I don’t follow the Annoyed Librarian, and I didn’t pay much attention when it was announced that Library Journal was paying him/her to move his/her blog over there. But holy cow, now the AL has shown up as the author of every article in a “special issue” of the Journal of Access Services! (volume 5, issue 4). I’m on the editorial board for this journal and this was news to me; it just showed up in my mail Friday afternoon. I’ll skim through the articles to see how funny they are, but even if we’re having trouble scaring up contributors, I’m pretty sure this isn’t the path we want to go down with our peer-reviewed journals!
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4 Responses to “The Annoyed Librarian goes for World Domination”
If it wasn't November, it would make a great April fool.
Seriously? The editorial board was never consulted on this?
What action are you taking?
Well it was news to me at least. I'm waiting to hear back from the Editor right now…
Maybe the fact that you didn't find out means that they don't think you are AL's peer? This is a Good Thing.
I'd love to know which peer allowed this decision, what else they have reviewed and approved for publication and whether they will stand before *their* peers and explain their reasoning.