Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:25:16 -0600 (CST)
> >From: "Krzysztof Apt"
> >Subject: (DBWORLD) Appeal to the libraries
> >X-Message-Number: 003
> >
> >      An appeal to the libraries concerning a new journal
> >
> >        THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LOGIC PROGRAMMING (TPLP)
> >             (http://www.cwi.nl/projects/alp/TPLP)
> >
> >This is an appeal to the libraries to subscribe to this new
> >journal. The following background information may clarify the matters.
> >In November 1999 the complete Editorial Board of the Journal of Logic
> >Programming (JLP) of Elsevier Press (50 editors in total) collectively
> >resigned after 16 months of unsuccessful negotiations with Elsevier
> >Press about the price of library subscriptions.  They founded a new
> >journal, Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP) with the
> >Cambridge University Press (CUP).  The first issue of TPLP will appear
> >in January 2001. For the current list of accepted papers please
> >consult the home page of the TPLP.
> >
> >The price per page of the TPLP journal will be approximately 55% lower
> >than that of the JLP.  It will initially be published bi-monthly in
> >both print and electronic form. The actual extent and subscription
> >price of TPLP will be announced soon by the CUP in its own advertising
> >campaign.  The Founding Editor of the journal is Professor Emeritus
> >Jack Minker of the University of Maryland.
> >
> >The Association for Logic Programming, acting in full cooperation with
> >the former Editorial Board of the JLP, withdrew its support for the
> >JLP and adopted TPLP as the sole official journal of the ALP.
> >Moreover, several authors withdrew in the meantime their submissions
> >to the JLP and resubmitted them to TPLP. At this moment only one paper
> >handled by the former Area Editors of the JLP is still active for the
> >JLP.
> >
> >The former Editors agreed to keep their names on the masthead of the
> >JLP until the end of 2000, the moment when all the papers processed by
> >them for the JLP will have been published.  Elsevier Press decided to
> >continue the JLP as of 2001 "with another editorial board".  The
> >Association, the former Editors, and the logic programming community,
> >strongly believe that there is support for only one logic programming
> >journal.
> >
> >Krzysztof R. Apt
> >president of the
> >Association for Logic Programming
> >(http://www.cwi.nl/projects/alp)
> >
> >k.r.apt@cwi.nl