1. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP A Journal Whose Time Has Come: Communications in Information Literacy www.comminfolit.org

2. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Editors-in-Chief… Stewart M. Brower Coordinator of Information Management Education Services Health Sciences Library University at Buffalo sbrower@buffalo.edu Christopher V. Hollister Coordinator of Library Instruction Arts & Sciences Libraries University at Buffalo cvh2@buffalo.edu

3. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Brief history… 2004 – 2005Brower & Hollister co-author a study (with Pirrung & Tysick) May 2005Brower proposes journal project July – October 2006 Hollister develops editorial guidelines & recruits for editorial board October 2006Brower installs Online Journal Systems & develops site; Hollister announces CIL & circulates first call for authors October 2006Elsevier announces discontinuation of Research Strategies December 2006First manuscript received May 2007Inaugural issue published

4. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP About… Peer-reviewed Open Journal Systems Open access Creative Commons licensing No author fees “PBS model” of financing Editorial independence

5. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Practicalities… Reviews: 2 – 8 weeks Editing, editing, editing Layouts & proofs Browser issues ---------- 33% acceptance rate ---------- Dedication, patience & sense of humor

6. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Indexing… BISON (University at Buffalo’s OPAC); WorldCat Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals Google Scholar Library Literature & Information Science Full-Text LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts ERIC: Education Resources Information Center Education Full-Text

7. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Future… Revised author guidelines Information literacy news Special issues Print-on-demand Marketing & publicity

8. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Motto… “Have something to say, and say it well.”

9. WILU Conference, Toronto May 18, 2007 Christopher V. Hollister, MLS Stewart Brower, MLIS, AHIP Mechanics… www.comminfolit.org