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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format. Tables and figures are duly identified for placement in the text and are sent as complementary files.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
If the work includes photographs, these are optimized in JPEG or PNG format. If audio or video is included, they are in MP3 and MPEG4 format, respectively. The annexes, the graphic or audiovisual material that accompanies the work are sent as complementary files.

Author Guidelines

Guide to submit collaborations

The Editorial Board may make the decision to publish works related to other disciplines, as long as they have some connection with the aforementioned fields. Works that have been previously published will not be accepted for what it presupposes, in addition, that the author will not simultaneously submit it to the consideration of other similar publications, be they printed or electronic. Access does not undertake to publish all the works it receives. The Editorial Board may reject works or decide the date for publication in future issues, which will be communicated directly to the authors. If the author wishes to have his article returned, if it is not accepted for publication, he must express it to the Editorial Board. Works written in Spanish, English or Portuguese will be accepted.

Rules for manuscripts

The author must observe the grammar correction rules corresponding to the language in which he is writing. The Editorial Board reserves the right to introduce grammar corrections and recommend revisions in the writings, if necessary, including notes and bibliographic records. The proper names, titles and subtitles of the work must observe the correction rules regarding the use of capital letters. If you want to highlight any concept, the italics will be used, never underlining.

The extension of the works must not exceed 30 pages (pages), including the summary and the annexes. The abstract should not exceed 250 words.

The citations, notes and bibliographic records must contain all the elements that allow, with ease, the location of the cited documents, and will be organized according to the rules established in the seventh edition of the American Psychological Association manual (http://www.apastyle.org/). Authors should send tables, graphs or other types of figures in files separated from the main text of the work. In all cases, the originals of these figures will be perfectly clear and precise. If the work includes photographs, they must be sent optimized in JPEG or PNG format. If audio or video is included, they must be in MP3 and MPEG4 format, respectively. The annexes, the graphic or audiovisual material that accompanies the work, must be sent as complementary files.

Essays

It may include preferably academic works (although the literary essay or photo essay is not excluded) in which the author freely exposes his arguments to support his opinions on a subject related to the studies of information and communication.

Common Space

It may include collaborations of different professional associations, national or international (or of its chapters in Puerto Rico) and active communities of practice.

Praise of the conversation

It will include interviews or exchanges on topics related to the studies of information and communication, with the participation of professionals and students of library science and information sciences or related disciplines (i.e. Communication, Education, Computer Science, History, Linguistics among others). Interviews will be published in audio or video.

Special Collections

It may include works describing documents belonging to rare and valuable book funds, historical archives or museums of national or international institutions.

Reviews

It may include reviews of all types of documents, programs and applications, events, exhibitions, as well as units and information services.

Copyright Notice

La revista Acceso respalda el acceso abierto a la producción académica, según los principios establecidos por la Iniciativa de Acceso Abierto de Budapest (Budapest Open Access Initiative, BOAI). Esto significa que todo el contenido está disponible de forma gratuita desde la fecha de su publicación, sin cargo para el usuario o su institución. No se cobra por procesamiento de artículos (APC - Article Processing Charges). Los usuarios pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar o vincular los textos completos de los artículos, o utilizarlos para cualquier otro propósito legal, sin pedir permiso previo del editor o del autor. Los autores conservan los derechos de autor sobre sus trabajos de acuerdo con la licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0). Esta licencia permite la distribución y uso de las publicaciones, siempre y cuando no se alteren los contenidos, no se cometa plagio y se utilice para propósitos no comerciales. Los usuarios pueden compartir (copiar y redistribuir el material en cualquier medio o formato) y adaptar (remezclar, transformar y construir sobre el material), siempre que se cumplan los siguientes términos: Reconocimiento: otorgar el crédito apropiado, proporcionar un enlace a la licencia e indicar si se realizaron cambios. No comercial: no puede usar el material con fines comerciales.

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