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Subject: Imago Mundi/Routledge partnership
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:42:28 -0000
From: "tony campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography
[ISSN
0308 5694]

Important announcement
-------------------------

Imago Mundi is delighted to announce a five-year publishing partnership
with
Routledge Journals, to start with the next issue of the journal (No. 55,
July 2003).  Routledge is part of the long-established and
well-respected
Taylor & Francis publishing group.  Based in the UK, they also have a
Philadelphia office.  Our agreement will guarantee the financial future
of
IM, while Routledge's promotion of the journal will ensure that it
becomes
far better known and far more widely read than at present - of obvious
advantage to those who write for it.

Readers of IM will not notice any significant change.  Routledge will be
handling the business side but Imago Mundi Ltd retains the copyright and
Catherine Delano Smith will continue to have complete editorial
independence.

Personal subscribers, however, will find that things are more
convenient.
The sterling price will remain unchanged (for the 11th year in
succession)
while the dollar equivalent will be slightly reduced (making the figure
actually lower than it was in 1992)!   Online and credit card facilities
will simplify the process of payment, particularly for those in Europe.
A
professionally-staffed office will ensure a prompter response than
before,
and Airspeed shipments will mean that overseas subscribers receive their
volume considerably quicker than in the past.

The main difference is that institutional subscribers (and hence those
who
use the libraries in question) will be able to access IM online.  So,
from
next year, IM will be on the web, and fully searchable - making it all
the
more important that your library subscribes.

The search continues for an effective way to convert the back issues
(1935- ) and mount them on the web.  It is hoped that an announcement
can be made about that during the first half of next year.

Finally, it has been agreed with Routledge that, from 2004, IM will
appear
twice a year.  This will enable the Bibliography and Reviews sections to
be
even more up to date, and allow articles to be published with even less
delay.

If you a subscriber, Routledge will be contacting you directly in the
first
part of next year. You do not need to take any action yourself.

If you would like information from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) about
a new subscription, their email is:  [log in to unmask]

Tony Campbell
Chairman, Imago Mundi Ltd
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