There was an inquiry May 14 regarding the letters received by subscribers to BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES. Scanned versions of the letters that we received follow: BEGINNING OF LIVERPOOL UNIV. LETTER LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS SENATE HOUSE, ABERCROMBY SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, L69 3BX, UK Telephone 0151-794 2231 Fax 0151 708 6502 17 March 1996 Dear Subscriber Bulletin of Hispanic Studies I wrote to you on 15 January to inform you of the position reached in litigation between the Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow over the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. There have been no further developments since then and we have proceeded with publication, the first issue for 1996 having been recently circulated. I hope that you have now received your copy and I am pleased to say that we expect subsequent issues for this year to appear on schedule. In January, I explained that the Editorial Team in Liverpool had been reconstituted with Dorothy Severin, Gilmour Professor of Spanish, continuing as General Editor. James Higgins, Professor of Latin American Literature, has joined her as Associate Editor and they are supported by senior colleagues in the Department of Hispanic Studies in the University of Liverpool: Roger Wright, Joan Llu!s Marfany and Maria Guterres. There have also been changes to the Editorial Committee, as you will see from the list printed inside the front cover of the current issue of the Bulletin and I have been asked to tell you that, since that issue was produced, the following members have written to inform us that they have resigned from the Committee: Professor Jos Maria D!ez Borque; Professor Margit Frenk; Professor Francisco Rico and Professor Arthur Terry. We thank these members, and others who had resigned earlier, for their past service. We are pleased to welcome new members of the Editorial Committee as shown in the January 1996 issue and those whose names will first appear in the next number. The Editors or I will be pleased to hear from you if you have any questions. Yours sincerely Robin Bloxsidge Publisher Street Address: Room 105, Senate House, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L7, United Kingdom END OF LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY LETTER ------ BEGINNING OF UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW LETTER BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES Founded in 1923 by E. Allison Peers Department of Hispanic Studies, Hetherington Building, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QO Tel Nos: Direct: 0141 330 5665 Fax: 0141 339 1119 General Editor ANN LOGAN MACKENZIE Assistant Editors PATRICIA McDERMOTT CERI BYRNE 2nd February 1996 TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES Dear Subscriber BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES You will know of the dispute (which became litigious) between the Universities of Glasgow and Liverpool as to which of them has the right to house, edit and publish the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. The dispute developed following the decision taken unanimously at the Meeting of the Editorial Board and Editorial Team at Birmingham in August 1995 to relocate their centre of publishing and editorial operations from the University of Liverpool to the University of Glasgow in order to maintain the Bulletin's academic independence and international reputation. The legal action was brought by the University of Liverpool in an attempt to stop the Bulletin being published from Glasgow. The Editorial Board and Editorial Team wish to inform you of the decision in the case, reached by Lord Gill at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Lord Gill dismissed the Motions for Interim Orders brought by the University of Liverpool to prevent publication/editing from Glasgow. Given the extremely large positive response from contributors etc. in favour of having their articles and contributions edited and published from Glasgow rather than Liverpool and the almost entire support of the Editorial Team and Editorial Board for the move to Glasgow, Lord Gill stated: "It is undesirable that a journal of this quality should be brought out under such improvised editorial arrangements [at Liverpool] when effective editorial arrangements, in keeping with established practice, are already in place [in Glasgow]. In my view, it is desirable that the next issue should be published by those who can demonstrate here and now that they have a wide measure of assent among the contributors.". In view of this ruling, we are free to edit and publish the Bulletin under its own title from Glasgow. For your information, we enclose a photocopy of the inside cover of the 1996 Bulletin. confirming the continuity of essentially the same Editorial Team and Editorial Board. At present, the University of Liverpool are free to continue publishing their own Bulletin but, of course, they will have neither the continuity of the same Editorial Team and Editorial Board nor the benefit of the vast majority of articles and reviews submitted to the Bulletin. The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies for Volume LXXIII Year 1996 will be produced by Edinburgh University Press for the University of Glasgow. - 2 - The first issues of the Bulletin, Volume LXXIII (1996) are soon to appear. Our publishing schedule is as follows: January Issue which is, as usual, a Monographic Number March 1996 April Issue May 1996 July Issue July 1996 October Issue October 1996 We take this opportunity to record that the great majority of internationally respected hispanists who are contributors of articles and book reviews for publication in future issues have confirmed in writing their support and their agreement to publish their work in the Bulletin at the University of Glasgow. Please note the following arrangements as regards subscriptions. We are aware that a proportion of the Bulletin's subscribers (a large proportion in the case of institutions) have already paid their subscriptions for Calendar/Volume Year 1996 under the system administered to date by Liverpool. We are also aware that a proportion of especially individual subscribers, having become aware of the dispute, have refrained from renewing their subscriptions pending clarification. To minimise inconvenience for all subscribers, to maintain their goodwill and to demonstrate the importance of their continued support to the Bulletin, we propose to send all paid up subscribers the issues of the 1996 Bulletin as they appear without requiring any additional payment or rearrangement. We ask those subscribers who have not yet renewed their subscriptions to send us payment at their convenience but, as soon as possible, after receipt of the January issue. A cheque may be sent at any time to the above address and made payable to the "University of Glasgow" and will be acknowledged with thanks. Details of other methods of payment to facilitate subscription renewal, e.g. for overseas subscribers, will be provided in the January issue. We undertake to keep subscribers informed as to any significant developments affecting the Bulletin with regard to any further legal proceedings. We welcome observations and enquiries from Subscribers either by letter or by fax and are particularly grateful for updated information about changes of address or University affiliation. Yours sincerely Ann L Mackenzie GENERAL EDITOR END OF UNIV. OF GLASGOW LETTER ---- Doug DeLong, Acquisitions Libr 309/438-3450 (voice) Illinois State University 309/438-5132 (fax) 8900 Milner Library doug@mhsgate.mlb.ilstu.edu (Internet) Normal, IL 61790-8900
