Peer Review Process

LIVRE Jurnal Perpustakaan dan Informasi is a scientific journal managed by the Library Science Undergraduate Study Program, Faculty of Law, Social and Political Sciences, Open University. The objective of LIVRE Journal of Libraries and Information is to publish outstanding and original articles which advance the theoretical understanding of, promote and report empirical research about the widest range of library and information science topics. The journal encourages and welcomes, submission of papers which report findings using, result study, literature study, and book review. All submitted articles considered for publication undergo peer review by experts in the field. The review uses a double-blind peer review before the journal is published. The submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by two reviewers. Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their articles. Only qualified referees will be invited to review an article. Any article received for review is a confidential document and will be treated as such; it will not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor-in-Chief. Reviews would be conducted objectively, and observations would be formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors could use them to improve the article. Reviewers will point out pertinent published works that the authors have not cited and will also alert the editors to any significant similarities or overlaps between the article and any other article (published or unpublished).