[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

2007-04-11 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

2007-04-11 Thread Ryan Eby
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

2007-04-11 Thread Edward Corrado
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

2007-04-11 Thread James R. Jacobs
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