Resources for Editors

All resources listed here were identified by editors participating in the LIS-Editors discussion list.

Bankier, Jean-Gabriel, and Courtney Smith. “Establishing library publishing: best practices for creating successful journal editors”. In Open Scholarship: Authority, Community, and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0 , 68-78. Toronto, Canada (2008).
http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?068_elpub2008.

Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective. Int J Clin Pract, (2007), 61 (Suppl 152), 1-26.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
http://publicationethics.org/

The Council of Editors of Learned Journals
http://www.celj.org/

Gordon, Rachel. Getting Started in Library Publication. American Libraries, (2004), 35(1), 66-69.

Graf, Chris, Elizabeth Wager, Alyson Bowman, Suzan Fiack, Diane Scott-Lichter, and Andrew Robinson. Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective. International Journal of Clinical Practice 61, no. s152: 1-26 (2007).
doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01230.x.

Journal Editor Ethics. Ethical Practices of Journal Editors: Voluntary Code of Conduct (2012)
http://editorethics.uncc.edu/Index.aspx

National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS). Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles.
http://www.nfais.org/Best_Practices_Final_Public.pdf

The Publishing Efforts Resource Kit (PERK) Elsevier B.V. (2008)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/editorshome.editors/Introduction

Books

Page, Gillian, Campbell, Robert, and Jack Meadows. Journal Publishing. (Cambridge University Press, 1997).

Smith, Gary M. The Peer-Reviewed Journal—A Comprehensive Guide through the Editorial Process. Includes Forms, Letters, and Faxes. Third Edition. (Chatgris Press, 2006).
http://www.chatgrispress.com/Books/Peer-Reviewed_Journal/Peer_Reviewed_Journal.htm

Strunk, William Jr., and E. B. White. Elements of Style. 4th ed. (New York : Longman, 2000); Penguin Books has an illustrated edition (2007) which is wonderfully colorful and playful but retains the essence of this classic.

Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots & Leaves.(New York: Gotham Books, 2003).

Weller, Ann C. Editorial Peer Review: Its Strengths and Weaknesses. (Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 2001).

Zinsser, William . On Writing Well., 25th anniversary ed., 1st HarperResource Quill ed. (New York: Quill, 2001).