Subject: Re: JAL editors resign
John Webb (jwebb@wsu.edu)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:56:30 -0700
Message-Id: <2.2.32.19990416185630.00ab3ed8@mail.wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:56:30 -0700 To: arl-ejournal@arl.org From: John Webb <jwebb@wsu.edu> Subject: Re: JAL editors resign
On 4/16/99, Carol Fitzgerald <carol_fitzgerald@nrel.gov> wrote:
>
> 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?
The Kluwer journal was Evolutionary Ecology, replaced by Evolutionary
Ecology Research. It is one of the SPARC titles.
John Webb
Assistant Director for Collections and Systems
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
jwebb@wsu.edu
509-335-9133 FAX 509-335-6721
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