Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 14:30:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: Frances Thomson <thomson@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, more information
Comments: To: lis-serials@mailbase.ac.uk, serialst@uvmvm.uvm.edu

On behalf of the University of Liverpool I have been asked
to send out the attached message in response to a recent one
from Glasgow University.

PNL/SRLC/162

February 1997

Dear Subscriber

BULLETIN OF HISPANIC STUDIES

We refer to a letter about the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
dated January 1997,
addressed to subscribers, from Professor Geoffrey Ribbans
and Professor Sir
Graeme Davies. This letter may mislead you about the
University of Liverpool's
intentions for the future publication of the BHS.

Publication of the Bulletin from Liverpool will be
vigorously pursued. The
University of Liverpool is committed to its long-term
development despite the
parallel publication of a Bulletin by the University of
Glasgow.

1.      There has been no break in publication of the
Bulletin by Liverpool
University Press, and publication of all issues is on
schedule; future issues in the
current volume and future volumes are all planned to be
issued on time. The
majority of subscribers have renewed their subscriptions.

2.      We have excellent arrangements for editing the
journal to the highest
standards, effectively and efficiently. The Bulletin at
Liverpool (where it has been
edited since 1923) has a strong Editorial Team based in a
Department of Hispanic
Studies rated Grade 5 in the recent research assessment
exercise undertaken by
the Higher Education Funding Council. The Team is supported
by a distinguished
international Editorial Committee, and all those involved
are committed to
maintaining and enhancing the traditional standards of the
Bulletin.

3.      There has been no diminution in the rate of
submission of articles for
publication and books for review; these are being processed,
and articles and
reviews are being published, as quickly as possible. In the
past year the number of
articles published has been increased substantially.

4.      While the Opinion of Lord Gill in the Court of
Session in Edinburgh did not
prevent publication of a Bulletin from Glasgow, neither did
he seek to prevent
publication from Liverpool (as he took no view about
ownership of the journal). That
remains the case today and the selective quotation by
Professor Ribbans and Sir
Graeme from a long Opinion does not properly reflect the
full argument.

5.      While the University of Liverpool chose not to
pursue its original action
in the Court of Session,preferring to concentrate its
efforts on continuing
publication,there is no barrier to that action being raised
again or indeed to the
raising of a different action. If the University considers
it necessary to do so, the
matter will certainly be pursued in the Courts.

We are most grateful for the support and encouragement that
we have received
from scholars and subscribers world-wide for our commitment
to continued
publication from Liverpool of the Bulletin of Hispanic
Studies.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Philip N. Love                Professor Stephen R.
L. Clark,
Vice-Chancellor                 Chairman,
University of Liverpool         Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
Management
Committee

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