--- Forwarded Message from "Ross, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Ross, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Reviewers needed for the IALL Journal of Language Learning Techno logies >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:09:31 -0500 ------------------ Dear LLTIers: Samantha Earp, the new IALL Journal Editor-in-Chief, has asked me, the new IALL Journal Associate Editor, to begin the process of recruiting peer reviewers for the Journal. I have written to the heads of the IALL regional groups for suggestions and nominees, and now would like to open the call to the IALL membership at large. First, a big "Thank you!" is in order to those people who have reviewed articles for publication in the Journal in the past year or so -- Jenise Rowekamp, Claire Bradin Siskin, Bruce Parkhurst and Kate Granrose. Without their keen eyes and editorial sense, the Journal would serve the needs of our profession much less well than it does. The IALL Journal Editorial Board and all of us who read and use the Journal appreciate your commitment to our group and to our field. I would like to invite all of our current reviewers to renew their commitment to an IALL Journal that is intellectually and technically innovative, that meets the needs of our growing field, and that will serve as the flagship publication not only for IALL, but for all language technology professionals. We need your help to take the Journal to its next stage of development. Our range of reviewers needs to reflect the international status of the Journal -- only with a broad spectrum of readerly input will we avoid becoming a parochial publication that serves the needs of only a few. The Journal's commitment is not to a region, nor to a country, but to language technology professionals worldwide. That said, I would like to invite LLTI list members to volunteer (or, if you're feeling puckish, to nominate a friend) to become an IALL Journal reviewer. The commitment in terms of time and energy is not overwhelming -- as we put together a larger group of reviewers, we will be able to spread the workload out so that a peer reviewer, depending on his or her area of expertise, might be asked to review one or two articles during a calendar year. Again, please accept my thanks for all your efforts on behalf of IALL. I look forward to hearing from all of you soon, and to corresponding with you further. Best, a. Andrew F. Ross, Ph.D Director, Multimedia Language Lab G15 Puryear Hall University of Richmond, VA 23173 Tel: (804) 287-6838 [log in to unmask] "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."