Guidelines for Paper Submission

Editorial Policy (Part I)

PLANNER provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences among library communities throughout the world. The editors will receive contributions from all parts of the world. Criteria for acceptance will be appropriateness and its relevance to the Theme and sub-themes. Only papers not previously published will be accepted. Acceptance or otherwise will be at the discretion of the Editorial Committee. Completed papers will be required and information regarding these will be forwarded with the acceptance letter from the Convener of the PLANNER-2007 to the authors. However editors are requested to intimate to the authors about the receipt of the papers. In case of the paper is not up to  the standard, only abstract can be included in the proceedings.

 

Format guidelines for Authors (Part II)

Submission of paper: Authors are required to submit their papers either through email or floppy to the respective editors, which is given on the PLANNER broachers. Please observe the following format for the article:

Layout and Font Sizes

Use 11-point type for the name(s) of the author(s) and 10-point type for the address(es) and the abstract. For the main text, please use 11-point type and single-line spacing. We recommend using Times New Roman  fonts

Headings

Headings should be capitalized (i.e., nouns, verbs, and all other words except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions should be set with an initial capital) and should be aligned to the left, with the exception of the title of the article.

Use following Font sizes of headings and titles.

  Title of the article  (Bold letter, font size 14 and center alignment)

·        Title page: Paper should begin with the title of the article, author's name and  complete address from which the communication with email address. In the case of co-authors, respective addresses should be clearly indicated.

Abstract: All papers must be supplied with an abstract. Abstract should  not  exceed 150 words and must be in Times New Roman 10 point with single line spacing. The abstract should be concise, and complete in itself without reference to the body of the paper. Include purpose, methodology, results, and conclusions where applicable.

Keywords: Article should have at least five suitable keywords suitable

Author Biography: Brief biography along with passport size photographs of the author on the bottom of paper is compulsory. Biography should not exceed 50 words.

References: References to published material should be identified in the text by Arabic numerals in square brackets. References should appear at the end of the paper as endnotes (rather than footnotes) under the heading REFERENCES. Within the text, the citation style should appear as follows:

         Innovation is a great thing [2].

References should be typed at the end of the paper in numerical order. Examples of the correct format are given below:

·        Authored Book (One  author)

[1] Sinderman, Carl J. “ Winning the Game that Scientists Play”. New York: Plenum, 1982.

• More than One author

[2] Jones, Mary, Frank Smith, Alex Jackson and Sarah Pope.  “A History of the World”.  Bellingham: From the Beginning   Press, 2000