FWD: Re: electronic media & prior publication

[Doug Yanega]

This is an interesting follow-up to some of the recent discussions on
electronic publication; I'm not sure it's directly pertinent (since the
electronic pub is still being treated as an unpublished manuscript), but
the concept and practice described below is worth knowing about. Besides
that, some folks here may have information they can send to Dr. Stauffer.

>From: Mark Taper <taper at rivers.oscs.montana.edu>
>Reply-To: Mark Taper <taper at rivers.oscs.montana.edu>
>Subject: Re: electronic media & prior publication
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>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:15:06 -0700
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>I am not an expert on the legal ramifications, but I have noticed this:
>The statistics field is extremely keen on electronic preprints.  There
>are numerous web sites holding papers on various topics.  Many of these
>papers are removed from the web when the article is published.
>Apparently, that satisfies copyright law.
>
>Dr. Mark L. Taper
>Department of Biology
>Environmental Statistics Group
>Montana State University/Bozeman
>Bozeman, MT 59717
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>(406)994-2332 FAX (406)994-2490
>taper at rivers.oscs.montana.edu
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>On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Dean F. Stauffer wrote:
>
>> The graduate school at Virginia Tech has recently implemented a policy
>> requiring that effective January 1, 1997 all theses & dissertations
>> submitted must (with a few exceptions) be submitted in an electronic format
>> that shall be placed in the library on line, accessible by the WWW.  This
>> initially seemed like a good idea, but concerns are surfacing concerning
>> various societies and their associated journals that consider information
>> accessible on the internet to constitute prior publication. Thus, an
>> electronically available thesis/dissertation could not be submitted to a
>> journal.
>>
>> I am seeking additional information concerning journals y'all might submit
>> your manuscripts to in the ecological/natural resource area.  If you have
>> information concerning whether particular journals either do or don't
>> consider something like a thesis on line to constitute prior publication,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Dean F. Stauffer
>> Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Science
>> Virginia Tech
>> Blacksburg, VA   24061-0321
>> dstauffe at vt.edu
>> voice - (540)231-7349
>> fax   - (540)231-7580