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concluded the negotiation of a new contract with
Elsevier Science Publishers and from the First
issue in Volume 48, starting in 1993, there will be
several changes.
3.1 Format
In line with current trends in Journal
publishing, ISPRS Journal will be published in A4
format, with double columns for
scientific/technical papers, reports and reviews
and triple columns for other material. Papers will
normally be submitted on paper and on floppy disk.
3.2 Expanded News Section
The News: Section will be expanded
considerably, to include more detailed information
on ISPRS activities. News from Council, Commission
Presidents and Working Group Chairmen,
announcements of ISPRS publications, information on
ISPRS involvement with Sister Societies and
important press releases from Sustaining Members
will now be included, in addition to the regular
announcement of meetings and the Calendar of
Events. In this new form, the News Section of the
Journal will serve as a Newsletter for the Society.
As it will be published six times a year, with a
lead time of no more than eight weeks, the
information should be timely. It is hoped that
this service to members will encourage involvement
in ISPRS affairs and will lead to a wider knowledge
and appreciation of the work carried out by . ISPRS
and its Commissions between Congresses.
3.3 Scientific/technical papers
The Editors will actively seek papers which
reflect the current research and applications being
developed by ISPRS Commissions. This policy will
not preclude other contributions, which will always
be encouraged and welcomed, but is designed to
allow the official Journal of ISPRS to display more
comprehensively to the outside world the high
quality work which members of the Society carry
out, under the auspices of the Society and its
Commissions. :
3.4 Subscription Rates
The level of subscription for the Journal is
set by the publisher, not by the Society. However,
the subscription rate in recent years has been
quite competitive when compared to other similar
scientific journals. A personal subscription rate,
for individual members of national societies
belonging to ISPRS, will be continued at an even
greater discount, which will benefit those
individuals wishing to acquire a personal copy of
the Journal, especially in countries where foreign
currency is difficult to obtain.
It is hoped that these four actions, taken
jointly by the Publishers, Council and. the
Editorial Team, will benefit the subscriber, the
Society and the wider photogrammetric and remote
sensing community:
4. A PARTNERSHIP
For some years now, the main subscriber base
for the ISPRS Journal has lain in academic and
scientific libraries. The copies in such libraries
are available to a great many readers, are looked
after by library staff and individual copies are
usually bound, giving them a long life. It is to
be hoped that in these days of library cuts these
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subscriptions will continue and expand and
individual library users can apply pressure to
ensure this.
The number of personal subscribers has always
been low, for a variety of reasons, not all of them
valid. With the changes proposed for 1993, there
is no better time to consider starting a personal
subscription to the Official Journal of the
Society.
In addition to the technical papers, the
Review, Report and News Sections will keep you
abreast of the activities of the Society in a way
which has not been possible until now.
There should be a partnership between the
Official Journal .of the Society, its member
societies and the individuals who make up that
membership. The Publishers, the Council and the
Editorial Team have attempted to put in place the
conditions to foster such a partership. We now
invite you to play your part in helping the Journal
develop and encourage you to benefit from the
Services which the Journal can provide for you.
References
Hothmer, J., 1985. Editorial Policy of the Official
Journal of ISPRS. Photogrammetria, 40 (1985) :3-7.
