Here's an interesting link that touches on the idea of why this kind of thing happens at experimental Not-for-profit presses/journals.

Without knowing the specific details of this case, I can say that I've been involved often-enough in what seem like similar situations from the other side of the table. That is to say making stuff up as we go along. This is not a good thing in abstract, but it is an artifact of the disruptive nature of the activity I think that we end up with these issues.

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/08/29/stick-to-your-ribs-governance-and-the-not-for-profit-publisher-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarlyKitchen+%28The+Scholarly+Kitchen%29



On 13-08-29 03:02 PM, Alex Gil wrote:
Hi all,

In case you haven't seen this. An important and truly difficult debate is happening on (mostly US) social media channels around the US-based Journal of Digital Humanities peer-review process. Here is the post by Adeline Koh that sparked the debate.

http://www.adelinekoh.org/blog/2013/08/29/journalofdigitalhumanitie/

It is my sincere hope that as a community we can get beyond the growing pains that come with experimentation and diversification. This will be especially challenging at a global scale.

Optimistic,
A.


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