Code4Lib Journal Deadlines

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See also Code4Lib Journal Voting

Formula for calculating deadlines

A rough guideline based on recent issues:

Weeks before Task Day offset On
-18 Call for proposals -126 Monday
-14 Proposals due -94 Friday
-13 Publication of previous issue -91 Monday
-13 Finish voting on proposals; notify authors -87 Friday
-9 First draft due -59 Friday
-5 Second draft due -31 Friday
0 Publication 0 Monday

Note: Week numbers assume week begins on Monday.

See also: Code4Lib_Journal_Email_Templates (formerly at Templates for Email Responses)

Deadlines for Issues

Editors: see also http://tomkeays.com/library/c4ljpubdate/ for Tom's calculator

Thirty-third issue

Coordinating Editor: Ron Peterson

  • Call for proposals: Monday, March 14, 2016
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, April 4, 2016 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, April 15, 2016
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, April 29, 2016
  • First draft due: Friday, May 20, 2016
  • Second draft due: Friday, June 17, 2016
  • Publication date: Monday, July 18, 2016

Thirty-second issue

Coordinating Editor: Meghan Finch

  • Call for proposals: Monday, December 14, 2015
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, January 4, 2016 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, January 15, 2016
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, January 22, 2016
  • First draft due: Friday, February 19, 2016
  • Second draft due: Friday, March 18, 2016
  • Publication date: Monday, April 18, 2016

Thirty-first issue

Coordinating Editor: Terry Reese

  • Call for proposals: Monday, September 21, 2015
  • Second call for proposals: Thursday, October 8, 2015 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, October 23, 2015
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, October 30, 2015
  • First draft due: Monday, November 23, 2015
  • Second draft due: Monday, December 21, 2015
  • Publication date: Monday, January 25, 2016

Thirtieth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #30: Carol Bean

  • Call for proposals: Thursday, June 11, 2015
  • Second call for proposals: Thursday, July 2, 2015 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Monday, July 13, 2015
  • Proposals accepted: Monday, July 20, 2015
  • First draft due: Monday, August 17, 2015
  • Second draft due: Monday, September 14, 2015
  • Publication date: Monday, October 19, 2015

Twenty-ninth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #29: Sara Amato

  • Call for proposals: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
  • Second call for proposals: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, April 10, 2015
  • Proposals accepted: Monday, April 20, 2015
  • First draft due: Monday, May 18, 2015
  • Second draft due: Monday, June 15, 2015
  • Publication date: Monday, July 13, 2015

Twenty-eighth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #28: Heidi Dowding

Special issue on diversity in library technology.

  • Call for proposals: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, January 5, 2015 (if necessary, adjusted from 31-Dec-2014)
  • Proposals due: Monday, January 12, 2015
  • Proposals accepted: Monday, January 19, 2015
  • First draft due: Monday, February 16, 2015
  • Second draft due: Monday, March 16, 2015
  • Publication date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Twenty-seventh issue

Coordinating editor for issue #27: Terry Reese

  • Call for proposals: Monday, September 27, 2014
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, October 6, 2014 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, October 24, 2014
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, October 31, 2014
  • First draft due: Friday, November 21, 2014
  • Second draft due: Friday, December 19, 2014
  • Publication date: Monday, January 19, 2015

Twenty-sixth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #26: Kelley McGrath

  • Call for proposals: Monday, June 9, 2014
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, June 30, 2014 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, July 11, 2014
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, July 18, 2014
  • First draft due: Friday, August 15, 2014
  • Second draft due: Friday, September 12, 2014
  • Publication date: Monday, October 20, 2014

Twenty-fifth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #25: Dan Scott

  • Call for proposals: Monday, March 10, 2014
  • Second call for proposals: Monday, March 31, 2014 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, April 11, 2014
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, April 18, 2014
  • First draft due: Friday, May 16, 2014
  • Second draft due: Friday, June 13, 2014
  • Publication date: Monday, July 14, 2014

Twenty-fourth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #24: Ron Peterson

  • Call for proposals: Monday, December 9, 2013
  • Call for proposals #2: Monday, December 30, 2013 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, January 10, 2014
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, January 17, 2014
  • First draft due: Friday, February 14, 2014
  • Second draft due: Friday, March 14, 2014
  • Publication date: Monday, April 14, 2014

Twenty-third issue

Coordinating editor for issue #23: Shawn Averkamp

  • Call for proposals: Monday, September 9, 2013
  • Call for proposals #2: Monday September 30, 2013 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, October 11, 2013
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, October 18, 2013
  • First draft due: Friday, November 15, 2013
  • Second draft due: Friday, December 13, 2013
  • Publication date: Monday, January 13, 2014

Twenty-second issue

Coordinating editor for issue #22: Sara Amato

  • Call for proposals: Monday, June 10, 2013
  • Call for proposals #2: July 5, 2013 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due: Friday, July 12, 2013
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, July 19, 2013
  • First draft due: Friday, August 16, 2013
  • Second draft due: Friday, September 13, 2013
  • Publication date: Monday, October 14, 2013

Twenty-first issue

Coordinating editor for issue #21: Terry Reese

  • Call for proposals: Monday, March 11, 2013
  • Call for proposals #2: Monday, April 1, 2013
  • Proposals due: Friday, April 12, 2013
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, April 19, 2013
  • First draft due: Friday, May 17, 2013
  • Second draft due: Friday, June 14, 2013
  • Publication date: Monday, July 15, 2013

Twentieth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #20: Peter Murray

  • Call for proposals:     Monday, December 10, 2012
  • Call for proposals #2:  Monday, January 7, 2013 (if necessary)
  • Proposals due:          Friday, January 18, 2013
  • Proposals accepted:     Friday, January 25, 2013
  • First draft due:        Friday, February 22, 2013
  • Second draft due:       Friday, March 22, 2013
  • Publication date:       Monday, April 15, 2013

Nineteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #19: Andrew Darby

  • Call for proposals: Monday, September 10, 2012
  • Proposals due: Friday, October 12, 2012
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, October 19, 2012
  • First draft due: Friday, November 16, 2012
  • Second draft due: Friday, December 14, 2012
  • Publication date: Monday, January 14, 2013

Eighteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #18: Ron Peterson

  • Call for proposals: Monday, May 28, 2012
  • Proposals due: Friday, June 29, 2012
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, July 6, 2012
  • First draft due: Friday, August 3, 2012
  • Second draft due: Friday, August 31, 2012
  • Publication date: Monday, October 1, 2012

Seventeenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #17: Tim Lepczyk

  • Call for proposals: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
  • Proposals due: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  • Proposals accepted: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
  • First draft due: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  • Second draft due: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
  • Publication date: Friday, June 1, 2012

Sixteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #16: Carol Bean

  • Call for proposals: Monday, September 26, 2011
  • Proposals due: Friday, October 28, 2011
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, November 4, 2011
  • First draft due: Friday, December 2, 2011
  • Second draft due: Friday, December 30, 2011
  • Publication date: Monday, January 30, 2012

Fifteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #15: Tod Olson

  • Call for proposals: Monday, June 27, 2011
  • Proposals due: Friday, July 29, 2011
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, August 5, 2011
  • First draft due: Friday, September 2, 2011
  • Second draft due: Friday, September 30, 2011
  • Publication date: Monday, October 31, 2011

Fourteenth issue

  • Call for proposals: Monday, March 21, 2011
  • Proposals due: Friday, April 22, 2011
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, April 29, 2011
  • First draft due: Friday, May 27, 2011
  • Second draft due: Friday, June 24, 2011
  • Publication date: Monday, July 25, 2011

Thirteenth issue

  • Call for proposals: Monday, December 6, 2010
  • Proposals due: Friday, January 7, 2011
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, January 14, 2011
  • First draft due: Friday, February 11, 2011
  • Second draft due: Friday, March 11, 2011
  • Publication date: Monday, April 11, 2011

Twelfth issue

  • Call for proposals: Monday, August 16, 2010
  • Proposals due: Friday, September 17, 2010
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, September 24, 2010
  • First draft due: Friday, October 22, 2010
  • Second draft due: Friday, November 19, 2010
  • Publication date: Monday, December 20, 2010

Eleventh issue

  • Call for proposals: Monday, May 17, 2010
  • Proposals due: Friday, June 18, 2010
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, June 25, 2010
  • First draft due: Friday, July 23, 2010
  • Second draft due: Friday, August 20, 2010
  • Publication date: Monday, September 20, 2010

Tenth issue

  • Call for proposals: Monday, February 15, 2010
  • Proposals due: Friday, March 19, 2010
  • Proposals accepted: Friday, March 26, 2010
  • First draft due: Friday, April 23, 2010
  • Second draft due: Friday, May 21, 2010
  • Publication date: Monday, June 21, 2010

Ninth issue

  • Monday, November 9, 2009 -- Call for proposals
  • Friday, December 11, 2009 -- Proposals due
  • Friday, December 18, 2009 -- Finish voting on proposals, notify authors
  • Friday, January 15, 2010 -- First draft due
  • Friday, February 12, 2010 -- Second draft due
  • Monday, March 15, 2010 -- Publication date

Eighth issue

  • Monday, July 27 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, August 14 -- proposals due
  • Friday, August 21 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, September 25 -- first draft due
  • Friday, October 23 -- second draft due
  • Monday, November 23 -- publication

Seventh issue

  • Monday, February 16 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, March 20 -- proposals due
  • Monday, March 30 -- publication of issue 6
  • Friday, March 27 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, April 24 -- first draft due
  • Friday, May 22 -- second draft due
  • Monday, June 22 -- publication

Sixth issue

  • Monday, November 10 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, December 12 -- proposals due
  • Monday, December 15 -- publication of issue 5
  • Friday, December 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, January 23 -- first draft due
  • Friday, February 20 -- second draft due
  • Monday, March 30 -- publication (originally scheduled for March 23)

Fifth issue

  • Monday, August 18 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, September 12 -- proposals due
  • Friday, September 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Monday, September 22 -- issue 4 published
  • Friday, October 17 -- first draft due
  • Friday, November 14 -- second draft due
  • Monday, December 15 -- publication

Fourth issue

  • Friday, May 16 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, June 20 -- extended proposal deadline (originally 6/13, before issue 3 is published)
  • Friday, July 18 -- first draft due
  • Friday, August 15 -- second draft due
  • Monday, September 22 -- publication

Third issue

  • Wednesday February 13th -- call for proposals
  • Friday March 14th -- proposals due (after con, before issue 2)
  • Friday April 25 -- first draft due
  • Saturday June 21 -- publication (tentative)

Second issue

  • Friday November 9th -- call for proposals
  • Friday January 11 -- article draft deadline (or Thurs Jan 21, from EM)
  • Thursday February 21 -- revisions/second draft deadline
  • Friday March 21 -- publication (tentative)

First issue

  • Friday August 31st -- call for proposals
  • Friday October 12th -- article draft deadline
  • Monday December 17th -- publication