Enter the eScholarship Repository

BUT....

We did receive a few articles in the spring of 2008, including a request to publish the proceedings from an upcoming conference (yet to be held). So this indicated that, although BDL was in a fallow season, there was interest in seeing us continue. For a few months I sought to find another editor, in order to free up my time to write more blog bluster.

In May, I became much more familiar with the California Digital Library's (part of the University of California) eScholarship Repository. Over the summer I began the process of transferring BDL to publication in the eScholarship Repository, because it affords several advantages:

• Those pesky publication details are taken care of.
• There is an ability to experiment alongside publishing core peer review content (i.e., I may establish a companion blog to stimulate discussion of the articles...a compromise based on reaction to my post about journals becoming blogs).
• Prestige of association with University of California.
• Absolutely no author fees.

The UC San Francisco Library and Center for Knowledge Management is the sponsor of the blog, and the California Digital Library will be the publisher. As of November 19, 2008 we are in the process of building out the journal site. A demo site is available today, and the completely functioning site will be ready by the end of 2008.