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> From: Emerald [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 13 April 2006 10:48
> To: MacLeod, Roderick A
> Subject: Call for papers for On the Horizon
>
> Dear Mr Macleod,
>
> Please find below a call for papers for the Emerald journal,
> On the Horizon.
> Any questions or submissions can be sent to the editor at
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> SPECIAL ISSUE
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> THE FATE OF THE ACADEMIC JOURNAL
>
> ON THE HORIZON
> http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm
>
> Dr. Tom P. Abeles, editor
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> 3704 11th Ave South
> Minneapolis, MN 55407
> 612 823 3154
>
>
> Background
>
> The Royal Society of London launched "Philosophical
> Transactions" in 1665 to get ideas out of closeted
> correspondence and into wider circulation. Today there are
> estimated to be 24,000 academic journals. The March issue of
> University Affairs (http://www.universityaffairs.ca,
> suggested that many of these provide more of a "publishing"
> venue rather than for the larger goal of getting ideas into
> circulation. This has become a stumbling block for the "open
> access" movement designed to use the Internet as a way to
> make knowledge open and accessible. The open access movement
> has also brought into focus the industry which has come to be
> dependent on the income from these journals, including large
> publishing houses and small academic societies where revenues
> subsidies other activities.
>
> The increasing availability of scholarly articles through the
> Internet seems to reflect other issues which were once not
> visible. This includes plagiarism, poor editorial control
> over writing quality and thin articles which probably should
> be notes or a chart in a more substantive piece. Thus the
> potential of Open Access could raise the bar for authors and
> editorial boards of journals while challenging the purpose
> and substance of the scholarly journal. Simultaneously, some
> scholars have chosen to take their ideas to the larger,
> public, venue through the popular press and alternatives
> offered by the advent of electronic deliveries and
> just-in-time publishing.
>
> What is to be the fate of the scholarly publication in the
> near and long term? What does this import for the current
> list of scholarly journals, the publishing houses and
> societies that distribute ideas via the journal, whether in
> print or electronic, subscription or open access? What does
> this mean for The Academy and the academic, given the
> shifting roles within the University? In an Internet world,
> where does respected knowledge originate and does this depend
> on the disciplines as defined by The Academy?
>
>
> The Call
>
> On the Horizon seeks ideas in the form of prospectus not to
> exceed one page in length. These will be due by 1 June 2006
> with notification by 1 July and full papers due by 1 October,
> 2006. Ideas accepted will be published in essay format of up
> to 5000 words, but may be shorter. Footnotes and references
> are to inform as well as validate. Authors retain the
> copyrights beyond the publication in OTH. Final paper will
> include an abstract and key words.
>
> The editor is interested in thoughtful ideas on format or
> collaborative/complementary articles. Questions can be
> addressed to the editor, above.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Dr. Tom P. Abeles, editor
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
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