I think it was this past summer that there was some energy on starting a
'Code4Lib journal', that seems to have died out.
I think such a journal could play a really important role, currently
lacking, in the library community. Currently there are a bunch of people
working on similar projects who
Well I don't think there was any real interest in having a journal on
the level of an actual publisher. It seemed more on the alignment of
something like First Monday but with even less structure/schedule.
From what I remember, which may be wrong, it was more of a collection
of community output
I'm interested in working on this, although I doubt I'll have a lot of
time. I'm also interested in writing an article or two for this. I do
think this idea can fill a void in the literature - esp. if it allows
articles about works-in-progress and works-that-failed. I don't really see
a huge need
Since code4lib is running drupal, wouldn't it make sense to leverage
that platform and use their e-journal module
(http://drupal.org/project/ejournal), an outgrowth of open journal
system (http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs)?
BTW, I'm all for a code4lib journal; but in many ways, I see the
code4lib site