code4lib is thinking about starting a journal, there's a wiki page up
Library technologists (developers, programmers, sysadmins, and systems librarians) need better ways to share information both among themselves and with the library community as a whole, including public and technical services staff, library management, and other non-IT specialists. The code4lib journal facilitates technical communication by publishing articles on tools, specs, and challenges in the world of library technology. The journal focuses on showcasing practical hacks, working code, best practices, and implementation issues, and also includes higher-level discussions of large projects or challenges pertaining to information technology in libraries. It is what Roy Tennant calls a "truly technical rag" for libraries.
I'm wondering where this fits with the other publishing venues out there.
I do want to be able to publish fairly techy stuff, say articles on library Web Services.
What venues are available now and what are people's opinions on them?
Here's what I found with a quick search:
- http://www.libraryjournal.com/
- http://www.dlib.org/
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/
- Emerald - Library Hi Tech
- Emerald - OCLC Systems and Services: International Digital Library Perspectives
- LITA - Information Technology and Libraries
- The InfoToday family of magazines - http://www.infotoday.com/periodicals.shtml
- Haworth Press - Science and Technology Libraries
- Haworth Press - Journal of Library Administration
- Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Journal of Digital Information
- Research Information
- First Monday
Any I've missed? I have observed that in general, anything that is publically visible gets way more blogging attention than articles in journals that are only for licensed users or members.
Any opinions on D-Lib vs. Ariadne? Should D-Lib articles be pure digital library topics? Should Ariadne articles mainly originate from and target the UK audience?
Do we really need to invent another journal? I guess the feeling is the above are too slow, or too closed, or too specific in one area, or not sufficiently techy?
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