Humanities Methods in Librarianship

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Humanities Methods in Librarianship is a no-fee, open access journal that publishes high quality, peer-reviewed research with an emphasis on articles that push the boundaries — both thematically and formally — of what has been traditionally viewed as scholarship within the discipline. The journal aims to broaden the conversation by encouraging submissions that deploy methods from the humanities to address current or salient issues in the library profession. Humanistic methodological approaches may be used to address a wide range of topics within librarianship, so we encourage creative approaches and a diversity of submissions.

Submission types may include but are not limited to:

• Conceptual, philosophical, or theoretical discussions
• Literary, critical, or textual analyses of major (or minor) works within the literature
• Historical analyses and histories of the profession
• Personal narratives and autoethnography
• Creative non-fiction
• Interviews or oral histories

We aim to publish original work, but the journal will consider papers that have been presented at conferences. We won’t review or accept work that is currently under consideration elsewhere.

Authors are welcome to reach out to the editors to share a synopsis or an abstract in advance of submission to determine if their topic is within scope. We hope to have our first call for papers in late 2025, and publish the first issue in 2026.