Kudos to D.H. Lawrence Review. I just received volume 34-35 2010. (No issues were published from 2005-2009.) Here is the exciting part: the editors put a note in the current volume that says "The Executive Committee has recommended that we date issues by the year in which they are published, rather than trying, largely in vain, to catch up with the earlier series..."
I can think of a dozen more publications that need to have this Executive Committee in charge of them!
9.15.2010
9.10.2010
The hidden dangers of working in serials
One of the many hidden dangers of working too long in serials...is learning Roman Numerals...
Does anyone else think in fluent Roman Numerals? Am I an oddity? After 10+ years in the field, I can glance at a journal, a book, or the end movie credits and go "that says "1976" or "2010" or whatever. I am not sure that this is a skill that really translates to the real world...and I might be one of the few people that got the joke about the "M&Ms being the official candy of the new millenium..." ((I even had to explain it to my husband and he has a mathematics degree!)) And now I seek out Roman Numerals in the real world and revel in my superiority of being able to read them...
Who knew what dangers lurked in the heart of serials...? ((with apologies to "The Shadow" radio show"))
Does anyone else think in fluent Roman Numerals? Am I an oddity? After 10+ years in the field, I can glance at a journal, a book, or the end movie credits and go "that says "1976" or "2010" or whatever. I am not sure that this is a skill that really translates to the real world...and I might be one of the few people that got the joke about the "M&Ms being the official candy of the new millenium..." ((I even had to explain it to my husband and he has a mathematics degree!)) And now I seek out Roman Numerals in the real world and revel in my superiority of being able to read them...
Who knew what dangers lurked in the heart of serials...? ((with apologies to "The Shadow" radio show"))
A math journal
"Journal of _______ __________" used to be fairly on track with publishing and it even used some creative chronology to get caught up. It appears that they have given up, though, and just are going to publish at their leisure. I just received v. 35 no. 3 2006. No note from the publisher inside or any sort of explanation saying something along the lines of "we are going to do ___X___ and hope to be back on track in the next __x___ months" or anything like that.
I feel badly for any professor awaiting publication of this one....! Can you imagine the CVs and resumes that say "forthcoming publication(s)" and having this journal on your list? A professor might have to wait *years* before being able to change it to the "published article(s)" category.
So, what happens to the next 4 years of chronology? I just sent a query email to the publisher. Stay tuned for further developments...!
I feel badly for any professor awaiting publication of this one....! Can you imagine the CVs and resumes that say "forthcoming publication(s)" and having this journal on your list? A professor might have to wait *years* before being able to change it to the "published article(s)" category.
So, what happens to the next 4 years of chronology? I just sent a query email to the publisher. Stay tuned for further developments...!
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