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Call for Articles: Disabilities in Libraries & Information Studies

  • 1.  Call for Articles: Disabilities in Libraries & Information Studies

    Posted Sep 15, 2025 02:44 PM

    DisLIS Open for Article Submissions

    Disabilities in Libraries & Information Studies (DisLIS) is now accepting articles for peer-reviewed, open access publication. This includes original research articles, review articles, case studies, theory articles, and notes from the field. We recommend authors use this template to structure their articles. We will review submissions using this rubric. Academic articles are peer reviewed using an open, collaborative review process. Articles will be published on a rolling basis.

     

    Article Submission Link

    About DisLIS

    DisLIS is an open access, multimedia journal run by information professionals who work in various types of information-oriented jobs. All members of the Editorial Board either have disabilities or have extensive experience with disability-centered work.

     

    Our publishing focus is to center the experience of disability within information work in a variety of settings including but not limited to K-12 schools; LIS programs; public, academic, special, or other types of libraries or archives; focusing on the experiences of library or archive workers or users, or people who work with libraries in other ways. Works published may take a variety of forms, including book reviews, peer-reviewed scholarly articles or case studies, poetry, and recorded interviews.

     

    Contact the Editorial Board if you have questions: DisLisJournal@googlegroups.com


    DisLIS website is available at https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/



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    Katie Quirin Manwiller, MLIS
    Pronouns: she/her/hers
    Education Librarian & Assistant Professor
    West Chester University
    kmanwiller@wcupa.edu
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