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# Reeling and writhing
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/reeling-and-writhing/
- Published: 2005-04-24T19:41:07.000Z
- Updated: 2005-04-24T19:41:07.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Research ∕ Learning

There was some comment on the [post](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000605.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) I did about library journals a while ago. My concern was about impact: we go on about how much library skills and experience have to contribute but we ensure that the documentary record of those skills and that experience is buried in niche, off-web publications with diminishing impact.  
I thought of that discussion as I fell across the Educause website earlier and was reminded that [Educause Review](https://www.educause.edu/apps/er/index.asp?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [Educause Quarterly](https://www.educause.edu/eq/index.asp?bhcp=1&ref=lorcandempsey.net) are openly available there for anybody to consult. These publications, and the Educause [website](https://www.educause.edu/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) itelf, bear the marks of an organization that actively wants to inform policy and influence practice.  
It would be good to have an on-web publication venue for the reflective practitioner in the library community. *Educause Review* and *D-Lib Magazine* are potential models: the former serving a broad professional community, the latter serving a specialist cross-domain audience. The [ARL Bimonthly Report](https://www.arl.org/newsltr/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) is in this space also. However, while it carries material of general academic library interest, it does not have a strong network identity.  
I wonder who is best served by ALA divisional ‘professional’ journals in this regard: the general reader or the writer who needs to publish for career reasons?  
\[Full disclosure: I was involved in the establishment of [Ariadne](https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net), the UK-based network magazine of long(ish) standing.\]