Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal (ISSN: 8756-4173) is published three times per year in March, July and December. It is mailed to members of the Washington Library Association and to others who subscribe ($20 per year, $7.50 per single issue). As a courtesy to the wider library and Web communities, WLA posts full issues that are one year old or more on its Website. Also on the WLA Website are tables of contents for current issues. Alki’s content appears full-text in Wilsonline.
Upcoming Alki Themes
Each issue centers on a theme selected by the Alki Editorial Committee. Themes for upcoming issues are announced on the WLA Web site and listserv or in the editor’s columns.
Direct submission queries to:
Julie Miller, Alki Editor
EWU Libraries
816 F Street
Cheney, WA 99004
509-359-4949
Mary Wise, Committee Chair
Central Washington University, Brooks Library
509-963-1044
Term Expires: 3/2009
Deanna Sukkar, Podcasts
Seattle Public Library
206-547-9539
Term Expires: 9/2009
Lynne King
Highline Community College Library
206-878-3710 Ext. 3235
Term Expires: 9/2010
Erin Krake
Roslyn Public Library
509-649-3420
Term Expires: 12/2010
Brian Soneda
Mount Vernon City Library
360-336-6209 ext.2201
Term Expires: 3/2009
Rayette Sterling
Eastern Washington University
509.359.2403
Term Expires: 12/2010
Sue Anderson
Eastern Washington University – JFK Library
509-359-7032
Term Expires: 10/2009
Mike Cook
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Hanford Technical Library
509-372-7427
Term Expires: 4/2009
Bo Kinney, Alki Intern
MLIS/MPA Candidate @ University of Washington
Coordinating Library Associate, Seattle Public Library Mobile Services
206-684-4713
Term Expires: 3/09
Ex officio board members:
Jennifer Wiseman, Coordinator of Communications
King County Library System
425-369-3221
Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal is published three times a year.
Articles should be in-depth examinations of issues of importance to Washington libraries. All works should be original. Unsolicited contributions and off-theme articles are encouraged. Submissions are edited. The editor and the Alki committee make the final decision on any submitted material.
Format: Article text should be submitted as digital files in .doc or .rtf format. However, we can accept some alternatives: text transmitted as an email message, in email attachments, or on a Zip disk, or CD-ROM. Artwork and photos should be transmitted as .tiff, .jpeg or .eps files. Alki printing requires high-resolution art and image files, preferably 300 dots per inch. Please include informative captions with artwork. We recommend that you contact the editor before submitting artwork. Artwork will be returned on request.
Typical article lengths range from one to three Alki pages, including artwork. A three-page article with artwork contains no more than 2,500 words.
News items about personnel changes, professional organizations, awards, grants, elections, and facility moves or construction are included in the “Communiqué” column as space permits.
Columns are regular features about library service or operations. Columns are typically pre-assigned to a designated person. Anyone interested in submitting material for a specific column should contact the editor. Columns include: “Who’s on First,” with a focus on intellectual freedom; “Solinus,” a humorous feature; and “I’d Rather Be Reading,” for book reviews.
Alki retains electronic representation and distribution rights to its contents. Alki reserves the right to re-use text, photos and artwork in subsequent issues, with notification to the submitters, if possible. Otherwise, all rights revert to the authors.
