Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

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History

ISTL was established in 1991 and the editor-in-chief is Andrea L. Duda (University of California, Santa Barbara). Michael Fosmire (Purdue University) became acting editor-in-chief until Edward Eckel's (Western Michigan University) took over the publication in March 2021 [1] . In mid-2025, Eckel decided to step down as editor-in-chief. Sarah Tribelhorn (San Diego State University) and Hannah Lee (California State University, Dominguez Hills) became co-editor-in-chiefs on July 2025.

The journal began as a print publication but eventually moved to an online publication in 1997 [2] . Themed issues for the journal began with the Spring 1997 issue (no. 14) until Winter 2009 (no 56). Refereed articles became a part of the journal with the Summer 2000 issue with Buffy Choinski (University of Mississippi) as the editor of the section [3] . In 2019, the journal moved migrated to the University of Alberta Libraries Open Journal Systems (OJS) [1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following

References

  1. 1 2 Eckel, Edward (2021). "How did I get here? Life on an Editorial Board". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (99). doi:10.29173/istl2670. ISSN   1092-1206.
  2. Duda, Andrea L. (Andrea Louise) (1998-02-16). "A Note from the Editor". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (17). doi:10.29173/istl1412. ISSN   1092-1206.
  3. Duda, Andrea L. (2021). "Reflections on ISTL at 25". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (99). doi:10.29173/istl2685. ISSN   1092-1206.
  4. "Inspec list of journals" (PDF). Inspec. Institution of Engineering and Technology . Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  5. "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier . Retrieved 2016-06-04.