Message from Gordon & Breach Birdie MacLennan 01 Dec 1995 18:54 UTC
2 messages, 87 lines: ------------------------ 1. Message from Gordon & Breach 2. Reply from SERIALST's Moderators (1)----------------------------- From: madeleine.villard@gbpub.com Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 16:46:09 +0100 To: bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu Pls we would like you to post this in the serialist ______________________________________________________________________ The message posted by Simone Jerome concerning Gordon and Breach contains many serious misstatements. It denigrates the many talented and prestigious scientists, including Nobel Laureates, whose work appears not only in Gordon and Breach publications, but in the publications of other prominent publishers as well. Other statements about Gordon and Breach's prices and the importance of its publications are absurdly untrue and irrelevant to the previously posted discussions. The last message from IPD clearly stated our policy of maintaining the highly international and respected peer review process, which our editors manage for our journals. With a history of over 35 years of publishing in the sciences and arts, Gordon and Breach now has over 300 journals publishing hundreds of thousands of pages each year, over 5,000 books in print, and a growing trade magazine program for professionals and consumers. We hope that Serialst shows better judgement in the future than to allow these slanderous statements through its moderators. We also hope that readers will discern between this blind statement of ill-will, and the other critical statement that was raised in a rational manner and to which we responded in a like manner. Thank you. [From: madeleine.villard@gbpub.com] (2)------------------ Reply from SERIALST's Moderators: SERIALST was founded in 1990 in order to serve as an informal electronic discussion forum for most aspects of serials processing in libraries. SERIALST's Scope & Purpose statement(1) states quite clearly in its disclaimer that: *** Disclaimer: The University of Vermont offers SERIALST as a public service. It does not verify the accuracy of submitted messages, nor does it endorse opinions expressed by contributors to the SERIALST forum Authors of messages to SERIALST are solely responsible for their content The moderators reserve the right to reject postings that do not fall within the scope and purpose of the list. *** We trust and hope that the contributors to the SERIALST forum have duly considered the message(s) they submit for posting and accept full responsibility for their content. As moderators, we also trust and hope for a reasonable amount of courtesy and consideration of others in any exchanges that take place, though we also have an inherent belief in democracy and free speech and realize that there are many pressing issues in the serials world that are not without controversy -- and people need a forum to have their say. We also trust and hope that contributors to the SERIALST forum keep the tone of the discussions on-scope, civilized, and information- oriented so that we can all gather useful and meaningful perspectives on the issues affecting our workplace and the serials environment. SERIALST is currently busier and more active than it has been at any other time in its five year history. We do try to post everything that is sent that is within the scope of SERIALST. Now, more than ever, we need an open forum for discussing important, timely, and especially controversial issues. At the same time, with so much information surrounding us, we need to choose our words wisely and weigh the consequences of what we transmit to the world. Sincerely, Birdie MacLennan Ann Ercelawn Marcia Tuttle Listowner & Moderator Associate Moderator Associate Moderator bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu ercelaa@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu tuttle@gibbs.oit.unc.edu -------- (1) SERIALST's Scope & Purpose is sent to new subscribers, posted to the list several times each year, and is also available from the fileserver, listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu with a GET SERIALST WELCOME request and on the Web at: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html