Aim:
As stewards of knowledge in an era of rapid technological advancement and information proliferation, library and information professionals play a pivotal role in shaping information access, organisation, and dissemination. Our journal is a hub for scholars, practitioners, and researchers to exchange ideas, share insights, and contribute to advancing the discipline. The AJLIM  advance the understanding, theory, and practice of library and information management across various contexts, including academic, public, corporate, and specialised libraries.

Scope:
The scope of the Advance Journal of Library and Information Management encompasses a wide range of topics related to the theory, practice, and management of libraries and information services. It welcomes contributions from various disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches, including but not limited to.

• Information Retrieval and Organization: Studies focusing on information retrieval systems, indexing and abstracting, classification schemes, metadata standards, and knowledge organization systems.
• Library Technologies: Research on integrating and utilising emerging technologies in libraries, including library automation, digital libraries, institutional repositories, and information systems.
  
• Library Services and User Experience: Exploration of library services, user needs assessment, user-centered design, reference services, outreach programs, and assessment of library impact on user communities.
  
• Information Literacy and Education: Investigations into information literacy instruction, lifelong learning initiatives, information literacy assessment, and the role of libraries in promoting critical thinking and digital literacy skills.
  
• Collection Development and Management: Studies on collection development policies, collection assessment, preservation strategies, intellectual freedom, copyright issues, and open access initiatives.
  
• Library Management and Administration: Analysis of library leadership and management practices, strategic planning, budgeting and finance, human resource management, marketing, and advocacy.
  
• Information Ethics and Intellectual Freedom: Examination of ethical issues related to information access, privacy, censorship, intellectual property rights, freedom of expression, and ethical behaviour of information professionals.
  
• Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage: Exploration of the intersection between libraries, digital humanities, cultural heritage preservation, digital archives, and initiatives to digitize and disseminate cultural resources.
  
• Research Data Management: Studies on research data management practices, data curation, data repositories, data sharing policies, and library support services to researchers.
  
• Global Perspectives in Library and Information Science: Comparative studies on library systems and practices across different regions, international collaborations, cross-cultural issues, and the role of libraries in promoting global information access and equity.

All papers are subject to a blind reviewing process.

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