Re:Charleston Advisor Annoucement...

["MARGARET LANDESMAN" <mlandesm@library.utah.edu>]

What worries me about the Charleston Advisor is the cost.  I looked at
(and very much liked) a sample issue.  But it was $400 for a slender
quarterly - or something like that??  I apologise if I've recalled this
incorrectly.  But if not, its per page price must be right up there with
the big bad guys.

We're involved here with asking our faculty to refrain from contributing
to or editing for unnecessarily high-priced journals.  I think we must in
conscience set an example ourselves, so though we'd like it, we didn't
subscribe. Margaret

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From:           	"Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>
Subject:        	Re:Charleston Advisor Annoucement...
Date sent:      	Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:07:38 EDT
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Since I'm one of the people involved in the Charleston Advisor, I'd like
to respond to Susan Mattern's question: "what is a "peer-reviewed
reviewing source?"

Each review in the Charleston advisor is reviewed by other reviewers. This
is standard practice in peer reviewed publications.

The reviews of the submitted reviews, can be quite strenuous, with
detailed questions/responses/ followup to the authors. It is an
interesting process, where all editorial board members are invited to
discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the reviews and authors given that
feed-back.  I think if you read some of them (some are free at the website
http://www.charlestonco.com/ )you will understand what I am talking about.
In addition, if there is strong disagreement with some aspect of the
review, Then we invite members of the editorial board or others to write a
rebuttal or a different analysis of the electronic resource being
reviewed. Producers of the e-resources often are interviewed to respond to
reviews and present their perspectives as well. In our second issue we had
two reviews of Web of Science and in the next issue an interview with
representatives from ISI. Even editorials can have responses.  I recently
did an essay on CrossRef, and in the new issue Ed Pentz presents his
perspective on what CrossRef is about.

It is peer reviewed and everyone involved in it is comitteed to in-depth
analysis of e-resources.

chuck Hamaker
UnC Charlotte