LRTS Editor

Peggy Johnson
499 Wilson Library
University of Minnesota
309 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis MN 55104
lrtseditor@ala.org

Book Review Editor

Edward Swanson
1065 Portland Ave.
Saint Paul MN 55104-7011
lrtsbookreviews@ala.org

LRTS Editorial Board

Library Resources & Technical Services

the Official Journal of the Association for Library Collections Technical Services
Current Issue: v. 54, no.1

Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) is a peer-reviewed journal that takes a critical approach to the questions and challenges facing librarians and libraries with regard to:

• Collections
• Scholarly communication
• Preservation (including digitization)
• Acquisitions (including licensing and economic aspects of acquisitions)
• Continuing resources
• Cataloging (including descriptive metadata, authority control, subject analysis, and classification)

LRTS publishes both research papers and thoughtful explorations of operational issues that have value and implications for other libraries. In addition, LRTS publishes editorials, book reviews, letters to the editor, and the annual report of the president of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.

Bibliographic Information   

• ISSN: 0024-2527
• Commenced publication: 1957
• Frequency: quarterly (4 issues per vol., 1 vol. per year)

Impact Factor    

2008: 0.698 (Journal Citation Reports® 2009, published by Thomson Scientific)

For Readers

• Tables of Contents
• Abstracts
• Indexes
• Archive of past issues
• Subscribing
• Indexing procedures

For Authors

• Instructions
• Author FAQ
• Readings
• Turning a presentation into a paper

For Advertisers

• Guide for Advertisers

LRTS Online Resources

Archive of volumes 1 through 40

LRTS is the official journal of the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association.