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The NECTFL Review Shifts to Electronic Publication in 2010
The NECTFL Review has shifted to a paperless publication in 2010 in order to expand the community of readers and writers who meet on the pages of the journal. With an electronic journal, our community will truly have both regional and international reach. Some of the most prestigious universities in the United States now consider peer-reviewed scholarly works published electronically as having the same validity for the promotion and tenure process as works published in more traditional (paper) media. The Modern Language Association agrees: It is clear … that electronic journals are increasingly run by editorial boards committed to peer review and that major forms of digital scholarship can fully support the modes of review previously associated only with print publication. (http://www.mla.org/pdf/taskforcereport0608.pdf) As Dean of the School of Culture and Society at the College of New Jersey, I also view electronic publication as having the same currency as similarly peer-reviewed traditional publication. Indeed, the NECTFL Review will continue to use the same rigorous referee review process in its new electronic format as it has used in its print format in the past; the journal will continue to publish only the finest work on the teaching and learning of foreign languages. The staff of NECTFL will be ready to help any NECTFL Review authors with information that may be relevant for the promotion and tenure process (e.g., rate of acceptance of submitted manuscripts). For those authors concerned about the potential impact of this transition on the evaluation of their work for the promotion and tenure process, I have assembled here, with the help of Kim Pearson of the College of New Jersey, a list of articles on this matter. Sincerely, Benjamin Rifkin Chair, NECTFL Publications Committee Professor of English and Modern Languages Dean of the School of Culture and Society The College of New Jersey On Electronic Publication and Tenure and Promotion
Blakesley, David. (2002). An interesting collaborative website on the state of electronic publishing in English studies http://enculturation.gmu.edu/4_1/intro/blakesley2.html Hillsman, Sally T. (2003). Electronic publication and the health of scientific research. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/mayjun03/exec.html Jaschik, Scott. (2009). Change or die? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/22/aaupJaschik, Scott. (2009). Five leading universities in consortium on electronic publication http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/15/open Kolowich, Steve. (2009). Open letter on open access Langston, Lizbeth. (1996). Scholarly communication and electronic publication: Implications for research, advancement, and promotion. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/untangle/langston.html Modern Language Association Executive Council. (2003). Statement on publication in electronic journals. http://www.mla.org/statement_on_publica (The ADFL Bulletin, one of the journals of the Modern Language Association, is also shifting to electronic publication as of 2010.) Raben, Joseph. (2007). Tenure, promotion and digital publication. Digital Humanities Quarterly. http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/1/1/000006.html Sweeney, Aldrin E. (2000). Tenure and promotion: Should you publish in electronic journals? Journal of Electronic Publishing 6.2. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0006.201
And Resources for ranking scholarly journals and citing references: http://www.xavier.edu/library/databases/tenure_promotion_databases.cfm
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