title: Are you a budding academic writer?
abstract: Academic writing can seem a daunting prospect although with the right support and information it can be more achievable than you think. In this first set of editorial comments of 2016, editors from all sections of the Health Information and Libraries Journal outline the origins of the individual section of the journal which they oversee and highlight some of the things you might want to consider when thinking of submitting your writing for publication.
authors.affiliation: m.j.grant@salford.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: pennyabonnett@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonnett
authors.affiliation: a.sutton@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Anthea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.affiliation: a.m.marshall@brighton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: j.murphy@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: h.spring@yorksj.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spring
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007990:Libraries; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Dissertations; journals; publication output