By Sean Olson, University Relations
The International Poetry Review, the Spring 2003 issue shown here, will go online in Spring 2006.
The International Poetry Review, a biannual journal edited at UNCG, will have an online edition in 2006.
UNCG’s Department of Technology Transfer has helped the program broker a deal with EBSCO Information Systems to put the journal on the web.
“International Poetry Review, founded in 1975 by Evalyn Pierpoint Gill and taken over at her behest by the Department of Romance languages in 1991, is one of the oldest and most respected of the very few literary journals in the United States to dedicate itself primarily to the publication of poetry in translation in a bilingual format,” said Mark Smith-Soto, professor in the department and editor of the review. “It is this unique character of International Poetry Review that decided EBSCO to include it among those journals it has decided to offer online to libraries throughout the world.”
The deal has two advantages for the journal, according to those involved with the arrangement. First, it will provide the journal in electronic format to subscribers, a format that is increasingly popular for libraries and other educational institutions that may not have room for hard copies of the journal. Second, by its presence on the web, the journal will be more widely available and accessible.
“This gets the poetry review into a truly global market,” said Jerry McGuire, head of the Office of Technology Transfer. “That’s not to say that you can’t do that from UNCG, but the exposure and accessibility expands exponentially when you use the internet, particularly when you are working with a provider that is involved in educational publishing.”
EBSCO is an information corporation that includes internet publishing. It publishes such online indexes and journals as NoveList, Book Review Digest and Libros en Venta en América Latina y España.
As part of the agreement, UNCG will receive royalty of 20 percent of the net revenue of online subscription sales for the International Poetry Review. The journal is expected to roll out its first online issue in spring 2006. The print edition will remain available to subscribers.
