About the board
The editorial board of BORNO LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCE JOURNAL provides scholarly oversight for manuscript screening, peer review, production decisions, and indexing readiness. Members are appointed by the Nigerian Library Association, Borno State Chapter. Publishing strategy and production are managed from Nigeria (Africa). Public listings follow AJOL expectations: accurate names, primary institutional affiliations, countries, and contactable editorial office details.
Publisher: Nigerian Library Association, Borno State Chapter (Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria)
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Board members
Senior counsel is provided by our editorial advisers.
Named board appointments will appear here after the editorial office activates AJOL-complete profiles in the journal desk (full name, affiliation, country, email, and phone). Meanwhile, correspondence may be sent via the chapter contact page.
Roles & responsibilities
| Role | Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-Chief | Final editorial decisions, journal strategy, ethics oversight, and liaison with chapter leadership. |
| Managing / Desk Editor | Daily workflow: screening, reviewer assignment, author correspondence, and production handover. |
| Associate / Section Editors | Subject expertise, reviewer selection, and recommendation reports for manuscripts in their areas. |
| Advisory / Board members | Advise on scope, special issues, reviewer networks, and publishing standards. |
Peer review model
Double-blind peer review for research articles; editorial screening for other research outputs as appropriate.
Peer-review & quality-control process
1) Author submits via the author portal.
2) Editorial office conducts initial screening (scope, completeness, plagiarism/AI checks as appropriate).
3) Editor selects independent peer reviewers (normally double-blind for research articles).
4) Reviewers recommend accept / revise / reject with confidential comments.
5) Editor issues a decision letter; authors revise when required and resubmit.
6) On acceptance, production (copy-editing, typesetting, proofing), optional DOI/Zenodo deposit, then public repository publication.
Quality control: COPE-aligned ethics, conflict-of-interest disclosure, and retained review/production records.
Contact the editorial office
For board nominations, special-issue proposals, or publishing enquiries, contact the editorial office or chapter channels. Authors and reviewers should use the portals below rather than contacting individual board members about active manuscripts.
Email: journal@nlaborno.org · Phone: +234 800 000 0000