> Call for Papers
> **Electronic Publishing**
>
> The editors of Academic.Writing, CCC online, Enculturation, Kairos, and
> The Writing Instructor seek submissions for a special multi-journal
> issue on "Electronic Publishing." Projects may address but are not
> limited to these possible topics:
>
> Academic.Writing, "Literacy, assessment, disciplinarity "
> * Web sites in Rhetoric and Composition and their relationship to
> disciplinarity.
> * Post-print literacies and assessment.
> * Journal websites as advertising for print.
> * Electronic publishing and virtual/visual rhetorics/literacies.
>
> CCC-online, "Tenure and promotion"
> * The value of electronic publications in terms of the job market,
> tenure, merit pay, etc.
> * The value of editing e-journals for the above.
> * Ethos and electronic publishing.
> * The relationship between e-journals and academic presses and their
> role in tenure and promotion.
>
> Enculturation, "Hypertext and academic criticism"
> * Have we exhausted the academic possibilities of hypertext?
> * Are hypertext and academic discourse incompatible? "Where are the
> (critical) hypertexts?"
> * How (via what criteria) should we assess and/or edit (such) an
> electronic text?
> * What role should journals play in the transition from page to screen?
> Only traditional editing? Strictly purveyors of form and presentation?
>
> Kairos, "Archiving and historicity"
> * Histories of electronic publishing in the discipline (journals and web
> sites).
> * Issues of collaboration in writing/editing for the web.
> * Libraries, archives, databases and electronic publishing.
>
> Writing Instructor, "Viability and institutionality"
> * The Pros, Cons, Challenges, and Opportunities of Going Digital.
> * Relationships among Journals, Departments, and Universities.
> * Legal and Economic Issues of Electronic Publication.
> * The Politics of Reaching across Disciplinary and Digital Boundaries.
>
> IN ADDITION to academic writing, we are interested in narratives or
> editorials regarding positive or negative experiences with review
> committees or editorial boards; musings about the impact of the Internet
> on print journals or thoughts for future engagements; multi-media
> projects; reviews of relevant web sites/projects; reviews of e-journals.
>
> All submissions DUE by November 15, 2000. Please send submissions to:
> [log in to unmask], or
>
> Byron Hawk c/o Enculturation
> George Mason University
> English Department (MSN 3E4)
> 4400 University Drive
> Fairfax, VA 22030
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