Mousaion

ISSN 0027-2639

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REDAKTEUR/EDITOR
T. B. van der Walt    vdwaltb@unisa.ac.za

REDAKSIONELE KOMITEE/EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
M. Burger, M. P. Machet, M. K. Majanja, R. Pearce and G. P. L. van der Linde

Editorial Advisory Board
M. Bunanta           Department of Library Science, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
A. L. Dick              Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
I. Fourie  Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
H. P. S. Kalra        Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India
M. Kimmel            School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, United States of America
K. Moakhi              Department of Library and Information Science, University of Botswana
D. Nahl   Information and Computer Sciences Department, University of Hawai at Manoa, Honolulu, United States of America
M. Nassimbeni      Department of Information Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
D. Ocholla             Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zululand, South Africa
J. Otike  Department of Library and Information Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
J. Steinerova         Department of Library and Information Science, Comenius University, Bratislawa, Slovakia
A. Swanepoel        Library Services, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

Journal Policy
Mousaion publishes research articles and reviews in the broad field of information studies. This includes all the academic and professional disciplines that deal with recorded information, for example information science, librarianship, archival science and records management, and information and knowledge management. The journal includes articles based on original research that provide the necessary theoretical basis for practice.

Practising information scientists or workers, academics, researchers and students will find Mousaion an essential tool in their professional development and continuing education. The journal's content will also be of value to scholars and students in many related subject areas.

Copyright Unisa Press

Articles published in Mousaion are indexed in the Index to South African Periodicals, Information Science Abstracts, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library Literature, Erik Arfeuille's Application of New Technologies in Libraries (distributed via Dig Lib), and the Index to South African Literature on Library and Information Science compiled by the Department of Information Science and the Department of Library Services of the University of South Africa.

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Authors should confirm that their article is original work and not under consideration elsewhere. A copyright agreement should also be signed.

Presentation
Authors should submit three copies of their article on A4 paper, together with an electronic file. Please ensure that the electronic file is exactly the same version as the hard copy, and that they are the latest and final version. This is essential both for initial submission and if you are asked to revise and resubmit. The full title of the article should be supplied on the title page. The article should be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font, in double-spacing (including all notes and references) on one side of the paper only, and between 5 000 and 8 000 words in length. Do not attempt a layout. All notes should be kept to a minimum and appear at the end of the article before the list of references. Figures and tables should not be embedded in the text, but be saved as separate files at the end of each article with their position clearly marked in the text. Indicate clearly in which format they were generated. Please supply typed captions including sources and acknowledgements.

An abstract of 200 words in length, covering the main factual points and statement of objective or problem, method, results and conclusions, should accompany an article plus a list of at least six keywords for abstracting and indexing services.

All articles shall be critically reviewed by at least two referees.

Please supply short biographical details of each author as well as the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, e-mail address, and affiliation and country of each corresponding author at the time of the work.

Where to send articles
 All correspondence concerning articles should be directed to

The Editor: Mousaion
Prof T. B. van der Walt
University of South Africa
P O Box 392
UNISA
0003
Republic of South Africa
Tel: + 27 + 12 + 429 6520   Fax: + 27 + 12+ 429 3221   e-mail: vdwaltb@unisa.ac.za

REFERENCES
The Harvard author--date system is used, that is, references are cited in the text by the author(s) name(s), the year of publication and the page number(s) in brackets, for example, (Apollonia 1973:370), as a key to the full list of all references that appears at the end of the article. The list of references should include every work cited in the text. Ensure that dates, spelling and titles used in the text are accurate and consistent with those listed in the references.