The Credibility of Electronic Publishing:
A Report to the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada

Malaspina University-College (co-ord.)
University of Victoria
University of New Brunswick (Electronic Text Centre)
Université de Montréal
McMaster University (Humanities Computing Unit)

Submitted by

Raymond Siemens, Project Co-ordinator
siemensr@mala.bc.ca

On Behalf of the Research Team:

Michael Best (U Victoria)
Alan Burk (U New Brunswick)
Elizabeth Grove-White (U Victoria)
Jean-Claude Guèdon (U Montrèal)
James Kerr (U New Brunswick)
Andy Pope (U New Brunswick)
Geoffrey Rockwell (McMaster U)
Lynne Siemens (Malaspina U-C)
Raymond Siemens (Malaspina U-C)

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Report Sections:

• An Executive Summary, Submitted to the HSSFC
  • Note: This section is not to be included in the public dissemination of this report

1. The Credibility of Electronic Publishing: Introduction and Overview
   • Raymond Siemens (Malaspina U-C)
2. Peer Review and Imprint
   • Jean-Claude Guédon (U Montréal), with Raymond Siemens (Malaspina U-C)
3. Copyright
   • Michael Best and Elizabeth Grove-White (U Victoria)
4. Archiving and Text Fluidity / Version Control
   • Alan Burk, James Kerr, and Andy Pope (U New Brunswick)
5. Report on the Questionnaire
   • Geoffrey Rockwell (McMaster U) and Lynne Siemens (Malaspina U-C)
6. Appendix
   • Appendix A: Research Team
   • Appendix B: Project Proposal
   • Appendix C1: Questionnaire (French)
   • Appendix C2: Questionnaire (English)
   • Appendix D: Full Analysis of the Questionnaire Dataset
   • Appendix E: Original HSSFC Call