About JeSLIB

The Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal advancing the theory and practice of librarianship focusing on services related to data-driven research in science, technology, engineering, math, social sciences, medicine, and public health. JeSLIB explores the many roles of librarians in supporting eScience and welcomes articles by contributors from all areas of the globe related to education, outreach, collaborations, policy, tools, and best practices.

JeSLIB publishes articles as they become available for publication, following a thorough review process. Articles are collected together into issues throughout the year, with occasional special issues.




Current Issue: Volume 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Editorial

Migrating a Journal Platform: Stars Wars and a New Future
Regina Fisher Raboin


Full-Length Paper

The Role of Metadata and Vocabulary Standards in Enabling Scientific Data Interoperability:
A Study of Earth System Science Data Facilities
Matthew S. Mayernik and Yauheniya Liapich


eScience in Action

Train the Teacher: Practical guidance for effective, critical teaching approaches for science and data librarians
Megan Bresnahan and Dianne N. Brown


Book or Product Review

Book Review: Research Data Management and Data Literacies
Jiebei Luo

Review of Managing Data for Patron Privacy: Comprehensive Strategies for Libraries by Kristin Briney and Becky Yoose
Levi Dolan

Featured Articles

Bradley Wade Bishop, Ashley M. Orehek, Christopher Eaker, Plato L Smith

Data Services Librarians’ Responsibilities and Perspectives on Research Data Management

Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Lynn Baird, Robert Sandusky, Madison Langseth, Andrew Lundeen

Research Data Services in Academic Libraries: Data Intensive Roles for the Future?

Elizabeth A. Berman

An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Researchers’ Data Management Practices at UVM: Integrated Findings to Develop Research Data Services

Latest News Posts

Volume 11, Issue 2 is Now Available
Posted by Julie Goldman on 2022-12-21

The latest issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) has been published! This issue’s focus is on our migration to our new journal platform, Janeway, to provide a more inclusive and accessible publishing environment for our authors, editors, peer reviewers, and readers.Volume 11, Issue 2 (2022) EditorialMigrating a Journal Platform: Stars Wars and a New FutureRegina Fisher [...]

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JeSLIB Open for New Submissions!
Posted by Julie Goldman on 2022-10-20

Thank you all for your support and patience during our migration to Janeway. We hope you have had a chance to explore our new site, and read our inaugural Editorial and eScience in Action article. We are excited to announce JeSLIB is now open for new submissions!The Submission page has all the instructions you need to submit a manuscript to JeSLIB.First, review our Article [...]

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Welcome to JeSLIB on Janeway!
Posted by Julie Goldman on 2022-09-01

The Journal of eScience Librarianship has moved to a new publishing platform! Moving to Janeway aligns with JeSLIB’s goal to utilize an open-source platform that integrates with existing open-source scholarly infrastructure and tools. The previous site will be available for another week, and then everything will be redirected to Janeway. Be sure to check your bookmarks!With the launch comes a new [...]

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Publishing in the Journal of eScience Librarianship
Posted by Julie Goldman on 2022-07-07

Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) is UMass Chan Medical School’s open access, peer-reviewed journal to advance the theory and practice of data librarianship. JeSLIB explores the many roles of librarians in supporting eScience and welcomes articles by contributors from all areas of the globe related to education, outreach, policy, collaborations, tools, and best practices.Celebrating 10 [...]

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JeSLIB by the Numbers
Posted by Julie Goldman on 2022-07-07

Check out our infographic which highlights JeSLIB metrics on content, speed, usage, and impact. AboutJeSLIB publishes articles as they become available for publication, following a thorough review process. Articles are collected together into issues throughout the year, with occasional special issues. We have published 183 articles across 22 [...]

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