Studies in Conservation

Studies in Conservation announces some changes. Most importantly, we
now have a new electronic submission system, Editorial Manager. This
system should make the reviewing and editing processes more
efficient, and cut down on time from submission to publication. All
manuscripts must now be submitted via that system, accessed at

    <URL:http://sic.edmgr.com>

Instructions for Authors can also be accessed at that site.
Manuscripts can no longer be submitted as attachments via the
studies<-a t->iiconservation< . >org email, and manuscripts will no longer be
permitted to follow the former Guidelines for Authors. The new
electronic submission site includes short tutorials on the
procedures for authors and reviewers.

As part of our move to a new publisher, Maney Publications,
beginning with issue 57-1 the journal will be published
electronically as well as in print. IIC members and subscribers to
Studies will now have online access to the most recent issues, and,
beginning in January 2012, to many past papers (initially, the
papers from the last 5 years), in a fully searchable format. Also
available will be electronic versions of past IIC Congress Preprints
(initially, the three most recent congresses) and issues of Reviews
in Conservation (all ten published volumes); IIC is conducting
ongoing efforts to contact authors of past Studies, Reviews, and
Preprints papers for permissions for retrodigitisation, including
permission to reproduce images. Please respond if you are contacted.
Authors who have not received an email communication are requested
to contact rights<-a t->iiconservation< . >org if they have any concerns about
retrodigitisation of their papers.

Past print copies of Studies in Conservation are now available from
Maney Publications only <URL:http://www.maney.co.uk>, not from the
IIC office.

Past print copies of Reviews in Conservation and IIC Preprints are
now available from Archetype Publications
<URL:http://www.archetype.co.uk> only, rather than from the IIC
office.

With the electronic version of the journal we have the ability to
fast-track papers, hence, as soon as a paper is ready for
publication in the next issue, it can be put online rather than
needing to wait for the deadline for the print version. Another
advantage of electronic publication is that we now have the facility
to link to supplementary material that can enhance a paper, but
which cannot be included in the paper because of space or
incompatibility with standard journal format. Supplemental material
may include large data or image sets, animations, software, models,
or audio or video files. More information about incorporating
supplementary material, or about any other aspects of publishing
with Maney journals, can be found at the Maney Resources for Authors
site at

    <URL:http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/resources/authors>

The print version of the journal will also change and show
improvements. We will move to A4 paper size, and a new cover design;
print size will be large enough for clarity throughout; but most
importantly, every issue will be in full colour. The biggest change
reflected in the new Instructions for Authors is that we no longer
use a numbered referencing system. We have moved to an author-date
referencing system that is more standard in scientific publications.
References will be cited in the text in author-date format, and then
listed in the References section in alphabetical order. Please make
note of this change (examples are given in the Instructions for
Authors) as all new submissions are required to follow the new
format.

Yet another positive change that accompanies our move to Maney
Publications is that beginning in 2012, IIC Congress Preprints will
appear as a biennial Supplement to Studies in Conservation, and will
be available electronically to all subscribers and IIC members. This
pattern will continue for all future IIC congress preprints. A copy
of the full preprints for IIC Vienna 2012 will be produced in a
limited run to be made available to registrants of the Congress;
hence an advantage to participants at the Congress is that they will
receive an advance copy of the full preprints. Print copies will be
available after the conference from Archetype.

Finally, IIC is considering adding a publicly-available wiki or
blog on the IIC website where readers can post Studies abstracts
that they have translated into any language. This capability may be
included in the upcoming redesign of the IIC website, and any input
or opinion about this possibility is welcome. We will keep you
posted about this and other new developments with Studies in
Conservation.

Chandra Reedy
Editor-in-Chief, Studies in Conservation

and

Joyce Townsend, IIC Director of Publications
International Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works
3, Birdcage Walk
London SW1H 9JJ
UK
+44 20 7799 5500
Fax: +44 20 7799 4961


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