Code4Lib Journal Deadlines

Revision as of 13:38, 8 August 2009 by 169.139.22.2 (Talk) (Ninth issue)

Revision as of 13:38, 8 August 2009 by 169.139.22.2 (Talk) (Ninth issue)

See also Code4Lib Journal Voting

Formula for calculating deadlines

A rough guideline based on recent issues:

Weeks before Task Day offset On
-18 Call for proposals -126 Monday
-14 Proposals due -94 Friday
-13 Publication of previous issue -91 Monday
-13 Finish voting on proposals; notify authors -87 Friday
-9 First draft due -59 Friday
-5 Second draft due -31 Friday
0 Publication 0 Monday

Note: Week numbers assume week begins on Monday.

See also: Code4Lib_Journal_Email_Templates (formerly at Templates for Email Responses)

Deadlines for Issues

Editors: see also http://tomkeays.com/library/c4ljpubdate/ for Tom's calculator

Ninth issue

  • Monday, November 9, 2009 -- Call for proposals
  • Friday, December 11, 2009 -- Proposals due
  • Friday, December 18, 2009 -- Proposals accepted, notify authors
  • Friday, January 15, 2010 -- First draft due
  • Friday, February 12, 2010 -- Second draft due
  • Monday, March 15, 2010 -- Publication date

Eighth issue

  • Monday, July 27 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, August 14 -- proposals due
  • Friday, August 21 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, September 25 -- first draft due
  • Friday, October 23 -- second draft due
  • Monday, November 23 -- publication

Seventh issue

  • Monday, February 16 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, March 20 -- proposals due
  • Monday, March 30 -- publication of issue 6
  • Friday, March 27 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, April 24 -- first draft due
  • Friday, May 22 -- second draft due
  • Monday, June 22 -- publication

Sixth issue

  • Monday, November 10 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, December 12 -- proposals due
  • Monday, December 15 -- publication of issue 5
  • Friday, December 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Friday, January 23 -- first draft due
  • Friday, February 20 -- second draft due
  • Monday, March 30 -- publication (originally scheduled for March 23)

Fifth issue

  • Monday, August 18 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, September 12 -- proposals due
  • Friday, September 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
  • Monday, September 22 -- issue 4 published
  • Friday, October 17 -- first draft due
  • Friday, November 14 -- second draft due
  • Monday, December 15 -- publication

Fourth issue

  • Friday, May 16 -- call for proposals
  • Friday, June 20 -- extended proposal deadline (originally 6/13, before issue 3 is published)
  • Friday, July 18 -- first draft due
  • Friday, August 15 -- second draft due
  • Monday, September 22 -- publication

Third issue

  • Wednesday February 13th -- call for proposals
  • Friday March 14th -- proposals due (after con, before issue 2)
  • Friday April 25 -- first draft due
  • Saturday June 21 -- publication (tentative)

Second issue

  • Friday November 9th -- call for proposals
  • Friday January 11 -- article draft deadline (or Thurs Jan 21, from EM)
  • Thursday February 21 -- revisions/second draft deadline
  • Friday March 21 -- publication (tentative)

First issue

  • Friday August 31st -- call for proposals
  • Friday October 12th -- article draft deadline
  • Monday December 17th -- publication