NextGen International Journal of Electronic Information and Library Progress

The NextGen International Journal of Electronic Information and Library Progress is a scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and professional practice in library and information science, electronic information management, digital libraries, and emerging information technologies.

Published by NextGen Innovation & Research Journals, the journal provides a platform for researchers, librarians, information scientists, archivists, records managers, educators, knowledge-management professionals, and technology developers to share original research, critical reviews, theoretical perspectives, and practical innovations.

The journal explores how digital technologies, electronic information systems, artificial intelligence, data management, and evolving information services are transforming the creation, organization, preservation, discovery, and use of knowledge.

Scope of the Journal

‎The journal welcomes original research, reviews, case studies, and other scholarly contributions in the following areas.

3.1 Library and Information Science ‎ ‎Library administration, information services, library development, collection management, information organization, professional practice, and emerging trends in librarianship.

‎3.2 Digital Libraries and Electronic Resources ‎ ‎Digital library architecture, electronic collections, institutional repositories, digital resource management, e-books, electronic journals, and online scholarly resources.

3.3 Information Retrieval and Discovery ‎ ‎Information retrieval models, search systems, discovery platforms, metadata indexing, semantic search, information filtering, and user-centred search technologies.

‎3.4 Artificial Intelligence in Libraries ‎ ‎AI-assisted cataloguing, intelligent reference services, automated classification, conversational information systems, recommendation engines, and responsible applications of generative AI in libraries.

3.5 Knowledge Management ‎ ‎Knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, organizational learning, knowledge repositories, intellectual capital, and knowledge-management systems in educational, public, and corporate institutions.

‎3.6 Cataloguing, Classification, and Metadata ‎ ‎Bibliographic description, subject indexing, classification systems, authority control, linked data, metadata standards, ontologies, and semantic interoperability.

3.7 Archives and Records Management ‎ ‎Electronic records management, archival description, digital preservation, records lifecycle management, institutional archives, and long-term information accessibility.

3.8 Information Technology and Library Automation ‎ ‎Integrated library systems, library management software, RFID applications, self-service technologies, cloud-based library platforms, and automated circulation systems.

3.9 Information Literacy and Digital Literacy ‎ ‎Information-evaluation skills, digital competencies, media and information literacy, information-seeking behaviour, research skills, and lifelong learning.

3.10 Scholarly Communication and Research Publishing ‎ ‎Academic publishing, open-access initiatives, scholarly repositories, research discovery, bibliometrics, research visibility, citation analysis, and digital scholarly communication.

3.11 Information Behaviour and User Studies ‎ ‎Information needs, user experience, information-seeking patterns, human–computer interaction, digital access behaviour, and user satisfaction with information services.