1. Articles are invited for submission to Impact in a wide range of subject areas which relate to the mission of the Group: To support, represent and promote the development needs of new and existing library and information workers and students.

2. The final decision as to inclusion of material rests with the Editor(s) of Impact and the President of the Career Development Group.

3. Material should be submitted to the Editor(s) of Impact by the copy dates published on the inside front cover of each issue and on the Career Development Group web site (note that there may be separate dates for articles and dates calendar).

4. Copy can be submitted to the Editor(s) in plain ASCII text format, MS Word format or equivalent, or in the body of an e-mail message. Submission in electronic form is preferred but hard copy may be sent if this presents difficulties, please consult the Editor(s).

5. Articles should ideally be no more than 1500 words in length. This word length should not be taken as prescriptive, however, articles of 2000 words or above will almost certainly be edited to reduce their length.

6. The Editor(s) may edit articles for content, style and word length. Although every effort will be made to consult contributors about any alterations to their texts, the final decision remains with the Editor(s).

7. Photographs, illustrations and other graphic content are extremely welcome. Photographs should be of a resolution of no less than 150dpi (mono) or 300dpi (colour). Please consult the editors as to the appropriate formats for submission.

8. All material published in Impact will be made available in electronic form via the Career Development Group web site. Any contributors objecting to this should notify the editors immediately.

9. Contributors should make sure that their text is clear and accessible to a wide audience. English (or a provided English translation) is the preferred language.

10. Minimal use of capitalisation is preferred.

11. Please spell out acronyms at their first occurrence.

12. Please use single rather than double quotation marks.

13. Please prefer the spelling '-ise' to 'ize'.

14. Relevant supporting references to publications and web sites are encouraged. These should follow the Harvard referencing system.

15. All contributors submitting material to Impact are deemed to have read and accepted these guidelines.

Honorary Editors, Impact
September 2002