The New TJI

[Marc]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]By the way, Zeke, I have a question about the introduction of volume numbers to TJI. Am I correct in assuming that TJI will jokingly always remain as "Volume 1," no matter how high the issue numbers go? This would be amusing, and would allow the individual TJIs to continue being identifiable by a single consecutive issue number. The latest issue, for instance, is still listed as being part of Volume 1, even though TJI is now in its third year.

Introducing a true system of volume numbers would be problematic. For one thing, the issue number would no longer be enough to identify articles: you'd have to quote both elements to be able to distinguish, for instance, between Vol. 1 no.1 and Vol. 2 no. 1. It's also not clear what the volume rollover point would be: one traditional method is to have one volume per year, which means that the issues from the most recent two years would have to be re-numbered. This is probably more trouble than it's worth, so sticking with the "Volume 1 forever" method is probably the best -- with the elimination of the volume number altogether being a close second.[/colorost_uid0]