About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The TULSSAA Journal is a scholarly publication focused on Library and Information Science. This journal releases articles on subjects and themes across different fields, such as Libraries, Information Science, Digital Libraries, Library Automation, Free and Open Source, Knowledge Management, and several others. It is an open access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that adheres to the standard principles of publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

The TULSSAA Journal releases research articles each year in both print and digital formats to promote scholarship and knowledge creation in the fields of humanities and social sciences. Program operating in realtime, and no channel exists Program operating in realtime, and no channel exists

Publication Frequency

The TULSSAA Journal is published annually.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Peer Review Process

After the article is accepted, The TULSSAA Journal uses blind peer review process during publication. Please ensure that the entire text of the manuscript except the title page is blinded and doesn't contain any information that identifies the author/s or their affiliated institutions.

The TULSSAA Journal Editorial Board conducts initial screening of manuscripts submitted for the publication. The Board can first ask the author to revise the paper if necessary. After the approval, all articles submitted for publication go through a blind peer review process.

Major procedures after the submission of the article

  • Step 1–Initial screening by the Editorial Board: after the initial screening, editors shall send the draft back to the author for corrections, minor or major, to meet the requirements of the journal in case the paper is acceptable.
  • Step 2 –the author is expected to revise his or her article based on the feedback from the Editorial Board.
  • Step 3 –the Editorial Board shall send the article to a couple of peer reviewers for further procedures. The reviewer makes the judgment based on Guidelines for Reviewers. Reviewers shall make these remarks on the paper:
    • Acceptance
    • Acceptance with minor revision
    • Acceptance with moderate revision
      • Acceptance with major revision
    • Rejection
  • Step 4 –the Editorial Board decides the acceptance or rejection of the article based on the reviewers’ recommendation.
    The Editorial Board has the full discretion to accept or reject the article on genuine grounds and as per recommendations made by the peer reviewers. The Board and Publisher also use their prerogatives to accept or reject the reviewed articles. Editors in consultation with the Publisher accept or reject those articles. In case of controversial issues in any section of the article can considerably be eliminated, modified, or updated in due respect to the Publishing Institution, Tribhuvan University Library Science Students’ Alumni Association.
  • In any condition, the publisher and Editorial Board shall not be obliged to return the rejected manuscript/s to the author/s on any ground.

Publisher

The TULSSAA Journal is published by the Tribhvuan University Library Science Students' Alumni Association