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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:43:26 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: new map & geog mag <fwd>
Sender: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>


Alice's final comment reminds me of the similar wonderings regarding the
announcements of impending publication of 'Mercators' World'...

Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG ; Editorial Advisory Board member,
'MW' [as it so happens])
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http://www.rgs.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 October 2000 22:08
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> Subject:      Re: new map & geog mag <fwd>
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> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:05:01 -0400
> From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re[2]: new map & geog mag <fwd>
> Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
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>
>      Scott,
>
> Are you perchance, volunteering to edit Meridian or the G&M Bulletin?
>
> I am willing to pay the price to have a consistently published journal
> with
> longer, in-depth scholarly and non-scholarly [so I can contribute!]
> articles.
>
> Underline consistently.  No, I have no interest in the Haworth
> publication. It
> is a mystery to us all as to who will be staffing it.
>
> Alice Hudson
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> Subject: Re: new map & geog mag <fwd>
> Author:  Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
> Date:    10/02/2000 4:01 PM
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> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:43:13 -0500
> From: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: new map & geog mag <fwd>
> Sender: Scott McEathron <[log in to unmask]>
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>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> It would be disappointing if this became a primary journal or even an
> alternative for publishing in our field.  The library community has been
> trying to rally other disciples to seek alternative forums of scholarly
> communication in an attempt to relieve libraries and scholars of the
> publishing practices and prices of commercial entities such as Halworth.
> I think we (myself included) should set a better example.  I hope people
> will consider this before volunteering to edit, review or write for the
> Halworth journal.
>
> Even with the demise of two of our journals, Meridian and SLA Bulletin, I
> still feel we have enough publishing alternatives in the map &
> geography librarian field.
> --Scott
>
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> > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:49:23 -0400
> > From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: new map & geog mag
> > Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
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> >
> >
> >
> >      Dear mapsters,
> >
> >      In the Haworth Press catalog just received there is a little note:
> >
> >      "Forthcoming journal -- "Journal of Map & Geography Information/tm"
> >         Availability to be announced.
> >
> >      This may be the answer to struggling and/or non-existent
> "association"
> >      map library journals? For a slight fee, of course...
> >
> >      Alice Hudson
> >      Map Division, NYPL
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