Dear all -

 

It looks as though this will be a fully open access journal which will publish peer reviewed work, correct?  If so, it would be a good idea to look at using the OJS platform.  We use it for Transmotion and it is very intuitive.

 

You will also want to include software on the platform for generating doi’s for each article.

 

If the journal is to be listed with DOAJ, Scopus, etc, it will be necessary to sign up with an archiving service – LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, or Portico are good. 

 

In terms of roles, assuming nobody will be paid, you will need to have a few editors. I would suggest the following roles:

·         Editor responsible for peer-reviewed articles

·         Editor responsible for draft / for comment pieces

·         Editor responsible for “as is” and multimedia (e.g. video presentations)

·         Book reviews editor (to source reviews primarily of books published in Europe and/or by European scholars?)

·         Three production editors – these will be responsible for copyediting and formatting.  Potentially this can take a LOT of work, and the role requires someone dedicated and with some understanding of web design.

 

Some of these roles of course can be filled by postgraduates or early career scholars.

 

Best

James

 

 

 

 

Dear All,

 

the AIW platform has been existing for over 40 years and is a kind of an institution for the community of American studies. Having been a member of the AIW for almost three decades now (although most of the times a „silent“ member), I find it a pity that most of the valuable contributions have not been published or at least archived over the years. And I’m sure that this is not a stand alone opinion.

 

Therefore I’d like to make the suggestion to check the possibility of creating an AIW organized Online Journal.

Please find attached some more details and feel free to enter comments within the „notice area“ by leaving your name.

 

I’d appreciate your remarks until February, 7th.

 

Best regards,

Sonja