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APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues invites submissions for 2013. As its subtitle states, Alexandria focuses on national and international library and information issues. It is concerned with both policy and practice. It accepts descriptive articles on particular national or major research libraries, or on the situation within a country or a region with regard to such matters as bibliographic networks, cooperative information provision, document delivery and national information planning. Discussion papers are also welcomed on national issues such as national retention and preservation policies, the promotion of national library services, and the response of national and major research libraries to the digital environment. Reviews of books or reports within the journal's scope are also included. Queries about the suitability of a topic should be addressed to the Editor, Monica Blake ([log in to unmask]), or Assistant Editor, Anne Welsh ([log in to unmask]). Abstracts for 24(2) are due Friday 22 February 2013 and the full manuscript for selected articles will be due Friday 5 July 2013. Abstracts should be no more than 1000 words. Full articles should be between 4000 and 7500 words long. Short communications should be no more than 3000 words long. Author guidelines are available at http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip014 We welcome short reports of research in progress. A reminder about the themed issue on RDA: Resource Description and Access. With the Library of Congress adopting the new international cataloguing standard RDA in March 2013, we are seeking articles on national libraries' policy or implementation decisions or on the implications for academic, public and special libraries of the adoption of RDA at a national level. A process of double peer review will be applied. Abstracts are due Friday 14 December 2012 and the full manuscript for selected articles will be due Friday 26 April 2013. The themed issue will be published in Summer 2013. Monica Blake Editor Alexandria 114 Glenarm Road London E5 0NA +44 (20) 8986 7828 [log in to unmask]