Reminder for authors
Dear authors of “Knygotyra”,
The journal publishes scholarly works in book research and the wider range of disciplines within social sciences and humanities (e.g., publishing; production, trade, and dissemination of traditional and electronic books and press; bibliography; library science; bibliophilia; reading science; book art and graphics; history of book and writing, epigraphy; papyrology; manuscript, printed, and digital heritage, its conservation, preservation, and restauration; documentation research; archival and records management issues; biographistics, etc.) devoted to the object related to that of the Book Science according to the classification of research areas, directions and branches approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
The editing board of “Knygotyra” draws your attention to some regulations on presentation of the material. The article should include the elements required in any research publication: the goal and objectives of research, description of theoretical framework and methodology, historiography of the problem or earlier research review, results of research, discussion, conclusions, and lists of references and sources. The short abstract of the article and key words must be presented at the begining of the article.
Two copies of the manuscript and an .rtf file on a diskette or via e-mail must be presented to the editing board. The article or publication should not exceed 22-24 typed pages (1,5 lines spacing), surveys and reviews - 12 pages. The summary of 30-50 lines in English should be attachedto the manuscript (it will be translated to Lithuanian language). The possibility of presenting larger articles or illustrations should be discussed with the editing board.
· The tables should be presented on separate pages;
· The notes to the text are given at the end of pages (in the footnote). Check the style of references to the literature further down;
· The Cyrillic bibliographic descriptions are not transliterated or transcribed;
· The short data about author should be presented on a separate sheet.
· Each article is assessed by two reviewers.
Visiting address
Editing board of “Knygotyra”
Faculty of Communication
Vilnius University
Saulėtekio al. 9, building 1, room 201
Lithuania
Mailing address
Editing board of “Knygotyra”
Faculty of Communication
Vilnius University
Universiteto 3
LT-01513 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel. (370 5) 236 61 11, 236 61 12
E-mail:
domas.kaunas@kf.vu.lt
alma.braziuniene@kf.vu.lt
References in “Knygotyra” should meet the requirements of the international standard ISO 690:1987 (E) Documents. Bibliographic references. Contents, format, and structure and a Lithuanian standard LST ISO 690-2:1999. It is recommended to use only mandatory data elements in the references.
Bibliographic references should be presented in an alphabetic order at the end of the article and numbered consequently. When quoting the source the relevant reference number should be given in square brackets (see Example). The references to articles are separated by a semi-colon. The quoted pages are indicated after the reference number and separated by a comma.
The articles using other systems of referencing are not accepted.
EXAMPLE
McConnell provides an interesting definition of a constitution [2] ………...
The publishing situation of that time is characterised by Raguotienė [3, 28-35] ……..
You can find the examples on the Internet or in databases [1; 4].
References
1. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [interactive]. Texinfo ed. 2.1. [Dortmund, Germany]: WindSpiel, November 1994 [accessed 10 February 1995]. Access through Internet: <http://www.germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice.html>
2. McCONNELL, W. H. Constitutional History. In The Canadian Encyclopedia [CD-ROM]. Mcintosho versija 1.1. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c. 1993. ISBN 0-7710-1932-7.
3. RAGUOTIENĖ, Genovaitė. Spaudą atgavus: knyga ir skaitytojas 1904–1918 m. Lietuvoje. Vilnius, 1996. 349, [3] p. ISBN 9986-690-01-3.
4. ZHUKOVSKY, Vladimir; ITKIN, Vladimir; and CHERNENKO, Lev. Helikopters over the Crater. In Current Digest of the Soviet Press [interactive]. Columbus (Ohio): Current Digest of the Soviet Press, 11 June 1986 [accessed 14 February 1991]. Accession no. 0008752. Access through: DIALOG Information Services, Palo Alto (Calif.).
Here are some examples of various types of references
Bibliographic references to publications
LOMINADZE, D. G. Cyclotron waves in plasma. 1st ed. Oxford, 1981. 206 p. ISBN 0-08-021680-3.
ИЕНИШ, Е.В. Библиографический поиск в научной работе: справочное пособие-путеводитель. Москва: Книга, 1982. 246, [2] с.
Communications equipment manufactures. Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division, Statistics Canada. Preliminary ed. 1970- . Ottawa, 1971- . ISSN 0700-0758.
NAVASAITIS, Algirdas. Uosis. In Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija. Vilnius, 1988, t. 4, p. 379.
WRIGLEY, E. A. Parish registers and the historian. In STEEL, D. National index of parish registers. London, 1968, vol. 1, p. 155-167.
VAŠKEVIČIENĖ, Aušra. Elektroninė informacija bibliotekos darbe. Tarp knygų, 2000, nr. 1, p. 1-3.
WEAVER, William. The collectors: command performances. Architectural Digest, December 1985, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 126-133.
Bibliographic references to electronic documents
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [interactive]. Texinfo ed. 2.1. [Dortmund, Germany]: WindSpiel, November 1994 [accessed 10 February 1995]. Aceess throught Internet: <http://www.germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice.html>
Meeting agenda [interactive]. Gif-sur-Yvette (France): Centre d'Etudes nucléaires/Saclay, Service de Documentation, March 1991- [accessed 30 September 1992]. ASCII format. Access through: QUESTEL.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology [interactive]. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 1984 [accessed 3 January 1990]. Access through: DIALOG Information Services, Palo Alto (Calif.).
World Factbook [CD-ROM]. [Washington, D. C.]: Central Intelligence Agency, 1990. Spain vital statistics. ID number: CI WOFACT 1206.
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [interactive]. Texinfo ed. 2.2. [Dortmund, Germany]: WindSpiel, November 1994 [accessed 30 March 1995]. Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party. Access through Internet: http://www.germany.eu.net/books/carroll/alice_10.html#SEC13.
ZHUKOVSKY, Vladimir; ITKIN, Vladimir; and CHERNENKO, Lev. Helikopters over the Crater. In Current Digest of the Soviet Press [interactive]. Columbus (Ohio): Current Digest of the Soviet Press. 11 June 1986 [accessed 14 February 1991]. Accession no. 0008752. Access through: DIALOG Information Services, Palo Alto (Calif.).
McCONNELL, W. H. Constitutional History. In The Canadian Encyclopedia [CD-ROM]. Mcintosh version 1.1. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c. 1993. ISBN 0-7710-1932-7.
Journal of Technology Education [interactive]. Blacksburg (Va.): Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989- [accessed 15 March 1995]. Access through Internet: gopher://borg.lib.vt.edu:70/1/jte.
STONE, Nan. The Globalization of Europe. In Harward Business Rewiew [interactive]. May-June 1989 [accessed 3 September 1990]. Access through: BRS Information Technologies, McLean (Va.).
PRICE-WILKIN, John. Using the World-Wide Web to Deliver Complex Electronic Documents: Implications for Libraries. In The Public-Access Computer Systems Review [interactive]. 1994, vol. 5, no. 3 [accessed 28 Juli 1994], pp. 5–21. Access through Internet: <gopher://info.lib.uh.edu:70/00/articles/e-journals/uhlibrary/pacsreview/ v5/n3/pricewil.5n3>. ISSN 1048-6542.
PARKER, Elliott. Re: Citing Electronic Journals. In Pacs-L (Public Access Computer Systems Forum) [interactive]. Houston (Tex.): University of Houston Libraries, 24 November 1989; 13:29:35 CST [accessed 1 January 1995; 16:15 EST]. Access through Internet: <telnet:brsuser@a.cni.org>.
PRITCHARD, Sarah. You request for Information about ISO Standards. [interactive]. Message to: Margaret MORRISSON. 18 February 1995 [accessed 3 March 1995]. Personal message.
Bibliographic references to manuscripts
While there is no a Lithuanian standard for bibliographic references of manuscripts we suggest the following version:
Дело о приписании к Сурдецкому монастырю вольных людей. [Ковно], 1843, октябрь.
Kauno apskrities archyvas, f. 49, ap. 1, b. 614, lap. 1–4.