At 05:58 PM 02/12/2009, Peter Kurilecz wrote:

>first of all the grant is nothing more than seed money, it runs out after a
>time and then the organization has to find a way to fund it. you say that
>subscriptions would pay for the journal, well what is an appropriate amount
>for the subscription? If there is no advertising to subsidize the cost i
>cann't begin to imagine the cost of a subscription.

Peter, an online journal does not cost that much money and many 
people would subscribe who are not presently members of ARMA, 
especially students, worldwide.  There is such a need for a scholarly 
RM journal and such a large space for it that a journal written in 
English would get subscriptions from many countries, including Italy 
and China.  You implied that subscribing to such a journal would be 
an investment when you stated:

>  years ago ARMA sold back issues of the RMQ on microfiche. i
>regret never having taken the time to order a set. IF anything I would love
>to see ARMA some how be able to publish the best articles from the old RMQ
>in a pdf format. I have old copies and many of the articles in them are
>still valid today. I like the fact that I can get current IMJ articles via
>pdf

...even more, writings based on solid research and innovative 
thinking, scrutinized by a board of peers, can be timeless and a 
source for many generations.  I am not a member of ARMA (although I 
do attend and speak at some of its conferences)...I did not renew my 
membership when ARMA decided to take the direction it is still 
following as I did not feel served by it...But I would become a 
member again if a refereed journal were one of the benefits of 
membership and so would many of my academic colleagues and probably 
all of our students.

Instead of simply speculating that it cannot be done without a great 
expense for everybody, why doesn't ARMA conduct a cost-benefit 
analysis of having a refereed journal (rather than just a survey of 
membership?  you cannot survey potential members really)?  I am sure 
that I and the others who support the idea can put together a 
business case if needed.

Luciana

Dr. Luciana Duranti
Chair and Professor, Archival Studies
Director, The InterPARES Project www.interpares.org
Director, Digital Records Forensics Project www.digitalrecordsforensics.org
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies www.slais.ubc.ca
The University of British Columbia
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Vancouver, British Columbia  V6T 1Z1 CANADA
Tel: 604.822.2587
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