Dear Ann:
The first time I was published in Art Documentation was in 1987. At that
time, articles were peer-reviewed and my article about folk art terminology
benefited greatly from the comments (anonymous of course) sent to me. When
I submitted another paper on the same topic in 2000, I was told that it
would not be subjected to peer review. Of course, my paper was accepted for
publication only after being read by the Art Doc editors, and then it was
scrupulously copy-edited by Eileen Markson (a wonderful, collaborative, but
firm editor). However, peer review is a different, separate, process
whereby colleagues who have experience within the same general field are
asked to comment on the content of the paper and put it into the context of
contemporary scholarship or thinking in that area of specialization. I had
been looking forward to that part of the process and I think my later paper
would have been the better for it. I hope that the Publications Committee
might consider reinstating the peer review process.
Joan M. Benedetti
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Hello Shannon,
Yes, the Board has discussed the issue of tenure and other issues related to
electronic publishing. The Board and the Publications Committee have had
several discussions about many of the issues regarding publication in print
and electronic forms.
We are also not in any way suggesting that the reviews will not be edited in
the very same ways they have been to date. We still have an editorial
process that will be followed. However, there is another issue that we as a
Society have not addressed yet, and that is that Art Documentation is not in
fact a peer reviewed journal. We do not have a full editorial board of peers
in the field as do other scholarly publications, such as the Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians (just one of many examples). And I am
not sure how publishing in a non-peer reviewed journal supports tenure.
As professionals, we are all aware of the growing issues around scholarly
communication and electronic publishing in various fields. It seems to me
that as librarians, we can help to model what publishing will become by
being proactive.
In any case, this is a first step in looking at publications in ARLIS/NA,
and there are many other ways in which we (ARLIS/NA) can support publishing.
The book reviews are one type of publication that lend themselves to web
publishing due to the timeliness of the information. Our goal with the book
reviews is to provide timely information for our members, and to provide
book reviews more often than is possible through Art Documentation.
Best,
Ann
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Head, Rotch Library of Architecture & Planning
MIT
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Shannon Van Kirk
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] President's message
Regarding the move to web-only book review essays: did the board consider
that tenure track librarians get more credit for publishing a book review
essay in Art Documentation (a print publication) than they do for
web-published reviews? There might be some exceptions out there, but tenure
committees are not generally impressed by web-published items. (Yes, of
course, they should join the 21st century, but in the meantime.....)
--shannon
Shannon Van Kirk
Librarian for the
College of Architecture & Environmental Design
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:22 PM
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Dear ARLIS/NA Members,
Here is some news about the Society.
As part of the work of analyzing our services across ARLIS/NA, we have been
looking at the use of "jobnet" and ARLIS-L for the posting of positions. As
you may or may not be aware, the posting of job opportunities is a service
which we provide through ARLIS/NA Headquarters. Openings are listed on
ARLIS/NA JobNet and are also posted once on ARLIS-L. This service is
invoiced based on the word count of the ad accordingly, with the base fees
being $100 for the first 200 words, and $0.50/ each additional word.
Institutional members receive an additional 25% discount on this service. We
have had some misunderstanding about this service and how it is provided. In
an effort to ensure we are providing services consistently, the Board, with
Listserv moderator Judy Dyki's agreement, has agreed to move ARLIS-L to a
moderated listserv. Moving to a moderated listserv will allow Judy to catch
job postings that have not yet been properly invoiced, which means that
postings to the list will not be as immediate as they currently are, but
will still post several times per day. We are not closing the listserv; we
are merely moving to a moderated list at this time.
The Publications Committee was asked by the Board to look at issues around
digital publication, specifically regarding book reviews. Art
Documentation's long standing Review Section is moving from the print
edition to the World Wide Web. The new feature, entitled "ARLIS/NA Reviews"
and edited by Joan Stahl, will début on the ARLIS/NA Web site <
http://www.arlisna.org/> in early fall. The move to an electronic format
was approved by the society's Executive Board at the annual conference in
Banff. We are confident that this new means of distribution will increase
the visibility and currency by bringing more, and more timely, reviews of
new publications to our readership. "ARLIS/NA Reviews" will be published six
times a year and each issue will review approximately 10 titles.
The Conference Planning Advisory Committee met in Atlanta last weekend to
begin preparations for our 2007 conference. Debbie Apfeld, our new
conference manager, was there and we think Debbie is a great addition to
McPhersonClarke! We looked at program proposals, tour ideas, and event
ideas. The content of our next conference will be varied and aligns with
many of the directions in which we are moving as a Society. The theme of the
Atlanta conference is "At the Crossroads: Inside, Outside, Past, Present,
Future...". That sounds very much like where ARLIS/NA itself is - at the
crossroads in terms of where we want to go, thinking about how to bring the
best of the past with us, plotting our future, and looking outside our own
organization toward collaborative ventures. Additionally, we will be
celebrating our 35th anniversary, allowing us to look back, and to the
future. The conference promises to be challenging and thought provoking, so
put the dates on your calendars now - April 26th - 30th.
As always, if you have questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Ann
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Ann Baird Whiteside
Head, Rotch Library of Architecture & Planning MIT Room 7-238
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-258-5594
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Editor, Cataloging Cultural Objects
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