Peter,
I do not understand why we should assume that to take a step forward we must
take a step back. In this case, stepping back would be sacrificing one
publication for another.
As a member of 'generation next' I think a peer reviewed journal is exactly
with RM needs. I have learned a great deal from IMM, but it does not have
the depth of a journal. What did they say at the conference in Orlando?
"This is not your father's ARMA"? well this is not your father's RM. We need
to bring out the big guns. The workplace will be impossible unless new
theories and standards of practice are developed-and a journal is the
perfect forum for sharing and discussing new ideas.
While I do understand the financial concerns, I think we should support
Luciana's and Pat's investigation. We can go down the financial/membership
road when we get there. But until then, we have nothing to lose but
trying-or in this case surveying.
Jenny
Jennifer Borland
MAS/MLIS Candidate
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
University of British Columbia, Canada
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Of Peter Kurilecz
Sent: December-07-09 8:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Peer Review, Refereed Journals, Records Management
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Jesse Wilkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> And as has been noted before in the thread, if it were offered by a
> professional association as a benefit of membership it might draw enough
> new
> members to cover the cost of offering it free to members.
>
so what do you cut out and replace with the journal? right now the basic
membership is $175. would the dues have to be increased and if so by how
much? or should something else be dropped in order to accommodate the
journal while keeping the dues at the same level? right now ARMA publishes
the following items
Information Management
Buyers Guide
InfoPro Online
Newswire
Washington Policy Brief
Canadian Policy Brief
International Policy Brief
the first two items are published in hardcopy the others are delivered
electronically
so how many new members are needed to justify a peer reviewed journal? 100,
1000, 10K. would they commit to a 3 year membership? or would they bale
after the first year. one key aspect of any association is not only new
members but retention of the members year in and year out. what happens if a
1,000 new members join in order to get a referreed journal and only 500
renew? the costs to produce the journal are the same year in and year out
here is something interesting student membership in ARMA is only $25 per
year while the same membership in SAA is $44, student membership in the ACA
is $58.74 (Canadian)
and I think I know somewhat the difficulties of putting out a regular
publication considering i've been compiling and 'publishing' RAIN for over
13 years. it's not your typical publication but...
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
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