Subject: Re: JAL editors resign
David Goodman (dgoodman@Princeton.EDU)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:40:57 -0400
Message-Id: <3717842D.FE90BBD8@princeton.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:40:57 -0400 From: David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU> To: arl-ejournal@arl.org Subject: Re: JAL editors resign References: <8580A09F593ED11189B7006097DB81DF2E929C@01IES>
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Annette Frank <franka@ecostudies.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, April 15, 1999, Peter Graham <psgraham@syr.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I want to note with applause the action of Sue Martin and others to
> > resign from the JAL editorial board over concerns about Elsevier
> > ownership. --pg
> >
> > =========================
> >
> > Library Journal's Academic Newswire(TM): The Book Report
> > April 15, 1999
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > JAL BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN OVER ELSEVIER PURCHASE
> > "With the journal being purchased we are placed in a
> > position of writing for and getting honoraria from a
> > publisher we have been castigating for years about high
> > prices," explained Susan K. Martin, university librarian at
> > Georgetown, when asked why she was leaving her post as a
> > features editor at the JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP.
> > "We have been suggesting to our faculty for years that they
> > not be on Elsevier's editorial boards, now we find
> > ourselves with a moral dilemma." For more than half of the
> > editorial board as well as several columnists and editor
> > Gloriana St. Clair, the answer to that quandary is to
> > resign from the journal.
> >
> > Everyone does not agree, however. Editor-in-Chief Peter
> > Hernon, some board members, and several columnists will
> > remain. Where Martin sees a need to act consistently with a
> > previously stated position, Hernon's main concern was
> > protecting the reputation of the journal. "The journal is
> > highly regarded in other disciplines as well, you don't
> > just throw that aside," said Hernon, professor at Simmons
> > College GSLIS. An editorial board member speaking off the
> > record noted a "dichotomy between librarians who manage
> > libraries, have been cutting journals, and counseling
> > faculty, and, on the other side, librarians who are in
> > library schools and see this as a part of the tenure
> > process." Supporting this view is a study by Ronald F. Dow,
> > another departing board member, who asked authors of recent
> > articles if they would withhold future work from an
> > Elsevier publication; Dow said "very few" were willing to
> > write off the journal. No word on where that study will be
> > published. [...]
>
>
> It is nice to see that this is happening more often. The editor in
> chief and the entire editorial board of a Kluwer journal resigned
> recently. They now publish a journal for one third of the cost,
> with the same peer reviewed high quality. Publishers will have to
> wake up. We hope
The formerly Kluwer journal mentioned is the journal that used to be
called Evolutionary Ecology, and is now called Evolutionary Ecology
Research, edited by Micael Rosenzweig, and now published by:
Michael and Carole Rosenzweig
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721-0088
(520)621-7296, fax (520)621-9190
SCARAB@U.ARIZONA.EDU
http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/
Two issues have now appeared; I have asked the Biology faculty here,
and they have confirmed my intutition that it is fact of extremely
high quality.
It is interesting that the Kluwer title, still called Evolutionary
Ecology, has apparently not had any issues actually published since the
split last fall. They have a new editor, and, according to the
publisher,
> > The first issue of 1999, issue 13:1, will be published in
> > May, and several more of the planned 1999 issue will come
> > out later this year [...] although we will not be able to
> > publish the entire 1999 volume (8 issues) this year.
No contents available to me yet, so I cannot judge the quality.
-- David Goodman Biology Librarian, Princeton University Library dgoodman@princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/~biolib/ phone: 609-258-3235 fax: 609-258-2627
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