LINGUIST List 17.191
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FYI: LSA Request For Proposals: eLanguage
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LSA Request For Proposals: eLanguage
Message 1: LSA Request For Proposals: eLanguage
Date: 19-Jan-2006
From: Stephen Anderson <stephen.andersonyale.edu>
Subject: LSA Request For Proposals: eLanguage
Request For Proposals: eLanguage
The Executive Committee of the Linguistic Society of America(EC) intends to establish by early in 2007 a new, independent, on-lineelectronic journal (eLanguage) as a complement to its print journal,Language. The exact structure and format of the new journal remain tobe determined, and proposals are solicited from members of the Societywho might be interested in editing and administering it, and inparticipating in its initial definition.
The Society's primary intention in establishing eLanguage is toprovide a venue for the publication in timely fashion of short researchpieces. As a result, we foresee its central feature as a set of such''Research Notes,'' published with only limited reviewing and avoidingas far as possible the delays inherent in standard (print) journalpublication. We also intend that the ''Book Notices'' (as opposed to fullreviews) presently published in Language will be transferred toeLanguage. Other aspects of the content of the new journal are open todiscussion however. Among the possibilities that have been suggestedfor augmenting this basic menu are the following:
• Short field reports on endangered languages and work underwayto document and preserve them.• Regular ''op ed'' opinion pieces representing a range of positionson developments in the field of Linguistics.• Information, of the sort once available in the journal LinguaFranca, concerning personnel actions in Linguistics: who hasbeen hired where, who has recently moved from where to where,etc.• A new electronically facilitated job ad service, such thatmembers of the LSA can lodge an electronic dossier (including aCV and a limited number of generic recommendations, etc.)which can be sent directly to institutions advertising positions.
These are meant only as suggestions, and essentially all details ofthe nature and content of eLanguage are subject to negotiation.The EC hopes to receive proposals in time for discussion at itsmeeting in June, 2006. A proposal should include information about (atleast) the following:• The proposed editorial staff, and their qualifications to makedecisions on submissions across the field of linguistics withminimal turn-around time.• The availability of computer facilities (including access tointernet bandwidth) sufficient to serve as the journal'sinfrastructure.• Support from the editor's home institution adequate to limit thebudgetary demands on the Society to a manageable level.• Proposed format, including design, timetable (regular issues vs.continuous publication as material becomes available), file type(PDF or HTML are probably the best choice here, though othersare possible), content types, etc.• Proposed schedule for initiating the journal.• Budgetary and other support required from the LSA.
Proposals may be submitted in electronic form (as PDF files) to theLSA secretariat by 1 May, 2006.
Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics
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