Publishing with The Library
The Library, published by OUP on behalf of The Bibliographical Society, is a well-established journal for the study of bibliography and of the role of the book in history. With more than a hundred years of publishing expertise, The Library has a wide scope that encompasses all areas of descriptive, analytical, textual, and historical bibliography. This includes the history of book production, distribution, and reception for both manuscripts and printed works. It also covers the history of collecting and libraries, as well as topics such as paper quality, printing methods, book illustrations, binding techniques, and the transmission of texts along with their authenticity.
Read on to learn why The Library is the perfect place for your research.
Supportive Editorial team
The Library has an experienced editorial board that supports the international reach of your work.
Thorough peer review process
The Library practices double-anonymised peer review, which provides confidentiality for both the author and the reviewer. The journal editor is the only individual with oversight of author and reviewer names, and this protects the authors from potential bias during the review process while also encouraging honest and genuine reviews.
Range of content
The Library is proud to publish a broad range of subjects, from bookbinding to illustrations, publishing history to private book buying, and all different types of bibliography, including analytical descriptive and enumerative, and much more. The Journal also publishes book reviews in each quarterly issue.
Open Access options
Discover the open access options that The Library has to offer and learn more about OA publishing at Oxford University Press. Find out if you can publish open access in the journal for free as part of your institution’s inclusion in a read and publish agreement with Oxford University Press.
Discoverability
Your article will be on our Oxford Academic platform, which provides a comprehensive suite of features and capabilities for authors. Oxford Academic is easy to use, allowing readers to discover and explore your content from any device. It has been developed using award-winning technology to meet the community’s research needs. There is powerful faceted searching across text and images, downloadable content to enable offline use, and static DOIs and social tools so that readers can share and discuss your article easily. Readers can also use their own accessibility tools and software, as we continue our work to adhere to evolving accessibility standards, including the World Wide Web Consortium guidelines.
We hope you consider submitting your bibliographical research to The Library. Here are some next steps for you to take:
- Read the Author guidelines
- Email the editors with your submission
- Sign up to Email Alerts to keep up to date with new publications
