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PSYC volume/issue numbering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stevan Harnad)
Mon May 11 11:55:42 1992
Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 10:40:14 CDT
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From: Stevan Harnad <harnad%Princeton.EDU@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Date: Fri, 08 May 92 18:38 PDT
> To: psyc@PUCC.BITNET
> From: Christine Borgman <IIN4CLB@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
> Subject: Re: New format for PSYCOLOQUY
>
> Steve,
> you will probably hear from many librarians on this format!
>
> PLEASE KEEP THE VOLUME AND ISSUE NUMBERS!!! They are the only way to
> track the sequence of issues in order and the only way to reference
> them in formal publications. The format you suggest will be deleted by
> any copy editor required to follow APA format, for example. The more
> you can do to follow the accepted formats, the more likely we can integrate
> the different communication formats and cross reference among them...
> thanks,
> Christine Borgman, UCLA
Christine:
Thanks for writing. Actually, you are the only librarian who has
commented on PSYCOLOQUY's proposal so far (and perhaps that's a hopeful
sign!), but we would like to be as flexible and as accommodating as
possible in this transitional period.
For an electronic journal, volume and issue numbers are minimally
informative and actually unnecessary, because they are redundant with
more informative and searchable keyword indicators (see below).
However, they are the mainstay of paper journals and they represent
current convention.
Perhaps the easiest compromise would be to provide an annual dummy
volume and issue number along with the format proposed below so as to
preserve continuity with the paper format and to keep things looking as
familiar as possible for authors and readers. All of PSYCOLOQUY 1992
would then be volume 3, Number 1. Would that solve the problem for
library record keeping?
As to the format for citing electronic journals: This will definitely
have to have unique features, differentiating it from the format for
paper journals (surely you would not insist on dummy page numbers
too!). PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by APA, and when we have settled on an
optimal format we will discuss with the APA Office of Publications
and Communication how to revise the APA manual to include citation
formats for electronic journals.
(My original proposal follows below; I am also cross-posting this to
some library and electronic journal lists for further feedback.)
Stevan Harnad
Co-Editor, PSYCOLOQUY
> Date: Sun, 3 May 1992 14:25:36 EST
> From: Stevan Harnad <harnad@CLARITY.PRINCETON.EDU>
> Subject: New format for PSYCOLOQUY
>
> In keeping with our policy of adapting flexibly to the evolution of
> this new medium, PSYCOLOQUY has adopted a new format. The archival peer
> reviewed journal section will now appear one contribution at a time,
> with a new indexing format. We are abandoning volume and issue numbers.
> The "volume" number will simply be the last 2 digits of the year
> (psycoloquy.92) and in lieu of an issue NUMBER, we will use an issue
> KEYWORD (psycoloquy.92.consciousness). This is to make the issue
> citation more informative and transparent even when only the archival
> information is scanned in an index of electronic files. In addition,
> there will be a "thread" number, to indicate where in a series of
> contributions concerning the same target article a particular
> contribution stands (psycoloquy.92.consciousness.1). The last component
> of the descriptor will be the author's name
> (psycoloquy.92.consciousness.1.bridgeman).
>
> The recommended format for citation will now be:
>
> Bridgeman, Bruce (1992) On the Evolution of Consciousness and Language.
> PSYCOLOQUY consciousness.1
>
> additional optional retrieval information:
>
> [29 paragraphs, 20 references; file psycoloquy.92.consciousness.1.bridgeman
> retrievable by anonymous ftp from host princeton.edu directory /pub/harnad]
>
> Comments on this proposed format are welcome; we will continue to adapt
> to the needs of the new medium as they become clearer.
