Peer review and reviewers

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

Davy, Debbie. "De-Mystifying the Peer Review Process: My Experiences as a Peer Reviewer." The Quill 16, no. 7 (April 2005)
http://www.stc-soc.org/quill/2005-04/ieeepcs.php (accessed Jan. 4, 2009)

Dilevko, Juris. "Reading Literature and Literature Reviews" LIbrary & Information Science Research 29 (2007) 451-454
http://www.lis-editors.org/bm~doc/editorial-lit-reviews.pdf

Edwards, Phillip M. "Developing as a Writer: Refereeing Manuscripts for Peer-Reviewed LIS Journals," College & Research Libraries News 68, no. 10 (November 2007): 630-1.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2007/nov/Developing_as_a_writer.cfm

Hernon, Peter. "What is a Problem Statement?" Library & Information Science Research 29 (2007): 307-309.
http://www.lis-editors.org/bm~doc/editorial-problem-statement.pdf

Hernon, Peter, and Candy Schwartz. "Peer Review Revisited." Library & Information Science Research 28 (2006): 1-3.

Hernon, Peter, and Candy Schwartz. "Reviewer Merits." Library & Information Science Research 26 (2006): 4-5, also signed by the editors-in-chief of 5 additional journals.

JMLA Reviewer Tutorial. (Journal of the Medical Library Association):
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/jmlatutorial/index.html

Examples of Reviewer Forms