Subject: Re: JAL editors resign
Fitzgerald, Carol (Carol_Fitzgerald@nrel.gov)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:00:07 -0600
Message-Id: <2FCE8613B36ED2118EB800805F6F05AF03994C@nt-comm6> From: "Fitzgerald, Carol" <Carol_Fitzgerald@nrel.gov> To: "'arl-ejournal@arl.org'" <arl-ejournal@arl.org> Subject: Re: JAL editors resign Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:00:07 -0600
On Thu, Apr 15, 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
Does anyone know the name of the Kluwer journal to which Annette is
referring and/or the name of the journal the former Kluwer editorial
board is now publishing?
Carol Fitzgerald
NREL Library
carol_fitzgerald@nrel.gov
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