Editorial Staff will confirm the receipt of the text as soon as possible. Submitted works will not be returned, and the Editorial Board reserves the discretionary right to evaluate them and not publish them if it determines that they do not meet the content and formal criteria prescribed in this text.

The views expressed in the published works do not express the views of the Editors and the Editorial Staff. The authors take legal and moral responsibility for the ideas expressed in the articles. Publisher shall have no liability in the event of issuance of any claims for damages. The Publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Editorial Staff of Čitalište

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