{"version":"2026.09.22-library2","reviewedAt":"2026-09-22","reviewDue":"2026-12-21","title":"Research Publishing Library Kit","publicUrl":"https://manusights.com/library-kit","pdf":"/downloads/manusights-library-selection-guide-2026-09-22.pdf","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","shortName":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"method":{"purpose":"Help a library, writing center, graduate program, or research office select one maintained Manusights resource for one defined support need.","selectionRule":"A recommended placement must have a stable public page, a dated edition, visible scope and limitations, at least one portable artifact, explicit reuse terms, and measured reuse actions.","coverage":"This edition recommends five distribution-ready Manusights flagship resources that address common publishing-support tasks. It excludes prelaunch, noindex, held, and expired resources. It is a purposive implementation set, not a complete survey of researcher needs or third-party resources.","maintenance":"Review the linked edition and local context before adoption. The kit is reviewed every 90 days; a changed, inaccessible, noindex, held, or expired underlying resource blocks the affected recommendation until review.","boundary":"Flagship is an internal publication-quality designation. Inclusion does not imply university adoption, librarian endorsement, learning effectiveness, accessibility certification, or suitability for every local policy."},"placements":[{"id":"submission-readiness","title":"Research Manuscript Submission Checklist","href":"/resources/pre-submission-checklist","need":"Prepare a manuscript package before journal submission","bestFor":"Author consultations, lab onboarding, and submission workshops","package":"Interactive 42-point checklist, tagged PDF, DOCX, sources, and citation","boundary":"A planning aid, not scientific, ethical, legal, or journal-specific approval.","listing":"Use this source-linked checklist to record manuscript, reporting, ethics, data, reference, accessibility, and file-package decisions before submission."},{"id":"reporting-route","title":"Reporting Guidelines Selector","href":"/resources/reporting-guidelines","need":"Find a defensible starting route for a health-research reporting guideline","bestFor":"Methods support, graduate instruction, and protocol consultations","package":"Interactive selector, one-page landscape PDF, filtered CSV, and citation","boundary":"Fourteen starting routes, not an exhaustive registry or journal mandate.","listing":"Use this source-linked selector to identify a reporting-guideline starting point by study design, then verify requirements with the relevant journal and guideline owner."},{"id":"journal-evidence","title":"Journal Intelligence Evidence Ledger","href":"/resources/journal-intelligence","need":"Compare publisher metrics and submission rules without losing their definitions","bestFor":"Journal-choice guides, author support, and lab decision records","package":"Filterable evidence tables, five-page workbook, CSV, JSON, and citation","boundary":"A selected evidence ledger, not a ranking, fit score, or acceptance predictor.","listing":"Use this evidence ledger to keep a journal metric's definition, population, period, source, and limitation attached to the comparison."},{"id":"requirements-comparison","title":"Journal Requirements Observatory","href":"/research/journal-requirements-observatory","need":"Compare article-specific submission requirements across a bounded journal set","bestFor":"Submission planning, publishing instruction, and research-support training","package":"21-journal explorer, comparison views, CSV, JSON, workshop kit, and citation","boundary":"A dated pilot, not a complete submission checklist or compliance tool.","listing":"Use this source-backed pilot to compare package-changing requirements while preserving article type, submission stage, rule strength, and source date."},{"id":"source-literacy","title":"Journal Source Literacy Teaching Kit","href":"/research/journal-source-map/teaching-kit","need":"Teach researchers to locate and document controlling journal guidance","bestFor":"Graduate workshops, library instruction, and lab onboarding","package":"Case lesson, tagged instructor guide, learner worksheet, answer key, and syllabus copy","boundary":"A source-verification exercise, not a validated assessment or eligibility decision.","listing":"Use this case-based lesson to practice separating article category, study design, submission requirements, and unresolved evidence."}],"implementation":[{"step":"Name the local decision","instruction":"Write the researcher task, audience, owner, and local policy or service that must remain authoritative."},{"step":"Inspect the complete artifact","instruction":"Open the live page, portable files, sources, edition marker, limitations, and reuse terms before copying a listing."},{"step":"Choose the smallest placement","instruction":"Link one resource where it resolves one real need. Do not import the entire library into a generic list."},{"step":"Add local context","instruction":"Place institutional services, policies, contacts, access routes, and escalation points before or beside the external resource."},{"step":"Record an owner and review date","instruction":"Assign a person or team to recheck the link, edition, local fit, and accessibility at a defined interval."}]}