RE: Journal format change

["Bolton, Karen S." <bolton@msoe.edu>]

Hi, We only get one math journal in print, American Mathematical Monthly.
It is 9 3/4 x 6 3/4, and it is not in two columns; there are lots of long
equations and diagrams, too.  This one has generous margins so it has
never given me problems in binding; the print size is good and I have not
had any complaints from students or professors about photocopying problems
or trouble with print size or quality issues like that.

I don't know of any standards, though there are some, surely.

My main beef with changing sizes is when it is done mid-volume; this
happens more often than the other way round.

Maybe you can contact the Mathematical Association of America, the
publisher of this one, and see if they have any ideas about the standards
question.

Karen Bolton
Serials Librarian
bolton@msoe.edu

Milwaukee School of Engineering
Walter Schroeder Library
1025 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI
53202-3109

-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Shaffer,
Patricia
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:03 PM

Forgive me for a somewhat more plebian question than usually is addressed
on this listserv. I have an editor in chief who is pushing hard to expand
his print journal from 6 3/4 by 10 inches to 8 1/2 by 11 inches. That
alone is not the issue that concerns me, although I know that librarians
are not happy when journals no longer fit on the shelves as configured.
(We would only make this change at the start of a volume year.) While the
journal is also published online, subscriptions have not been abandoning
the print version.

[SNIP]

Patricia S. Shaffer
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
patricia.shaffer@informs.org     <http://www.informs.org