Invitation to contribute to AfLIA Blog – the African Library Vibes
Are you a blogger or prolific writer with interest in library matters, looking for wider readership? Do you have some great content that you would like to share with readers in the Library and Information Science world? How about an interesting story or event that was organized by your library, would you want the world to read, know and discuss it?
AfLIA, the Library Association for Africa, has some great news for you!
AfLIA wishes to introduce to all, – the African Library Vibes. This is an online space set up with the primary aim of providing an international forum where authors and readers within the LIS sector, especially in Africa, can converge, interact and share knowledge for the promotion and development of LIS in the continent and beyond.
At this time, we are accepting guest posts from authors such as yourself for publishing on African Library Vibes. The Vibes will feature a stimulating and interesting blend of stories, practical experiences, debates, research findings, interactive content and discussions from across the Library ecosystem, especially in Africa.
Posts can be directly or indirectly related to any of the topics below;
- General news about Libraries (Services, Activities, Events, Partnerships/Collaborations etc.)
- Library and Information Science Advocacy
- Open Access, Open Education Resources and Open Data
- Technology trends in Libraries
- Libraries and Community Impact
- Embedded and Entrepreneurial Librarianship
- Contributions towards SDGs and the AU Aspirations
Guide to contributing to African Library Vibes
- The post must indicate that it was personally written or co-authored. A personal experience on the topic makes the article interesting to a reader.
- Posts submitted for publication on African Library Vibes must be original and must not have been previously published in print or online.
- African Library Vibes encourages an entertaining and informative style of writing. Hence posts should be conversational and not too academic.
- Posts/contributions must be submitted with matching image(s). If a contributor shares an image which is not theirs, a credit note for that image must be included.
- Author(s) may provide his/her photograph and a brief (at most a 4-line) Author’s Bio. This will be published along with the post for readers to know of you as a contributor(s). Author Bio can include can links to Author(s) social media account; Facebook, Twitter; Instagram; Google+ etc.
- Preferably, the length of post should be at least 500 words long but cannot exceed 1200 words. African Library Vibes however, reserves the right to publish a submission exceeding 1200 words depending on the content quality and benefit to our audience.
- Posts should be submitted in formats that facilitate easy review e.g. Microsoft Word.
Submission
African Library Vibes will receive submissions all year round. Posts that meet the above guidelines should be submitted via email: afliacomm@aflia.net with the subject Blog Post Submission to African Library Vibes.
Other information
Authors should be able to engage with readers in the comments about their published posts so as to make your post interactive and interesting. African Library Vibes Editorial Team acknowledges the enormous amount of work required to put together a blog post however, it reserves the right to publish posts deemed to add value to readers. The Team also reserve the rights to amend articles to fit the style African Library Vibes and to schedule publication dates for submitted blog posts. The Team also reserve the right to decline submissions that are deemed plagiarized or inappropriate for our readership.
We are excited about providing a global forum for all LIS professionals especially within the African Library field to share experiences and learnings. We look forward to receiving your posts.
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