As a student, electronic publications and their accessability have a great
appeal. There are countless site reports and monographs which are
inaccessable to most researchers and students due to their inherent limited
press run. This problem could be addressed, at least in part, by electronic
publications.
The peer review process is a somewhat different matter. While gray
literature is extremely valuable in its own way, it carries none of the
prestige of peer review. The question here, would be: what prestige would be
attached to this electronic publication. With proper refereeing, this could
certainly be addressed as it has in other journals, many of which are moving
to a electronic format. The concept of a popular site report (perhaps with
links to hard data) could open the venue to a wider audience
(entertain/inform/educate the public) is also appealing provided it avoids
the "Indiana Jones" syndrome. Just my two cents...
Regards,
Chuck
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