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Important note: AARL and ALJ are no longer published. Previous issues can be accessed through Routledge Taylor and Francis. The Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA) is now the premier research journal of the Australian Library and Information Association.
JALIA
Print ISSN: 2475-0158 Online ISSN: 2475-0166

How to get a copy of JALIA
- Visit a library which subscribes to JALIA to read the journal.
- Subscription to JALIA is offered through Routledge/Taylor and Francis - read this for more information.
- If you are an ALIA personal Member, there is a generous discount offered on the annual subscription of JALIA.
(Four issues per year, online-only access – $39.60. Please contact subscriptions@alia.org.au to take up this offer.)
Important note: Subscriptions purchased through Taylor and Francis at the personal rate are strictly for personal, non-commercial use only. The reselling of personal subscriptions is prohibited and once the personal subscription is purchased it cannot be provided to a physical or digital library to substitute for a full library subscription.
Green open access
- ALIA journals are green open access through Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
- For current content, authors may post their Author Accepted Manuscript on their institutional repository with zero embargo
Members of the JALIA Editorial Board:
Philip Hider (Chair) |
BSc Hons LSE, MLib U Wales, PhD City U London, FCLIP, AALIA, Charles Sturt University |
Andrew Cox | BA Open, MA TVU, MSc UWA, MA Open, MEd Sheffield, PhD Loughborough, FCLIP, University of Sheffield |
Alison Fields | BA Canterbury, BTheol Otago, DipLibr Victoria, MA Victoria, EdD Otago, FLIANZA, Infosolutions Ltd |
Jenny Fink | BA (Lib) Ballarat, GCertBusManBallarat, AALIA, City of Ballarat |
Anne Goulding | BA Hons Leeds, MA, PhD Sheffield, Victoria University of Wellington |
John Kennedy | BA, DipASydney, DipLibUNSW, MLibWales, PhD Sydney, AALIA, Adjunct Charles Sturt University |
Philip Kent | BA UQ, GradDipLibSc QIT, MBA UQ, AALIA, The University of Sydney |
Patrick O’Connor | BA Hons UQ, GradCertClinEdFlin, GradDipLibSciQUT, MAppSci(Inf) CSU, AALIA (CP), Queensland Health |
Sue Reynolds | BEd (Lib) MCAE, MLS SanJose, Calif, PhD CSU, AALIA, RMIT University |
Fiona Russell | BA, BSci UniMelb, GDIM RMIT, AALIA (CP), Deakin University |
Catherine Ryan | BEd(Lib) MCAE, MBIT RMIT, AALIA, De La Salle College Library, Malvern |
Janette Wright |
BPsychUWA, DipLibCurtin, MKM Melb, AALIA, United Arab Emirates University |
Editorial team:
JALIA publishes reviews of books and other resources of interest to current practitioners in academic and research libraries, and to educators in librarianship.
If you are interested in reviewing titles for JALIA, or would like to suggest a title for review, please email the Book Reviews Editors, Ian McCallum and Sherrey Quinn. If you have not previously contributed to JALIA, please include a brief (maximum one page) c.v. indicating relevant interests and expertise.
Publishing in JALIA
Instructions for authors | Manuscripts should be submitted through the Taylor & Francis Editorial Manager site.
Research student summaries
Library and information science PhD, Masters by Research and Masters Project students are invited to submit a short summary of their research for publication in the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association. The summaries should be no more than 500 words and provide an overview of the project and work to-date. They are intended for practitioner and researcher readers and will include the research aim, methods and anticipated outcomes. If used, references should be minimal and conform to the APA6th format.
Additional information about the formatting for JALIA is available here. It should be noted that this category does not preclude students submitting papers in other categories if appropriate.
Authors should register and then upload their summary, using the 'Other' paper category, noting the category “Research student project summaries” in their document here.
Publications history
Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (2017 – current)
Formerly known as The Australian Library Journal (1951 – 2016) and Australian Academic and Research Libraries (1970 – 2016)
Past Editors and Chairs of the Editorial Boards - list.
This page is accurate as of 13 January 2021 and will be updated as needed.