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The BLEND-LINC Project on ‘Electronic Journals’ After Two Years*,
1 Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK, 2 The Centre for Computing and Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
This paper describes the progress after 2 of a 3
year experimental programme organized jointly by two Universities as the Birmingham and Loughborough Electronic Network Development (BLEND). The aims of the programme are to explore and evaluate alternative forms of user communication through an ‘electronic journal’ and information network and to assess the cost, efficiency and subjective impact of such a system. After summarizing the background leading to this research, the project is described which involves the development of various types of ‘electronic journal’ with a community of initially about 50 scientists (the Loughborough Information Network Community—LINC). In this project, the journal procedures involving authors, editors and referees are being studied, up to the point at which editors accept papers for publication. The scientific subject area of this experimental programme is ‘Computer Human Factors’. Each member is expected to contribute at least one research article and one shorter note in each year of the project, and may also use other forms of communication such as messages, newsletters, annotated abstracts, workshop conferences, co-operative authorship, etc. Considerable problems have been experienced with the hardware available to LINC members, with communications equipment, with modifying and developing software to obtain an acceptable operating system, and with various unexpected bureaucratic and organizational difficulties. These problems and the results to date will be reviewed. Nevertheless, more than 20 papers are in the system and the first number of the Computer Human Factors experimental electronic journal was open to LINC members on 1st October 1982.
Received October 1982.
* This paper is based upon an invited presentation to the ASLIB Annual Conference 21–24 September 1982. It has been refereed, accepted and archived (in electronic form only) in the British Library R&DD experimental electronic journal Computer Human Factors.
Because of the interest widely expressed in this British Library sponsored research project, the Editors of ASLIB proceedings, of Human Factors and of The Computer Journal have kindly accepted this paper fro parallel publication.
¶ Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leics.
The Centre for Computing and Computer Science, University of Birmingham
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