Call for articles

 

Dear Colleagues,

You will be glad to know that Center for Development Research (CDR), an organization of young teachers, University of Dhaka, is going to publish a journal “THE CDR JOURNAL”. So you are requested to submit a research paper or book review on any field of research and development. It is also to be noted that a token honorarium will be provided to the contributors.

 

 

Guidelines for Authors:

 

Type of contributions

The Journal will publish original articles on all aspects of research and development.

 

Submission Requirements

Two copies of the manuscripts along with the soft copy in floppy disk or CD should be submitted.

 

Submission dateline:  30 August 2006

 

Format:

Manuscripts should be preferably within 5000 words in length. All manuscripts must be word processed and printed double spaced throughout (including notes and references) on A4 white paper using one side, one and half inches margin should be left on all sides. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts using Microsoft word for hard copy and on a standard floppy disk or as an attached file with your mail. The font type required is ‘Time New Roman, 11 pt. The first page of the manuscript must contain the following information:

Title of the article

Name(s) and particulars of the author(s),

Complete address, including telephone and fax number and email address.

The second page of the manuscript should only contain the title of the article and an abstract within 150 words. The text of the manuscript should begin with the title, and must not contain the author’s name(s). This is to ensure anonymity during the review process.

 

Accuracy of Materials

It is the responsibility of the author to check the accuracy of all data, statements and references.

 

Copyright

It is a condition of publication that manuscript submitted to the journal or review has not been published, accepted for publication nor simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the author(s) agree that copyright for the article is transferred to the publisher, if and the manuscript is accepted for publication.

 

Style

The style of the manuscripts should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993).

Journal Articles

Khan, M.S. 1998. Library and information science literature in Bangladesh: a bibliometric study. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, vol.3, no.2: 11-34.

Books

Macrina, F.L. 2000. Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Case Studies. Washington: ASM Press.

Contributions in Collected works:

Abdullah, Abrizah et al. 2002. Automating secondary school libraries: a web based library management system. In: Singh, Diljit et al (Eds.) School libraries for a knowledge society. Paper presented at 31st Annual Conference and 6th International Forum on Research in school librarianship, 5-9 August, At Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

 

Tables, Figures and Illustrations

Tables, figures and illustrations should be provided on separate sheets, and their position noted in the text.

Address:

Manuscripts, request for further information and other correspondence should be sent to:

Md. Saiful Islam

Executive Editor

The CDR JOURNAL and

 Lecturer

Dept. Of Inf. Sc. And Library Management

University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, email: shifuldu@yahoo.com

Tel: 01712754231