Psalm of Journals

Woe be it unto the publisher who makes changes without informing the library community. Wrath should be poured out upon those that change sizes in the middle of the volume. Chaff is what shall be called those that change names and format, but keep the same numbering. Fire and brimstone should reign down on those that change publishers in the middle of the academic year and content becomes electronically impossible. The whirlwind will be reaped by all of these fallen publishers. Yea, though the library worker shall walk through the shadowed valley among these legions -- at the reckoning the fallen shall be called out and condemned to an eternity of using papyrus to produce their journals which will catch fire upon completion and lock them in a never-publishing cycle of torment. Gnashing of teeth and rending of garments will be done by the publishers and though they will call out -- no library worker will save them from the everlasting fire and their names shall be stricken out first when budgets are cut and they shall publish no more forever.

Amen.

Roman Numerals

I can understand the confusion about some of the Roman Numeral rules. Especially the one about the "X" and not using more than 3. However, I received 2! related publications in the post today that makes me think that Roman Numerals should be taught in math classes in primary and secondary schools once again. What, exactly, is the point of putting "XLX"? The volume number should be 50 and that's what this one winds up being -- but how obtuse can you get?!