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As a service to the academic community, the Electronic Scholar
is establishing an International Electronic Scholarship Review
Board (IESRB). The IESRB is a group of accomplished scholars,
practitioners, futurists, journalists, and new media experts
whose purpose here is to provide a neutral third party review
of works of electronic scholarship. Examples of the type of material
that can be submitted for impartial review by the IESRB includes,
but is not limited to; electronic courseware and curriculum materials,
academic not personal Web sites and on-line magazines, research
conducted using electronic tools such as "geographical information
systems;" new educational media produced with tools such
as digital video editors, streaming video servers, and multimedia
authoring languages / systems; and virtual reality productions.
Scholars have traditionally worked in "publish or perish" environments where the most highly prized scholarship took the form of printed books and refereed journal articles. More and more scholars are turning to electronic tools both to create and disseminate their scholarship. Unfortunately, scholars using new tools whose products are not print based are often at a disadvantage when their work is reviewed by scholars who work primarily in print media. For example, how do you equate an interactive CD-ROM based course with a textbook? The IESRB has the background and qualifications to make this and similar comparisons / evaluations.
Scholars who wish to have their electronic scholarship reviewed
by the International Electronic Scholarship Review Board must
send a completed application form and a 1 page abstract of their
work to the CEO, IESRB. The application form is available on
the Electronic Scholar Web site or by writing to the CEO, IESRB,
c/o Electronic Scholar, 14046 Inlet Drive, Jacksonville, Florida
32225. Applications for review during Fall term 1999 must be
received no later than September 30, 1999. In the event that
the IESRB has more applications than it can accommodate, the
CEO is entirely responsible for selecting or rejecting applicants.
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