JVDI goes green: online-only publication for AAVLD members as of January 2022

As we enter our next contract with SAGE, our publisher, we’ve decided to join the evolution of scholarly journal publishing by going on-line only for AAVLD members, as of our January 2022 issue. The move to online-only is supported by member feedback—84% of respondents to our 2021 member communications survey ¹ were in favor of online-only publication of the Journal. Environmental benefits include: no consumption of ink and paper; no mailing wrappers, which resolves the issue of plastic versus paper; no mail deliveries; and no waste, recyclable or not, generated. As much as many of us love the printed page, this move to online-only for AAVLD members reduces the number of trees harvested, reduces manufacturing chemicals, requires less water, and uses less energy to produce or ship. These changes of course lead to some mild cost savings for AAVLD, allowing us to keep membership dues as low as possible. The transition to electronic publishing is happening worldwide and fits with the rest of our publication process, which is already fully electronic—from submission, through reviewing, revising, editing, proofing, and compiling.

What does the change to online-only publication mean to members? The AAVLD office will send members an email notification of the Table of Contents of each bi-monthly issue of JVDI. Given that full articles are embargoed and accessible only to subscribers (including AAVLD members and libraries) for 12 mo following publication, members will need to sign-in to the AAVLD website to access full articles. Effective November 2021, a full-issue, cover-to-cover PDF of the Journal is also available to all subscribers. As with a magazine or newspaper, the PDF can be scrolled through, or topics selected and found by a word search.

To access JVDI as an AAVLD member:

1. Go to the AAVLD website: www.aavld.org

2. Login at Member Login

3. In the Resources tab dropdown menu, click on JVDI

   

4. As indicated below, “To access the JVDI website as an AAVLD member Click here”

   

5. Then:

   

6. You will now be on the JVDI homepage, with full access to All Issues, Current Issue, and OnlineFirst. Starting with the November issue, you will also have access to a full cover-to-cover PDF of each issue.

   

Would you like to receive immediate notification of online publication of new articles (OnlineFirst) and electronic Tables of Contents (eTOCs) from SAGE? Then, be sure to sign up for journal alerts! Journal alerts come by email from SAGE, are available to anyone, and let you know when new articles and eTOCs are available online. Alerts can be requested on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Note that only abstracts are available via SAGE email alerts—you will need to login through AAVLD or your institution to access and read the full articles.

Signing up for email alerts is simple.

1. Go to the JVDI website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/vdi

2. On the Stay Connected tab dropdown menu, click on Email Alerts

   

3. Choose New Content and/or Announcements, then Create Email Alert

   

4. Then “Sign in to SAGE Journals”

If you already have a SAGE account, use the left box My Account. Otherwise, click Register for a free SAGE Journals account. (You will be able to update your email alerts anytime and will see the message “Your email alert settings have been updated” at completion.)

Let’s stay connected!

Grant MaxieJVDI Editor in Chief Holly FarrellJVDI Managing Editor Jessica LipowskiSAGE Publishing Editor