About the Journal

 

Journal of Library Innovation (LIBBI) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research on libraries, information management, digital knowledge, information literacy, archives, scholarly communication, and innovation in information services. The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for librarians, information professionals, researchers, educators, archivists, knowledge managers, and policymakers to examine how libraries and information institutions respond to technological, organizational, educational, and societal transformation.

LIBBI publishes theoretical, empirical, technological, organizational, behavioral, and policy-oriented studies concerning digital libraries, smart library services, information and knowledge management, metadata and information retrieval, digital preservation, research data management, information literacy, user behavior, archives, open science, scholarly communication, and emerging technologies in library and information environments.

The journal encourages contributions from diverse national and international contexts and particularly values manuscripts with clearly defined research problems, rigorous methodologies, strong conceptual or analytical foundations, and meaningful implications for library innovation, information access, knowledge organization, digital inclusion, scholarly communication, and the evolving role of libraries in the digital society.

Journal Identity
Library Innovation  ·  Information Management  ·  Digital Knowledge  ·  Information Literacy
Advancing Libraries, Knowledge and Information in the Digital Society

Focus and Scope

Journal of Library Innovation publishes original research, review articles, empirical studies, conceptual contributions, technological studies, and policy-oriented research addressing contemporary developments in library and information science. The journal particularly welcomes manuscripts within the following areas:

1. Library Innovation and Digital Transformation
Digital libraries, smart libraries, library automation, artificial intelligence in libraries, digital services, emerging technologies, user-centered library systems, information infrastructure, innovation management, mobile library services, virtual reference services, and digital transformation of academic, public, school, special, and community libraries.
2. Information and Knowledge Management
Information management, knowledge management, knowledge organization, metadata, classification, indexing, information retrieval, institutional repositories, digital preservation, research data management, information governance, records management, scholarly communication, and management of digital knowledge resources.
3. Information Literacy and User Studies
Information literacy, digital literacy, media literacy, AI literacy, information behavior, information-seeking behavior, user experience, information needs, library user studies, community information services, digital inclusion, educational roles of libraries, lifelong learning, and user engagement with information systems and services.
4. Libraries, Archives and Society
Archives, cultural heritage collections, records management, public libraries, academic libraries, school libraries, community libraries, open access, open science, scholarly communication, copyright, privacy, information ethics, accessibility, inclusion, digital heritage, and the social and cultural role of libraries and information institutions.
Interdisciplinary Studies: LIBBI welcomes interdisciplinary research involving computer science, education, communication, management, sociology, digital humanities, artificial intelligence, archival studies, information systems, research management, and related fields when the manuscript demonstrates a clear contribution to libraries, information management, knowledge organization, information literacy, archives, scholarly communication, or information society.
Scope Note: Studies focused primarily on education, computer science, communication, general management, social media, artificial intelligence, or technology development without a clear connection to libraries, information services, knowledge management, archives, information literacy, scholarly communication, or information society may be considered outside the scope of the journal.
LIBBI Perspective: The journal particularly encourages research that explains how libraries and information institutions can improve access, knowledge organization, digital inclusion, user experience, scholarly communication, and information services in a rapidly changing digital society.