Volunteer Posting: Production Editor for Communications in Information Literacy

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Feb 13, 2026, 7:15:21 AM (7 days ago) Feb 13

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Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) is seeking a detail-oriented, collaborative, and highly organized Production Editor to support the publication of our biannual, peer-reviewed open-access journal. The Production Editor plays a central role in preparing accepted manuscripts for publication, coordinating workflow between editors, authors, and copy editors, and ensuring the high quality and consistency of CIL's published issues. This is a voluntary position, with a time commitment of about 5–10 hours/month.

If you are interested in this position, please fill out this form describing your qualifications and submit by February 27, 2026. The CIL editors-in-chief will review all applications and plan to conduct interviews in March 2026 with an ideal start date of April 15, 2026.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Allison Hosier, co-editor of CIL, at aho...@albany.edu.

Key Responsibilities

Workflow Coordination

Manage accepted manuscripts after handoff from Section Editors.
Use the shared Table of Contents (TOC) to track progress, ensure balanced workload among copy editors, and maintain accurate status updates throughout the production cycle.
Review submitted revisions within the Digital Commons platform and confirm the correct version for production.

Copyediting Oversight

Assign manuscripts to copy editors and communicate deadlines.
Maintain ongoing communication with copy editors and Section Editors as needed, particularly in cases involving substantive revisions.

Production & Layout

Review copyedited manuscripts for completeness and accuracy, including metadata, appendices, references, and formatting.
Format manuscripts using the CIL article template, preparing clean author proofs.
Upload author proofs and communicate revision deadlines.
Incorporate author corrections and confirm final approval.

Issue Assembly & Publication

Prepare complete issue PDF packages for final review by the Editorial Team.
Create new volumes and issues within Digital Commons as needed.
Assign articles to the proper issue and verify ordering matches the official table of contents.
Publish issues by finalizing configuration settings and updating the journal site.
Submit final PDFs for indexing in EBSCO.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines aligned with a biannual publishing schedule.
Familiarity with academic publishing workflows (copyediting, layout, metadata, templates).
Experience with online journal management systems (Digital Commons experience ideal but not required).
Excellent written communication skills and comfort interacting with authors and editorial staff.
Ability to follow and apply journal style guidelines and production conventions.

Preferred Qualifications

Background in scholarly publishing, library and information science, or related fields.
Experience with APA Style and general academic formatting conventions.
Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft Word document templates.

Time Commitment

This position will require a time commitment of 5–10 hours per month, including the 1-hour monthly, online meeting with all CIL editorial team members. Due to CIL's publication cycle (one spring issue and one fall issue each year), the amount of time involved each month fluctuates. Mid-April to mid-June and mid-October to mid-December tend to be the busiest times for production work.

About Communications in Information Literacy

Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the advancement of information literacy research, practice, theory, and opinion. We are a collaborative editorial team committed to transparency, mentorship, and supporting emerging publishing professionals.

Jane Hammons, MSLIS, MS, MA
Associate Professor

Head of Teaching & Learning
University Libraries
221C Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-2911 Office
hammo...@osu.edu / library.osu.edu

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