PBS is seeking a new Bulb Garden editor

Mark Mazer markemazer@gmail.com
Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:55:21 PDT
Jane wrote:  "Moreover, it's now more convenient and far, far cheaper to
publish such articles on open-access websites."

Try:  http://www.plos.org/open-access/

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC  USDA 8a


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Tony Avent wrote
>
>> This poses an interesting question.  Since the IBS is now defunct, there
>> is no venue for publishing in depth scientific bulb articles as they did in
>> Herbertia.  Any chance PBS would have any interesting in becoming the new
>> venue for such articles by expanding to such a publication?
>>
>
> PBS is much too small a society, and its dues too low, to take on the
> expense of a successor to Herbertia . As a former editor of an academic
> journal and a plant quarterly (and former subscriber to Herbertia), I
> understand the time and effort put into them and the expense of printing
> and mailing them. Moreover, it's now more convenient and far, far cheaper
> to publish such articles on open-access websites.
>
> Such a website would require both an editor and a site manager, and a
> decision would have to be taken on whether to restrict it to peer-reviewed
> articles. It would not replace PBS's small quarterly, the Bulb Garden,
> which is intended mostly for keen gardeners. I'd be happy to see a project
> like this and could help with editing, but I am not an IT specialist.
>
> Jane McGary
> Portland, Oregon, USA
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