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Announcing IPCT Journal (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gleason Sackman)
Thu Jul 16 13:32:03 1992
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1992 12:14:43 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.NoDak.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
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> From: Interpersonal Computing and Technology List
> <msmauri@nevada2.bitnet>
> Subject: Announcing IPCT Journal
> To: Multiple recipients of list IPCT-L <IPCT-L@guvm.bitnet>
>
> ANNOUNCING THE FOUNDING OF
>
> IPCT
> Interpersonal Computing and Technology:
> An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century
>
> IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century is based on
> the following premises:
>
> The electronic journal is the wave of the future. By
> the year 2000, the bulk of information will be exchanged
> electronically and the nature of print media will have
> changed drastically.
>
> There are, currently, several barriers to the use of
> electronic journals as outlets for scholarly research. These
> include: copyright problems, the problem of coordinating
> with print publication, and especially the validation of the
> electronic journal as a legitimate outlet for dissemination
> of scholarly studies, suitable for credit toward promotion and
> tenure in colleges and universities.
>
> IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century will attempt
> to address these three concerns.
>
> The first issue of the journal is planned for
> January, 1993. Depending on the quantity and quality
> of submissions, the decision will be made as to whether
> the journal will be issued twice yearly or quarterly.
> Each journal issue will be the equivalent of 64 print
> pages.
>
> The journal will be coordinated with and issued
> through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology
> Discussion List, a list maintained, moderated and
> operated at Georgetown University. This list will serve
> as the initial readership. Subscribers to the list will
> be considered charter subscribers. There will be no
> charge for the service for the first year. Subscribers
> will be urged to comment extensively on content and
> format of the journal. After an experimental year,
> we will commence library collaboration and may find it
> necessary to charge for the service.
>
> CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND REFEREES
>
> This is a formal call for volunteer readers and article
> referees. Please read the editorial statement carefully. If you
> feel you are qualified to serve as a referee, please notify the
> editor and submit a brief vita listing major publications and
> editorial experience. Please provide the names of person with whom
> we can check these credentials. Persons selected as referees will
> listed on the masthead as "associate editors."
>
> CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS
>
> This is also a formal call for submission of articles for
> inclusion in the journal.
>
> Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with
> notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the
> following topics: use of electronic networks in the
> classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic
> networks and information exchange, library applications
> of electronic communication, professional relationships
> carried on via electronic communication, use of
> electronic communication in higher education, business,
> industry and government and related topics. Articles may
> have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological
> articles will be considered to the extent that they are
> intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not
> specific to any particular hardware configuration
> We regret that, at this time, we will be unable
> to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams
> and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum.
> Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to
> make the journal available to greatest number of
> potential subscribers.
>
> All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and
> published articles will be selected by the editors.
>
> In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest
> standards of reviewing used in the best print journals. Our
> associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of
> editorial experience and status in their field of expertise.
>
> Applications for associate editor positions and article
> submissions should be sent to:
>
> GMP@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp@psuvm.psu.edu (internet).
>
> After two issues a decision will be made whether to coordinate
> publication with a print publisher. Meanwhile endorsements will be
> solicited from relevant organizations, e.g. organizations like
> American Library Association, EDUCOM, Speech Communication
> Association, etc. and requests will be made for lists of their
> on-line subscribers. Announcements will be sent to other relevant
> lists. We urge you to circulate this announcement to relevant
> lists with which you may be familiar.
>
> Since the journal will be distributed by IPCT-L, subscription
> to IPCT-L will be necessary for those desiring copies.
>
> TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-L PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:
>
> Send the following one-line message in the body of an email message to
> LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU
>
> SUBCRIBE IPCT-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME
>
> This project will be coordinated and edited by Gerald M.
> Phillips (emeritus, Penn State), Zane Berge (Georgetown), Gerald
> M. Santoro (Penn State), and Mauri Collins (Penn State). Technical
> advisors will include Bradley Erlwein (Zenith Data Systems),
> Morton Cotlar (Hawaii), Katy Silberger (Marist), and Mark
> Evangelista (Georgetown).
>
> Once an editorial board is selected, formal announcement will
> be made of the journal via all media including mail contact with
> deans of major universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and
> other relevant media. Solicitation of all available libraries will
> also be made. We have already begun negotiations for a print
> edition of the journal with academic publishers and find the
> climate for collaboration quite favorable. There are technical
> problems to be solved relevant to accessing the journals. We will
> improve the technical sophistication of the journal to include
> graphics and ftp retrieval as various distribution problems are
> solved.
>
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