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Policies

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Who Can Submit?

The Information Literacy Collab is committed to expanding opportunities for students in scholarly communication, both on the developing end and as authors. Because student involvement and success is one of our strongest guiding values, ILC encourages submissions by current graduate students and early career professionals in the field of library and information science.

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Submission Types

Submissions can vary in style and scope, examples including but not limited to: informational studies, instructional lessons, traditional academic papers, case studies, book reviews, editorials, and literature reviews.

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Citations and Style

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of information science and information literacy, the Information Literacy Collab welcomes all citation styles at the submission stage. Following acceptance into the journal, final versions must be edited by authors to match our style guide. Our style guide is the most up to date version of APA.

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Open Access Statement

The Information Literacy Collab is a Diamond Open Access scholarly journal hosted by Syracuse University Libraries. Due to our dedication to open access scholarship and publication opportunities for all, the Information Literacy Collab charges no submission fees.

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Privacy Statement

The names and contact information of submitters to the Information Literacy Collab will be used only for the purposes stated by the journal. This information will not be shared beyond those purposes, nor made available to any other party.

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Accessibility Statement

With our committment to access for all, the Information Literacy Collab adheres to and strives to go beyond ADA standards for accessibility. Due to our electronic format, published issues of ILC will be accessible to screen readers and other adaptive technology. For any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding increasing the accessibility of our journal, please contact us at ilcollab@syr.edu.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statement

Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality and integrity of their submissions. Generative AI tools, such as large language models and multimodal models, do not meet Information Literacy Collab standards for accuracy, privacy, or proper attribution, and as such must not be listed as an author of a submission and must not be used to generate written content for submissions. Additionally, the use of generative AI for creating or editing images, charts, tables, data, or figures is completely prohibited.

Generative AI may be used as an aide at the initial stage of writing in the following use cases:

  • Idea exploration
  • Idea generation
  • Translation assistance

Authors must disclose the use of any generative AI tools in an AI Disclosure Statement. This statement must include detailed descriptions of the tools used (including the version number), how it was used, and the purpose of use. The AI Disclosure Statement should be included on the final page of the submission.

Authors who did not use any generative AI in the development of their submissions must still complete an AI Disclosure Statement attesting to this.

The Information Literacy Collab retains the right to reject any submissions suspected to be in violation of this policy.

Editorial Board AI Use Policy

Generative AI tools will never be used in any step of the selection, review, editing, or publication processes. Basic spellcheck and grammar editing tools such as Grammarly may be used at the editors’ discretion.

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