Hello,
One of my researchers forwarded this to me. He replied and made a point of taking the AGU pricing model to task. He also included Peter Brueggemen's web page on the issue. Others may want to check with AGU members at their institutions and encourage them to respond. We can use all the advocacy we can get.
It was also interesting to read my researcher's comments about reviewing in the electronic environment (he misses the handwritten comments and the new system doesn't accommodate this well.) He also commented that personal electronic subscriptions are problematic. Interesting stuff.
The survey went out on Friday January 10th.
-Janet Webster
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Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science Center
Oregon State University
Newport, OR 97365___________________________________
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: AGU's electronic publications. How well are they serving
you?
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:56:03 -0500
From: AGU_Council <AGU_Council@agu.org>
Reply-To: AGU_Council <AGU_Council@agu.org>
Organization: AGU
To: members_d@agu.org
From: D. N. Baker, Chair, Council Publication Review Committee
Please help AGU, your scientific society, meet your highest
expectations.
We, the Council Publication Review Committee, need your comments on
AGUís electronic publication activity and the ideas you have for
improving AGUís electronic publications. Send your thoughts to us at
prc@agu.org. In particular we urge you to tell us of your experiences ?
both positive and negative; please be as specific and succinct as
possible and include the month and year you are talking about. Your
comparisons as an author or reader of AGU electronic publications with
those of other scientific societies and commercial publishers are also
important to us. A web based survey containing a carefully developed
set of questions will be provided by the Committee in February. We
expect the results of this survey to complete the picture of the current
situation. Your inputs will help the Committee to determine what has
worked well and what has not.
The Council Publication Review Committee was established to study the
nature and depth of Member concerns about the AGU transition to
electronic publishing. We will examine concerns related to areas such
as the electronic review process, post-acceptance production, the
citation of articles, and access to journals for readers. The Committee
is an outgrowth of a suggestion I made as SPA Section President at the
December 2002 meeting of the Council that resulted in a motion to
provide funds for an ad hoc committee, which was overwhelmingly
approved. The Council Publication Review Committee of 10 volunteers was
formed on the spot. We have been asked to provide a preliminary report
by 10 March to the Publications Committee for its comments. This report
will detail our findings on Member concerns and the extent to which they
have been dealt with to date, and it will suggest priorities for dealing
with remaining concerns. Our final report to the Council is due no
later than 1 June. The members of the Committee are:
D. N. Baker, Chair SPA Michael McPhaden OS
Leslie Smith H Paul Silver S
Guy Brasseur AS Gerald Schubert P
Veronique Dehant G David Stevenson P
Christopher Harrison GP Lisa Tauxe GP
AGUís primary activity as a scientific society is to facilitate
high-quality meetings and to publish forefront research papers. It is
of paramount importance that AGU maintain the highest possible standards
in these key areas. The concerns some of you have expressed since the
move to full electronic publishing on 1 January 2002 suggest that the
AGU Council needs a better picture of your current needs and perceptions
and the problems and strengths you see in electronic publishing as
implemented by AGU. This picture will serve as a foundation for
exercising the Councilís role, as the senior policy-making body of the
Union, in assuring you that your publications will continue to meet the
high standards you have a right to expect.
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