>problem, not least because the lack of agreed standards for citation
>make it harder to convince the profession (e.g. the members of the
>panel) that electronic publication can be as valid a means of
>communicating research results as paper-based publication." So:
>1. Would anyone care to suggest a format for a book review or article
>`published' on H-Albion?
>2. How do subscribers feel about the perception of others that
>electronic publication is not as valid a means of communicating
>research as paper?
>Regards,
>Sean.
>You might try the following for citation advice:
>Xia Li and Nancy B Crane, Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing
>Elctronic Information (Westport and London, Meckler Publishing, 1993).
A further draft of ISO 690-2, Information and Documentation -
Bibliographic References - Electronic documents or parts thereof, landed
on my desk this morning. It is being repackaged as a draft British
Standard, initially without change. Voting on the IS was due to be
completed on 12 August, so I take it that the repackaging means that it
will go through. It is regrettable that it has taken so long: part of the
delay was due to a big fuss made by certain persons that the standard did
not take account of BBSes and electronic mail and discussion lists, which
it now does. It has also been updated to take account of URLs. There
should therefore be no excuse for refusing to consider electronic
publications for academic assessment on the grounds that they cannot be
cited.
Christopher
C.R.J. Currie Victoria County History
ccurrie@sas.ac.uk Institute of Historical Research
University of London, UK
The Institute of Historical Research is a member-Institute of the
School of Advanced Study of the University of London.