IBVS (17 September 2010)

COMMISSIONS 27 AND 42 OF THE IAU
INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
Announcement

Konkoly Observatory
Budapest
17 September 2010
HU ISSN 0374 - 0676 (print)
HU ISSN 1587 - 2440 (on-line)

Changes in the publishing of IBVS

Dear Subscribers, Authors, and Readers,

During the last months representatives of the Commissions 27 and 42 of the IAU, the Advisory Board of the IBVS, the Editors, and the Director of the Konkoly Observatory evaluated in depth a list of proposals aimed at defining the future role and publication policy of the IBVS. The discussions resulted in the following changes to be introduced next year:

The present Editors, Dr. Johanna Jurcsik and Dr. Katalin Oláh will finish their term at Issue 6000. The nominated new Editor will be Dr. Laszló Szabados, with support from Dr. Ádám Sódor and Zsófia Bognár.
Starting from Issue 6001, IBVS will not be distributed in paper form. It will function as an electronic-only journal, meeting the requirements of the community.
There will be no subscription to IBVS from January 1st, 2011. Any reader can visit the IBVS web page and download the articles free of charge. All the paper-based issues until No. 6000 will be posted to the present subscribers.

For further information concerning minor changes in the future please check regularly the IBVS web site.

We encourage all our regular readers and authors to continue reading and publishing in the IBVS.

Sincerely yours,

Péter Ábrahám, Director of Konkoly Observatory