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Reviewer Instructions for refereed articles for Access

Reviewer Instructions

The Australian School Library Association Incorporated (ASLA) is providing, on request only, a peer review process for inclusion of articles in ACCESS, the national journal of ASLA.  ACCESS is a professional journal that provides an open forum for educators who are concerned with issues arising from information literacy.  The articles must be either research based or an example of best practice, and be of a scholarly standard. Major foci include collaborative curriculum development, resource-based learning, information technology and its integration into learning/teaching programs, information management and literature. 

The following information is designed to help reviewers evaluate the article submitted for ACCESS.  If revisions are recommended, reviewers should be as specific as possible in delineating the changes and should indicate which changes are recommended and which are mandatory. 

The reviewer should return the Reviewer Instructions form to the ACCESS editor as soon as possible (but no later then 3 weeks after receiving the article) to:

The ACCESS Editor

Peter Nibbs
Fax: + 61 7 3219 2791

Reviewer guidelines - summary comments for the author (also see Reviewer Instructions form for more detail).

1. The article is a) research  b) best practice  c) neither

2. Interest of the subject to readers of ACCESS

3. Originality of the paper

4. Content

• Accurate information
• Current information
• Sound research methodology, where applicable
• Adequate reference to prior works

5. Writing style

• Paper is logically organised
• Ideas are clearly presented

6. Meets submission requirements - ASLA Referencing Guide

Recommendations

• Accept (changes and improvement suggested)
• Accept only if changes made (please specify what they are)
• Reject (please provide reasons for this recommendation)
• Inappropriate for ACCESS (please explain why)
• Not suitable as a refereed article, but suitable for publication in ACCESS
• I cannot evaluate this article

Last updated: November 2005