SUBJECT:

Electronic Publications Task Force

We are pleased to announce that a joint Senate/Administration task force has been established to study the issue of electronic publications in the academic review process. The increasing importance of electronic publishing at UCSD raises some significant questions about what our collective standards of judgment should be in the personnel review process.

The task force will be addressing issues that are vital to all members of the University academic community.

The following members have agreed to serve on the task force:

Vice Chancellor and Dean Richard Attiyeh
Professor Geoffrey Bowker, Communication
Professor Joel Dimsdale, Psychiatry, Chair
Professor F. Richard Moore, Music
Professor Richard Salmon, SIO/PORD
University Librarian Brian Schottlaender
Professor Deborah Spector, Molecular Biology

We have asked that the task force submit its report by the end of spring quarter.

David R. Miller Acting Senior Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs Jan Talbot Chair, Academic Senate