College and Research Libraries


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Farewell to Caledonia 

We begin and end this issue of our journal with articles on communica-
tion. The first explores changes technology will bring; the last presents a 
survey of publishing opportunities in library periodicals. 

In their survey article Daniel O'Connor and Phyllis Van Orden present, 
for the first time, information on one's chances in getting an article pub-
lished in some of our prin~ipal journals. They focus on the procedures 
editors follow in making that all-important decision to authors: to publish 
or not to publish. 

While O'Connor and Van Orden call our attention to the hurdles au-
thors face as they seek publication, F. Wilfrid Lancaster in his opening 
article takes us beyond this day of print on paper in looking toward the 
paperless society. Instead of journal articles nearly arranged in bound vol-
umes on library shelves, these contributions will be stored in a computer 
and called up on demand through a terminal in the library, or even in the 
reader's home. 

Although the technology described may seem a long way from the 
print-and-paper-limited library society of today, Lancaster does point out 
how reviewing and refereeing of potential contributions will continue 
much in the same way that some journals practice today. With the on-line 
editing and refereeing capabilities he describes, our contributions will 
surely improve. 

Thus as we look to the beginning of this paperless society with its 
electronic journals, those of us raised in the tradition of such friends as 
Baskerville and Times Roman will say goodbye to them and what their 
presence and arrangement on paper have meant to us. And here at C&RL 
we may even bid our own farewell to Caledonia. 

R.D.J. 



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