One of the ideas that came out of last week's conference in Corvallis
was for a code4lib journal. Here's a proposal for what such a journal
might look like; comments, article submissions, and volunteers are all
welcome.
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WHAT WOULD THE JOURNAL BE ABOUT?
The code4lib conference's call for pro
A few thoughts, followed by a summary of the discussion so far.
Ed Corrado noted some problems with peer review in an earlier message,
and I think those problems outweigh the gains of peer review -- which
ultimately amount to a little more respectability, mainly for those
seeking tenure. In that
I really like Roy's idea of establishing "nodes of activity around
various ideas" coming out of this discussion. In an attempt to create a
"node" for formal publication, I've put together the first draft of a
formal statement of purpose, format, and editorial policies for a
code4lib journal. It's
This Friday, March 17, we will be holding a vote to select a name for
the code4lib journal. Here's how it's going to work:
- The names that will appear on the ballot are listed on the code4lib
site at http://www.code4lib.org/node/86 . If you want to add a name to
the ballot, you can do so by goi
Voting for the Code4Lib journal name is now open. Go to
http://www.code4lib.org/node/89 and follow the instructions. Note that you
will need to login to the code4lib.org site to be able to vote. If you don't
have an account on code4lib.org, you can create one at
http://www.code4lib.org/user/
Here's the latest on the code4lib journal:
"/lib/dev: A Journal for Library Programmers" won the journal name vote. (See
http://www.code4lib.org/node/96 for more details.)
I've been talking to Simon Fraser University about hosting the journal and
looking into using Open Journal Systems to host
or existing OJS users who want to upgrade), you
might consider developing those features as part of the core package. 2.2 is
the next major release if anyone feels like jumping in with both feet.
Jeff Davis
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From: Davis, Jeffrey
Sent: Wed 5/3/2006 8:08 PM
To: Cod
He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision--he cried out twice,
a cry that was no more than a breath:
"The geekery! The geekery!"
-Jeff "Joe Conrad" Davis
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Roy Tennant
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006
