EDITORIAL  POLICY

While preserving its identity shaped ever since the publication of its first volume in 1996, beginning with the year 2011 the journal Philobiblon, edited by the Research Department of the Lucian Blaga Central University Library, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, has decided to define its new profile, focusing on multidisciplinary relations in the Humanities. Consequently, as of now, it will refer to itself as Transylvanian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Humanities.

The orientation followed by the journal in its approaches and multidisciplinary interest in Humanities is mainly, ifselectively, based on the meanings of Humanities as defined by the Ohio Humanities Council, but also theHumanities, Multidisciplinary Thomson Reuters category in Arts and Humanities Citation Index – 2011

Philobiblon becomes thus a particular forum of fathoming the senses of our human worlds and lives, debated in multidisciplinary researches of history, philosophy, anthropology, ethics, human communication, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, art theory and criticism, as well as investigations of various aspects of sciences which imply perspectives equally philosophical, historical, anthropological, and cultural. These perspectives are taken up by the journal together with investigations on the records, documents, etc. of various library and archival collections. The studies launched by the journal have therefore the role of not only studying historical-documentary collections in a multidisciplinary way, but also to problematize and reformulate the – historical and timely! –senses and missions of library institutions and professions.

It is again an aim of the journal to offer a multidisciplinary framework of international representation and communication for scholars of the universities of Cluj, and also Transylvania, Romania, and the neighbouring countries in the multidisciplinary fields of the Humanities, as a declaration and development of the multiethnicity and multiculturality of both the university and the region, now in full process of international self-assessment.

Consequently, the journal comprises three permanent sections, meant to operate its concepts and intentions. Thefirst bears the title Editorial Argument, and has the role of revealing the sub-textual connections and fundamental interrelatedness of the studies and essays published in the issue in question, while the issues themselves are not necessarily explicitly thematic in each case. The second, main section is entitled: MAN – BOOK – KNOWLEDGE – SOCIETY, and includes on the one hand substantial original studies (of 15-25-36 p.), and on the other handoriginal essays connected to the disciplines and subjects contained in the orientations of the horizon of the Humanities, as detailed above. The third permanent section, MISCELLANEA, offers various information about regional, national, or international publications, treating them as "humanistic", scientific, and cultural events.

In parallel with the reformulation of the journal, its periodicity also changes. Thus, as of 2011, the periodical will be published in two volumes per year, the first in June, and the second in December.

 

Peer-Reviewing

 

 

 

The Peer-Reviewing process of articles sent for publication comprises the following stages:

  • first, the articles are reviewed by the editors in order to see whether they correspond in field of research and subject to the concept of the publication, and observe the citation and editing rules requested in the section Instructions for Authors;
  • next, the articles are sent to specialists of particular fields of the Editorial and Scientific Advisory Board;
  • if necessary, opinions of other experts of academic institutions at home and abroad are also requested;
  • the experts communicate their opinion to the editorial office, and, on a case-to-case basis, their observations and comments as conditions for publication;
  • the editorial office informs the author on the experts' and editors' decision, or, if needed, transmits the requirements of the experts as conditions for publication. In the latter case a deadline is set for the author to make his/her amendments.

 

 

Information to authors

 

  • GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

 

Articles should preferably be submitted in Word format (.doc), with page setup: paper size B5, Times New Roman, 11 pt. character size, line spacing 1, all page margins 2.2 cm, justified. This page format is requested in case of all articles indifferent of the language they are submitted.

The language of the Journal is English. However, articles may be submitted in Romanian or Hungarian as well. The Journal cannot provide translation into English for all articles submitted in Romanian and Hungarian; therefore the editors may require the authors - after their texts have been accepted by the internal reviewers - to provide the English translation themselves.

Articles should be submitted with an Abstract of not more than 100 words, and 5-6 Keywords inserted between the title, author and the body of the article. Please provide your full name and institution, as well as an e-mail address (if applicable).

The authors are requested to take into consideration that the publication is addressed to an international public which might need explanations with respect to regional or local events, phenomena, etc. Quotations in languages of international circulation should be provided in the original - NOT in Romanian or Hungarian translation - and/or in generally accepted English translation, if available. For quotations in other foreign languages, the Journal and the author will find solutions on a case-to-case basis.

 

 

Manuscript preparation

The guidelines for reference style follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003) humanities style documentation system

 

 

  • GENERAL GUIDELINES

 

Articles should include footnotes following this style, but no bibliography/reference list.

The guiding principle for citations is maximum clarity for the reader rather than brevity.

Full citation is needed for a reference when it appears for the first time. For subsequent references, short title is preferred to "op. cit.". "Ibid." and "Idem" is preferred for successive references to the same work/author within one note, or in immediately successive notes.

Authors' names should be cited as they appear on the title page. Do not abbreviate given names to initials. Do not reverse the order of family and given names, if not justified by the title page.

 

Examples for citation practice:

  • BOOK
  • One author

First reference:Ludwig Wittgenstein, Filozófiai vizsgálódások (Philosophical Investigations) (Budapest: Atlantisz, 1998), 67.

Subsequent reference:Wittgenstein, Filozófiai vizsgálódások, 89.

Immediately successive reference:Ibid., 91.

  • Two or more authors

First reference: Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar, Primate Conservation Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 104-7.

Subsequent reference: Cowlishaw and Dunbar, Primate Conservation..., 115.

In case of four or more authors, the name of the first author is provided as appears on the title page, followed by "et. al."

  • Editor or translator instead of author:

Richmond Lattimore, trans., The Iliad of Homer (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951), 91-92.

  • Editor or translator in addition to author:

Yves Bonnefoy, New and Selected Poems, ed. John Naughton and Anthony Rudolf (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), 22.

 

  • JOURNAL ARTICLE 

First reference:Antal Pirnát, "Fabula és história" (Fable and history), Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények 3 (1984): 137-149, 142.

Subsequent reference:Pirnát, "Fabula és história", 145.

 

  • ONLINE SOURCES
  • Article in an online journal

33. Mark A. Hlatky et al., "Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial," Journal of the American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo.

  • Web site

11. Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees, "Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan, 2000-2010: A Decade of Outreach," Evanston Public Library, http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html.

  • Weblog entry or comment

8. Peter Pearson, comment on "The New American Dilemma: Illegal Immigration," The Becker-Posner Blog, comment posted March 6, 2006,http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/03/the_new_america.html#c080052 (accessed March 28, 2006).

  • Item in online database

7. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, ed. John Bostock and H. T. Riley, in the Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plin.+Nat.+1.dedication (accessed November 17, 2005).

 

For other cases please refer to The Chicago Manual of Style printed or online version, as indicated above.

 

For the attention of authors whose articles include tables, graphics, or images

When editing your tables, graphics, or images, please be advised that the Journal is printed in black-and-white (some images, if it is strictly necessary, may be printed in colour), and in B5, Times New Roman, 11 pt. character size, line spacing 1, all page margins 2.2 cm format. In case it is impossible to submit your article in the required format, please edit your tables, etc. in such a way as to be appropriate for later editing, including resizing, and the translation of textual data into English.