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Jeremy Frumkin said the following on 2/22/2006 11:44 AM: >Ross unleashed: > > > >>Why does it have to follow /any/ traditional publishing model? >> >>I sort of like the idea that maybe 3 articles come out in a week, then >>nothing for a week or two, then another article comes out, and then one >>comes out every day for a 13 day span. >> >>If the delivery method is purely electronic, and it's a given that the >>intended audience would have tools to be alerted of new articles, why >>bother with a formal schedule? >> >>-Ross. >> >> > > >While I was at the University of Arizona, we produced the Journal of Insect >Science (http://insectscience.org) (now at the University of Wisconsin). >While this is a peer reviewed journal, it took the approach not to produce >actual "issues", but to publish articles once they successfully vetted >through the peer review process. For preservation and posterity, at the end >of each year we would print out all of the articles and have them hard >bound. > >The point is, Ross' suggestion is a good one, and I give it a hearty +1 > > I like the idea of taking a similar approach to what Jeremy describes the Journal of Insect Science as taking. I think it would be good to publish articles as they are approved, and then either once or twice a year (depending on the number of submissions), package them all as one volume. Ed C. > >-- jaf > >=============================================== >Jeremy Frumkin >The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services >121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University >Corvallis OR 97331-4501 > >[log in to unmask] > >541.737.9928 >541.737.3453 (Fax) >541.230.4483 (Cell) >=============================================== >" Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. " >- Emerson > >