Hi all, My name is Tennessee Leeuwenburg. I am the Editor-In-Chief of The Python Papers (archive.pythonpapers.org). We're currently looking for contributions to our next issue.
We'd love to hear from anyone who is interested in being involved. I'm also trying to track down anyone who may be using Python in a research or teaching capacity in a university environment. I'd like to talk to anyone who has an academic interest in Python. We are trying to lift the academic profile of The Python Papers, and to this end we are hoping to encourage teachers and students who are interested to publish in our journal, and also to contact their libraries regarding having TPP included as an academic journal in their library databases. We believe that The Python Papers meets all the conditions of an academic journal, including a full academic peer-review process for articles published in the "peer reviewed" section of our journal. It would be a real boost for everyone involved if we could get this recognised. It would give researchers into and using Python a place they could publish with an interested readership. It would lift the profile of Python within the academic community. It would increase our readership, and lift the profile of the journal, which would add value for contributing authors. This in no way detracts from the editorially-reviewed contributions to the magazine, which are part of what makes The Python Papers special. We see no reason why the academic community should be segregated, and indeed isolated, from the wider community. I think it would be a real achievement for all concerned to bring the two together. Thanks for your help, -Tennessee -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list