*Apologies for cross posting*

‘Search, Discovery and Disclosure: Information opportunities and 
challenges’

Records Management Journal - Themed call for papers

Editor: Elizabeth Lomas, Northumbria University 

The Records Management Journal invites submissions for a themed issue 
focused on the opportunities and challenges of managing information to 
enable search, discovery and disclosure. 

We welcome contributions about, but not limited to, the following themes:

•       The challenges and opportunities of search 
•       Legislative liability, rights, ownership and ethics in the fields of 
discovery and disclosure
•       Professional roles and skills
•       Systems design and infrastructure
•       Technologies and tools for search, discovery and disclosure
•       Planning, management, resourcing
•       Context/ metadata capture
•       Evidential recordkeeping
•       Retention and preservation
•       User and organisational needs


We are interested in different disciplinary perspectives from researchers, 
academics and practitioners. Submissions can be viewpoints, critical 
reviews, research, case studies or conceptual/philosophical papers.

Submission Deadlines
•       Extended abstracts (more info below): 24 July 2015
•       Abstracts accepted and authors notified no later than: 31 August 
2015 
•       Full paper submitted: 2 November 2015
•       Review, revision and final acceptance: 18 January 2016 

Submission Process
Extended abstracts should be a 500 word version of the Records 
Management Journal’s structured abstract, using the headings described in 
the author guidelines 
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelin
es.htm?id=rmj 


Under the design/methodology/approach heading, please include the 
following as appropriate to the type of paper:

•       What is the approach to the topic if it is a theoretical or conceptual 
paper? Briefly outline existing knowledge and the value added by the paper 
compared to that.
•       What is the main research question and/or aim if it a research paper? 
What is the research strategy and the main method(s) used?
•       If the paper is a case study outline its scope and nature and the 
method of deriving conclusions. 

Please send your extended abstract to: 
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Full papers (for accepted abstracts) should be 3000-8000 words (excluding 
references) and should be prepared using the RMJ guidelines which can be 
read here: 

http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelin
es.htm?id=rmj . Papers will be reviewed following the journal’s standard 
double-blind peer review process. 

Elizabeth Lomas ([log in to unmask]) is also happy to 
receive informal enquiries.



Dr Julie McLeod
Professor in Records Management
iSchool, Northumbria University
Camden Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1XE

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