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LIBRES 2.11 Report

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1. LIBRES Phase Two.  by Diane K. Kovacs

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LIBRES is ready to begin phase two of its existance.  In keeping with
the format of LIBRES, your comments and discussion on the form that
phase two can take are welcomed.  LIBRES is the product of the
contributions of its subscribers.

The first phase of LIBRES was an exploration to discover what the
parameters of our idea could be.  We based our initial plan on
the description of scholarly communication in "How Scholarly
Communication Should Work in the 21st Century"  (C&RL 51(1): 5 Jan. 1989)
Our plan was to provide a place for publication/pre-publication and then
discussion of Library and Information Science research reports, articles,
drafts and proposals.

LIBRES has flourished.  There are nearly 1000 subscribers from 35
countries.  We had not actively solicited submissions yet we have
had an article, report, draft, or proposal for every issue.
The resulting discussions have been interesting and in the case of
the proposals and draft reports very useful for the authors.  We've
explored the subjects of: copyright in the electronic library,
user studies, total quality management and a variety of other topics.

The second phase of LIBRES involves more clearly identifying LIBRES as an
e-journal and actively soliciting submissions. In this second phase
LIBRES will emulate the e-journal PSYCOLOQUY in leaving copyright
in the possession of the author.  Stevan Harnad, Editor of PSYCOLOQUY,
is a member of our Advisory Group.  His concept of "Scholarly Skywriting"
-- rapid, interactive peer discussion of scholarly works -- is a great
strategy for using electronic publishing to meaningfully enhance
traditional publication modes.  PSYCOLOQUY is refereed.  LIBRES will
will not be refereed in phase two.  LIBRES in phase three could become
a refereed electronic journal.  That is for the LIBRES subscribers to
direct.

LIBRES will publish 1 or 2 submissions per month in order to
make discussion simpler.  If several submission on similar topic areas
are received then we will consider publishing them all in one issue.

The Editors and Advisors of LIBRES thank you for being a part of this
exciting project.