[AISWorld] Formal RFP for Data Base Editor(s) deadline in one week

Janice Sipior janice.sipior at villanova.edu
Mon Mar 21 16:21:05 EDT 2016


Formal RFP for new Data Base Editor(s), term commences January 1, 2017

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline approaching for Proposal: Monday, March 28, 2016 
Announce new Data Base Editor(s): late April 2016 
Official term begins: January 1, 2017

The ACM-SIGMIS (Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems) leadership invites you to consider becoming the Editor(s) of The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems (Data Base, for short).

This is a Formal Request for Proposals, also available at: http://sigmis.org/the-data-base/call-for-editors/.  If you are interested in moving into the Editor's role, please prepare a Formal Proposal to become the new Data Base Editor or Co-Editor by following the instructions below.  The deadline for the proposal is Monday, March 28, 2016. Please email all proposals to janice.sipior at villanova.edu.  You will receive confirmation of receipt.

The new Editor(s) should expect to officially begin their roles commencing on January 1, 2017, but overlap is built into the transition.  The new Editor(s) is encouraged to take advantage of overlap in the transition from summer 2016 onward.  At the end of December 2016, our current Data Base Co-Editors-in-Chief Andrew Schwarz, Louisiana State University, and David Salisbury, University of Dayton, cycle off after having served for 5 years.  We wish to thank them again for the excellent job they have done in increasing the high quality of this quarterly refereed publication.

The Editor(s) applicant(s) must be member(s) of SIGMIS.  Interested applicants should have a history of service to the IS profession, such as having held an associate or senior editorship position with an IS journal or proceedings, or served as a track chair at ICIS for example.  While such experience is not a requirement, it would clearly benefit Data Base and ease the transition if the new Editor(s) have significant editorial or conference program experience.  A significant network of colleagues that can help attract high-quality papers is beneficial.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR NEW DATA BASE EDITORS:

The SIGMIS leadership requires the Editor(s) to gain support from their institution (e.g., department, school, university, company) to ensure that they would have the resources to do an excellent job.  Experience in recent decades has shown that good institutional support for some of the Editors' inevitable administrative functions goes a long way to ensure good results for authors and readers.

1. Editor(s)

Please provide the names, affiliations, postal address, e-mail address, and expected term of office (specify 3, 4, or 5 years) for the Editor(s) submitting the formal proposal.  The intended term of office is 3-5 years.  The Editor(s) may request to be renewed for a subsequent term(s).  Please note:

a) There are a number of activities for which the Editor(s) are responsible.  These activities might be performed by the Editor(s) or by their designees in support roles (see #2 below).
b) At least one of the Co-Editors must be affiliated with the institution at which Data Base will be housed.
c) Co-Editors are suggested because we have found the model of Co-Editors has worked well for SIGMIS, given the magnitude of the communication and attention to detail that is required.
d) Editor(s) are responsible for timely quarterly publication of refereed original scholarly work, including managing the editorial board, providing guidelines to Associate Editors and reviewers, soliciting articles from the MIS community, soliciting special issue ideas and editors, enhancing visibility for Data Base and SIGMIS through electronic and other means.
e) The Editor, or one of the Co-Editors, will become a member of the SIGMIS leadership that also includes the SIGMIS Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Information Director, and CPR Committee Chair, thereby ensuring good coordination and communication with SIGMIS leadership.

2. Support Roles

Please identify the intended responsible parties for each of the activities below (e.g., Editor, Co-Editor1, Co-Editor2, administrative staff member, graduate assistant, other (please specify), internal or external to the editorial institution, who will fulfill the roles identified.  Please note that for proposals that reach the final stage, a written commitment (from a Department Chair, Dean, or other appropriate administrator) for institutional support will be required:

a)  Administrative Roles
. Coordinate with ACM headquarters (ACM HQ inserts front matter, some advertising/filler to ensure page count, and prints and mails each issue) 

. Coordinate with Special Issue Editors 

. Coordinate with other contributors (e.g., special sections, columnists, paying and nonpaying advertisers, etc.) 

. Track submissions through to acceptance/rejection. (The current online submission system is Editorial Manager(r) for an annual fee of $3,000 to Aries Systems) 

. Make sure Associate Editors complete the review/revision process in a timely manner 

. Manage the calendar for authors' responsibilities in the publication process (e.g., review of galleys, submission of copyright release, etc.) 

. Maintain the Data Base webpages on the SIGMIS website (a Wordpress website hosted at ACM HQ). The current website is located at: http://sigmis.org/the-data-base/

b)  Technical - Copy Editing
. Work with Co-Editors, Associate Editors, reviewers, and authors throughout the manuscript cycle to assure proper use of grammar, clarity of writing, consistent citations, scholarly tone, etc.

c)  Technical - Layout
. Assure consistency in layout by applying the Data Base manuscript template 

. Assure that each paper and section of each issue of Data Base is complete and consistent with the overall template

3. Include a plan for securing advertising revenue and/or institutional sponsorship

4. Include any Features/Enhancements

Please detail any special features and enhancements you believe you can bring to Data Base in your role as Editor(s).  These may include:

. Electronic publication of Data Base (to supplant or replace the paper version) 

. Electronic galley review (e.g., via privately accessible website) 

. Electronic subscription and/or SIGMIS membership application process

We expect to announce the new Data Base Editor(s) by late April 2016.  If you have any questions, please contact any one of us, including either of the current Co-Editors.  We also welcome feedback and suggestions from the MIS community.

Thank you for your interest in Data Base and ACM-SIGMIS,

Janice C. Sipior, ACM-SIGMIS Chair
Villanova School of Business
janice.sipior at villanova.edu

Christina Outlay, ACM-SIGMIS Vice Chair
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
outlayc at uww.edu

Jeria Quesenberry, ACM-SIGMIS Secretary/Treasurer
Carnegie Mellon University 
jeriaq at andrew.cmu.edu

Monica Adya, ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) Committee Chair 
Marquette University 
monica.adya at marquette.edu

Indira R. Guzman, ACM-SIGMIS Information Director 
Trident University International 
indira.guzman at trident.edu

Andrew Schwarz, Editor-in-Chief of Data Base 
Louisiana State University 
aschwarz at lsu.edu

David Salisbury, Editor-in-Chief of Data Base 
University of Dayton 
salisbury at udayton.edu




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