Journal of Buddhist Ethics

gangolly at csc.albany.edu gangolly at csc.albany.edu
Tue Jul 19 01:17:47 UTC 1994


hi thomas!

hope you had a good vacation.

i think the electronic journal a great idea, but the title: journal of
buddhist ethics will not fly (at least among the hardnosed smart-ass 
accountants.).

i would love to be involved in any way you think fit. i suggest you start it
as a newsletter as a first start.

you will need to first decide the following.

1. ftp site for housing the papers.
2. format for the papers. most sites use .dvi and .ps.
3. paper style and bibliographystyle. bibtex files are popular.
   apalike. ieee, harvard, chicago are popular.


i think it would be a great idea to carefully screen papers so that
the credibility is maintained...no bullshit that appears in one of the
official bogus journals. i think rigor would be very important.

anyway let me know what happens.

jagdish

> 
> Hi Jagdish, I'm back from vacation.  What do you think of this?  Want to
> be an editor, technical editor, editorial board of an online journal?
> Think we could do it?  I can think of you, Nils Kandelin, Miklos,
> Raj Srivastava, Ying Zhou as a group.  Let me know your thoughts.  I think
> that the section that is most advanced should certainly have a
> on-line journal.   Can you see anything wrong with putting out a general
> message on the Anet AIntsys group?  By wrong I mean politically - too soon
> too premature, etc..  I'd like to pre-empt the idea.
> Thomas
> 
> Thomas Verghese                          Tele: 202-994-0909
> Dept. of Accountancy
> The George Washington University
> Washington D.C. 20052
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> ANNOUNCING A NEW SCHOLARLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO BUDDHIST ETHICS
> 
> 
>                      JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST ETHICS
> 
>                                 (ISSN: 1076-9005)
> 
> 
> 1. EDITORIAL
> 
>                       GENERAL EDITORS
>                           Damien Keown
>                 University of London, Goldsmiths
>                        Charles S. Prebish
>                   Pennsylvania State University
> 
>                         TECHNICAL EDITOR
>                           Wayne Husted
>                   Pennsylvania State University
> 
>                          EDITORIAL BOARD
>                Richard Gombrich, Oxford University
>               Charles Hallisey, Harvard University
>                 Richard Hayes, McGill University
>            Christopher Ives, University of Puget Sound
>              Leslie Kawamura, University of Calgary
>          Winston King, Vanderbilt University (Emeritus)
>               Reginald Ray, University of Colorado
>               Paul Williams, University of Bristol
>                     Others to be Named Later
> 
> 2. ABOUT THE JOURNAL
> 
> AIMS
> 
> The Journal of Buddhist Ethics has been established to promote the
> study of Buddhist ethics through the publication of research
> papers, discussion articles, bulletins, and reviews.
> 
> DESCRIPTION
> 
> The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is the first academic journal
> dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics, and is innovative in
> adopting a totally electronic mode of publication. In most other
> respects, however, it will function as a traditional scholarly
> journal. Research papers and discussion articles submitted to the
> journal will be subject to blind peer review.
> 
> THE CONCEPT OF AN ON-LINE JOURNAL
> An on-line journal differs from a traditional journal in publishing
> electronically as opposed to a printed format. The Journal of
> Buddhist Ethics will also publish material on an on-going rather
> than a periodic basis, eliminating any backlog between acceptance
> and publication. An on-line journal is NOT the same as a newsgroup,
> discussion list, or bulletin board.
> 
> WHY PUBLISH ON-LINE?
> 
> On-line journals are a logical development in the use of
> information technology. The dissemination of information through
> this medium has three main advantages over publication in the
> traditional manner, namely, cost, speed, and ease of access. Other
> advantages of an electronic medium include keyword searching and
> the use of multimedia and hypertext formats.
> 
> EDITORIAL POLICY
> 
> The Editors are committed to the widest dissemination for research
> published by the journal. As well as publishing on-line they will
> also explore possibilities for the publication of selected material
> in partnership with traditional presses.
> 
> CITATION INDEXES
> 
> The journal will be searched by the usual citation indexes for this
> subject classification.
> 
> 3. SUBJECT CLASSIFICATIONS
> 
> The Journal of Buddhist Ethics interprets "ethics" as including
> subject matter in the ten areas listed below.
> 
>      1.  Vinaya and Jurisprudence
>      2.  Medical Ethics
>      3.  Philosophical Ethics
>      4.  Human Rights
>      5.  Ethics and Psychology
>      6.  Ecology and the Environment
>      7.  Social and Political Philosophy
>      8.  Cross-cultural Ethics
>      9.  Ethics and Anthropology
>     10.  Interfaith Dialogue on Ethics
> 
> 4. GLOBAL RESOURCE CENTER
> 
> In conjunction with the journal an on-line Global Resource Center
> has been established with the aim of providing research tools for
> scholarship in the field of Buddhist ethics. Projects currently
> planned include a bibliography of publications in Buddhist ethics
> and a register of research in progress. Further possibilities
> include an electronic archive of relevant periodical literature,
> and the production of teaching materials for use in undergraduate
> courses. At present the Center provides World Wide Web links to a
> wide range of electronic resources in Buddhism. It can be accessed
> by following the instructions under "World Wide Web Browsers" in
> the section entitled "How the Journal Works".
> 
> 5. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
> 
> To subscribe to the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, simply send an
> e-mail message to
> 
>                     jbe-ed at psu.edu
> 
> specifying "JBE Subscription" in the Subject Line. When you
> subscribe, your e-mail address is appended to our subscription
> list. This list is used primarily for announcing newly published
> material and will provide titles, abstracts, and retrieval
> instructions. Calls for papers and other important news concerning
> the journal may also be distributed in this way. In order to
> minimize the burden on network resources manuscripts published by
> the journal will not be distributed automatically. The journal is distributed
> free of charge.
> 
> 6. HOW THE JOURNAL WORKS
> 
> The resources of the journal can be accessed in a variety of ways.
> 
> "World Wide Web Browsers"
> 
> If you are familiar with WWW browsing software, open a URL
> connection to
> 
>     http://www.psu.edu/jbe/jbe.html
> 
> "Anonymous FTP"
> 
> The journal can be retrieved from our Anonymous FTP Site at
> 
> ftp.cac.psu.edu in the subdirectory /pub/jbe.
> 
> Individuals who experience difficulty in obtaining the journal, or
> do not have access to any of the retrieval methods listed above,
> should contact the editors.
> 
> 7. GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
> 
> Unsolicited manuscripts pertaining to any of the topics listed
> under the journal's "Subject Classifications" are welcome.
> 
> The Journal of Buddhist Ethics publishes material in the following
> four categories:
> 
> 1) Research Papers (5,000 words and over)
> 2) Discussion Articles (2,000 words or less)
> 3) Bulletins (1,000 words or less).
> 4) Book Reviews
> 
> 8. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS
> 
> The editors welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions.
> Please feel free to send e-mail to our general editorial address
> (jbe-ed at psu.edu) or to any of the following addresses:
> 
> hsa01dk at gold.ac.uk         Damien Keown
> csp1 at psuvm.psu.edu       Charles S. Prebish
> wrh7 at psuvm.psu.edu       Wayne Husted
> 
> 
> *************************************************
> Damien Keown HSA01DK at gold.ac.uk
> Department of Historical & Cultural Studies
> University of London, Goldsmiths
> Lewisham Way
> London UK, SE14 6NW
> Voice (+44)  071 692 7171 Ext.2153
> Fax:   (+44)  071 694 8911
> *************************************************
> 


-- 
jagdish
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