About the Journal

The journal

BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació is a specialist open access journal which publishes articles in the field of information and documentation.

Publication

After issue 52, BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació is published by the Faculty of Library and Information Sciences of the University of Barcelona. Previously, the Faculty of Library and Information Science published the journal Biblioteconomia, from 1944 to 1976.

Editorial policy

BiD operates an external peer review system, in which contributions are evaluated (double-blind peer review) by leading academics and professionals. The Tribune and Regulatory Texts section is not subject to external evaluation.

The editorial team will inform the authors of the decision whether the article has been accepted, accepted with modifications or rejected.

Papers published by BiD present results of original researches. BiD does not accept articles or results which have been published elsewhere or have been included in monographs.

The journal BiD does not have either article submission charges or article processing charges (APCs).

Format

BiD is published in digital format (HTML). Its ISSN is 1575-5886. There is no printed version.

Language

The language of the journal is English, Catalan and Spanish, these are the languages ​​that are preferably used.

Issue dates

The journal publishes two issues a year, in June and September.

Sections

Tribune

This section presents the opinions of leading figures in the sector and related areas on academic subjects of current interest.

Articles

This section includes texts on areas of archival science, library science, and documentation. Contributions are evaluated by external reviewers.

Experiences

This section presents descriptions of professional experiences. Contributions are evaluated by internal reviewers.

Norms and regulations

This section presents translations of regulations, guidelines, and so on, published by professional institutions and organizations.

Resources

This section presents web resources and computer programs with applications in library science. Section evaluated by internal reviewers.