Requirements for Manuscripts to be Published in the «Herald of the Library Assembly of Eurasia» Journal

The English translation of the Requirements for Manuscripts to be Published in the «Herald of the Library Assembly of Eurasia» Journal presented below is for informative purposes only. In case of conflict between the Russian original and the English translation, the Russian original prevails.

The Editorial Staff accepts only original research papers which have not been published elsewhere and other research materials in accordance with the theme of the major sections. To be published in the «Herald of the Library Assembly of Eurasia», the authors must submit to the Editorial Board:

1. Manuscript (in Russian)

It must be submitted in printed form (dated and signed by the author) or digital form (by e-mail to mbrs@rsl.ru and RaykovaGA@rsl.ru ) as a Microsoft Word 97–2003 file.
The text must be in Times New Roman Cyr font, 12 pt, with one- and-a-half line spacing. The length of the manuscript must not exceed 25 000 characters (letters and spaces between words), including notes and references cited.

The author’s initials must be written without spaces between them and with a non-breaking space after the family name (Ctrl + Shift + Space rollover).
The text may contain quotation marks «…». If another quote is nested within the first quote, the quotation marks must differ. The quotation marks of the first (external) quote must be French quotation marks («…» — polylines pointed like arrows), while quotation marks of the second (internal) quote must be inverted commas — «…"…"».
There may be an em dash (—) in the text (the result of Ctrl + Alt +- rollover) and a hyphen.
The lists do not use automatic numbering of text editor.
Infographics (tables, diagrams, drawings and formulas) must be numbered. Tables and diagrams must have headings placed above the respective graph or table. Every drawing must have a caption.

The text structure

Author’s details: first name, patronymic, family name, place of work (study), position, academic degree, academic title, e-mail address, postal address of the organization.
Contact details: the postal address for correspondence, phone numbers (work, home, mobile), electronic mail. Phone numbers can be used only in communication purposes between the author and the editorial staff and are not subject to publication.

Article heading
References Cited must be formatted according to the accepted standards (Interstate Standand GOST P 7.0.51 –2008) and listed at the end of the manuscript. References are given in order of mention / citation in the article. Reference marks to the references in the body of the manuscript must be given in square brackets [reference number on the list, page number].
Notes must be numbered using Arabic figures (the superscript key in the word processor menu — a 1 , a 2 ).
Automatic footnotes of the word processor cannot be used for making bibliographic lists, notes and references.
Captions must look as follows: illustration file name/number — explanations to the illustration (what/who/where was depicted; a bibliographic description must be made for book covers and their content). File numbers on the list must match the names/numbers of the pictures enclosed.

2. Artwork and illustrations

These must be submitted in the digital form (illustrations and the photo of the author — the latter being an absolute necessity) by separate TIFF/JPG files, no less than 300 dpi.
Word-imported illustrations or their photocopies are not allowed.
All artwork and illustrations must be provided with captions (shown in the file).

3. Offer Acceptance Act ( printed-out and signed)

All legal matters related to publication in the Journal, including the responsibilities of the Parties (author and publisher), are regulated on the basis of the PUBLIC OFFER (PUBLISHING) and the Offer Acceptance Act signed by the author. Providing manuscripts to the Editorial Office Author(s) guarantees that the Manuscript is original, it was not published before, and the right of authorship for Manuscript in virtue of creation belongs to the Author(s).

The Acceptance Act may be completed on paper in any format; it must be signed by the author(s) personally in blue ink (ball pen) and must contain the following details:

  • Full name
  • Date of birth
  • Postal address for correspondence
  • E-mail address
  • Citizenship (for foreign authors)
  • ID or Passport: Series _____ No. ___________, issued by __________, date of issue__________, issuing authority code __________
  • The text: «I (We) agree to the Terms and Conditions of the PUBLIC OFFER (PUBLISHING) of the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Russian State Library» No. 101/02Л/0084 dated January 13, 2014, and accept them, i. e., provide the Publisher, on the Terms and Conditions offered thereby, with the exclusive rights to the Work under the tentative heading __________________________ ».

For of convenience, we can provide the prepared templates of the Acceptance Act for the Author or Multiple Authors.

The Acceptance Act may be forwarded to:

Federal State Budgetary Institution «Russian State Library»
Department of Interlibrary Cooperation with Russian and CIS Libraries
To: G. A. Raykova

Vozdvizhenka Str., 3/5
Moscow 119019, Russia

Authors are fully responsible for the content and publishing of their manuscripts.

The Journal Editorial Board disclaims any responsibility to the authors and/or third persons and organizations for any damage that may incur as a result of the publication of the manuscript.

The fee for publishing in the journal will not be charged. No royalties are paid.

Manuscripts and related other materials will not be returned.

Manuscripts that do not observe these Requirements will not be accepted for publication.

The English translation of the Requirements for Manuscripts to be Published in the «Herald of the Library Assembly of Eurasia» Journal presented above is for informative purposes only. In case of conflict between the Russian original and the English translation, the Russian original prevails.