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Submission deadline one month away! The Journal of Graduate Librarianship is accepting submissions for its first issue through March 17. Manuscripts are welcome for either of these two sections: Articles (i.e., peer-reviewed scholarly articles) or Sharing Our Stories (i.e., editor-reviewed reports on practice). See the full call for papers below.

Not ready to submit a manuscript? You can still engage with JGL's Practitioner Panel! Graduate librarians can learn so much from each other, and it doesn't always have to be through full articles. JGL seeks to collect small suggestions, tidbits of experience, and nuggets of wisdom in our Practitioner Panel column. We'll periodically send a question or prompt out to the community and solicit your responses. We'll then pull responses together into a short column. Our current Practitioner Panel question is: What have you read or listened to recently that has informed your work as a graduate librarian, and how? Share your thoughts via our online form.

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The Journal of Graduate Librarianship is now accepting submissions!

Authors may submit manuscripts on any aspect or type of graduate librarianship to either of these two sections: Articles (i.e., peer-reviewed scholarly articles) or Sharing Our Stories (i.e., editor-reviewed reports on practice). See below for details on these sections, and please consult the submission guidelines before submitting. Submit by March 17, 2023 to be considered for inclusion in the first issue.

We especially seek manuscripts that exemplify the qualities contained in the acronym SHOP: Shared Honest Open Practice. Authors are encouraged to share their discoveries and/or experiences in a relatable way and are not required to refer to themselves in the third person. While JGL provides a podium for the dissemination of research, it also offers a large, welcoming kitchen table, where the graduate librarian community can gather, share, and learn.

JGL Sections:

• Articles (peer-reviewed): Scholarly articles about graduate librarianship that report on empirical research, present case studies, report on professional practice, or engage deeply with theory and/or existing scholarly literature. All manuscripts must provide an introduction and conclusion, and must address the relevant literature. Manuscripts reporting on empirical research (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods) should generally also include the following sections: Literature Review, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Practice and theory manuscripts may be divided into whatever sections suit the manuscript's topic and arguments. As a rule, manuscripts submitted to the Articles section should be 3,000–6,000 words, though exceptions will be considered. An abstract of up to 250 words must also be provided. Submissions go through double-anonymous peer review.
• Sharing Our Stories (editor-reviewed): Brief reports on personal experiences in graduate librarianship, including (but not limited to) initiatives, successes, lessons learned, reflections, epiphanies, and professional development. Manuscripts submitted to the Sharing Our Stories section should be 1,500–3,000 words, though exceptions will be considered. A brief abstract of up to 100 words must also be provided. Submissions are reviewed by JGL editors and do not undergo a full peer-review process.

About JGL: First announced in August 2022, the Journal of Graduate Librarianship is the first scholarly journal dedicated exclusively to matters pertaining to graduate librarianship. Published by East Tennessee State University, JGL is open access and charges no author-facing fees. Full information about JGL and its goals and policies are available on the journal website.