I second Joan's request to return ART DOC to a peer-reviewed journal
status. I too thought it was still peer reviewed. This status is
important to maintaining the journal's reputation as a serious
contribution to our literature. bj
B. J. Kish Irvine, Ph.D.
Director, Fine Arts Library
1201 E. 7th Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
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Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] President's message
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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