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Policies

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Philosophy of The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

For more information, please see The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction Aims and Scope page.

General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction, please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the LSU Scholarly Repository website and/or software agree not to misuse the LSU Scholarly Repository service or software in any way.

The failure of LSU Scholarly Repository to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between LSU Scholarly Repository and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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